Paola Barbara
Paola Barbara , actually Paola Proto (born July 22, 1912 in Rome , † October 2, 1989 in Anguillara Sabazia ) was an Italian actress .
Life
Barbara was one of the most popular and high-profile film actresses in Italy from the late 1930s until well into the following decade. She has also appeared in roles in the theater and on screen. Now and then she used Pauline Baards as an anglicised pseudonym .
Her film career began with a minor role in Campo di Maggio in 1935 and quickly took on successful traits. As early as 1936 she was very successful with Ammazzoni bianche ; Her best interpretation was in Amleto Palermi's La peccatrice from 1940. Because of the war, she fled to Spain with her husband, the film director Primo Zeglio , in 1943 . They did not return until 1949, where she continued her career. Obviously, she starred in many of her husband's films.
From the 1950s she was seen in important supporting roles in many genre films, mostly adventurous ; she increasingly concentrated on theater work and enjoyed success in ... poi venne l'alba (1956) or Processo di secondo instanza (1967).
Filmography (selection)
- 1935: Campo di Maggio
- 1936: Ammazzoni bianche
- 1940: La peccatrice
- 1947: La monaca di Monza
- 1953: The King's Corsair (Capitan Fantasma)
- 1953: Nero - The Fall of Rome (Nerone e Messalina)
- 1960: Call-Girls (I piaceri del sabato notte (Arabella 252104))
- 1960: Sevenfold revenge (Öe sette sfide)
- 1963: Law of the Bravados (Brandy, el sheriff de Losatumba)
- 1963: With gun and mask (Il segno del Coyote)
- 1964: The Law of Two (I due violenti)
- 1964: Radishes from below (Des pissenlits par la racine)
- 1965: The four vultures of the Sierra Nevada (I quattro inesorabili)
- 1968: Killer adios (Killer, adios)
- 1969: The Chrysanthemum Gang (Tre per uccidere)
- 1969: A touch of sensuality (The Appointment)
- 1970: The Lonely One from the West (Sledge)
- 1975: Irene, Irene
Web links
- Paola Barbara in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Enrico Lancia, article Paola Barbara , in: Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attrici . Rome 2003, pp. 21-23
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Barbara, Paola |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Proto, Paola (real name); Baards, Pauline (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome , Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 2, 1989 |
| Place of death | Anguillara Sabazia , Italy |