Olga Capri
Olga Capri (born May 18, 1883 in Rome , † December 18, 1961 in Bologna ) was an Italian actress .
Life
Capri attended acting classes with Virginia Marini at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia from the age of 13 and was first signed in 1901 when she was signed to the Virginia Reiter ensemble as a young naive and sentimental. In the following years she played for Teresa Marinai , Eleonora Duse and Flavio Andò , finally at the Teatro Stabile in Rome under Ferruccio Garavaglia and at the “Grand Guignol”. After an engagement as the first comedian with Tolentino and Lambertini, Capri made his first experiences in film. In 1917 she made several films by and with Polidor for the Roman "Tiber" ; in the 1920s followed works by the Cines , the "Quirinus Film" and the Bonnard Film by Mario Bonnard in Turin . The best-known film is the two-part I promessi sposi from 1922, in which she took on the role of "Perpetua".
With the success of the sound film, Capri became a sought-after character actress of lush, authoritarian, but also mostly Roman-good-hearted women. Occasionally she also had the opportunity to appear on the radio. Capri ended her career in 1950 and lived in the “Lyda Borelli” actor's retirement home in Bologna until her death .
Filmography (selection)
- 1914: Nobiltà di casta e nobiltà di cuore
- 1922: I promessi sposi
- 1930: La canzone dell'amore
- 1933: work makes you happy ( Acciaio )
- 1949: La figlia del mendicante
Web links
- Olga Capri in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Chiti, article Olga Capri , in: Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. Le attrici. Gremese 2003, p. 62
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Capri, Olga |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 18, 1961 |
| Place of death | Bologna |