Oreste Bilancia

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Oreste Bilancia (born September 24, 1881 in Catania , † October 31, 1945 in Rome ) was an Italian actor .

Live and act

Bilancia's career began in 1902 as a dialect actor with the stage company Galli-Gusti-Ciarli-Bracci, where he acted as the second comedian. His next stop was the Calabresi-Severi group. From 1910 to 1913 he was director of the casino in Sanremo , then from 1914 director of the Kursaal in Montecatini .

At the end of 1914, the Ambrosio production company in Turin hired him as a film actor. The plump, usually wearing a monocle, Bilancia was a busy supporting actor who appeared in numerous important films of the Italian silent film cinema. In 1925 - the cinema crisis raged in Italy - he accepted an offer from Germany and in the years that followed, up to the end of the silent film era, he appeared in numerous German films. He then returned to Italy and took on other roles in Telefoni Bianchi films. He also took advantage of the stage offers, where he offered successful character studies with his round figure, his cheerful and good-hearted character, red hair and elegant appearance.

Bilancia was married to the actress Asta Gundt .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1925: Nick, the king of chauffeurs
  • 1925: Letters that did not reach him
  • 1926: the pink diamond
  • 1926: You don't play with love
  • 1926: The queen of the world bath
  • 1927: The Czardas Princess
  • 1927: The golden abyss
  • 1927: a serious case
  • 1927: The white slave
  • 1927: The leap into happiness (La storia di una piccola Parigina)
  • 1928: Love Carnival
  • 1928: Villa Falconieri
  • 1928: The hero of all girls' dreams
  • 1928: Latin Quarter
  • 1929: The girl with the whip
  • 1936: The Maharaja's White Wife (Una donna fra due mondi)
  • 1937: hands off! (Fermo con le mani!)
  • 1939: The Night of Retribution (Angélica)
  • 1941: Tragedy of a Love (Vertigine)
  • 1942: Lie of a Summer Night (Quattro passi fra le nuvole)
  • 1943: Adventure in the Grand Hotel
  • 1943: Attention, admission (Silenzio, si gira!)

literature

  • Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 1: A - C. Erik Aaes - Jack Carson. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roberto Chiti: Oreste Bilancia. In: Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Gremese, Rome 1998, ISBN 88-7742-261-0 , pp. 59-60.
personal data
SURNAME Bilancia, Oreste
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian actor
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Catania
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 1945
Place of death Rome