Rina De Liguoro
Rina De Liguoro , born Elena Caterina Catardi (born July 24, 1892 in Florence , Italy , † April 15, 1966 in Rome ) was an Italian pianist and actress with great success in silent films in the 1920s.
Live and act
The daughter of a Sardinian official first learned to play the piano and then made a name for herself as a concert pianist in her home country. In 1918 she married the Italian actor Wladimiro De Liguoro , whose father was a well-known silent film director, and took his surname. Already 29 years old, Rina De Liguoro made her debut as an actress in front of the camera. After her beginnings under the direction of Gaston Ravel , the Florentine appeared several times under the direction of her husband, but also played in productions by well-known Italian directors such as Mario Bonnard , Augusto Genina and Carmine Gallone .
De Liguoro developed into the epitome of the “big screen diva” in those later years: With great gestures and suffering as well as passionate facial expressions, she was able to celebrate her greatest successes in sprawling, visually powerful historical epics, including “ Messalina ” (title role) by Enrico Guazzoni , Quo Vadis? by Georg Jacoby ; " Garibaldi " by Aldo Debenedetti, " The Last Days of Pompeii " by Carmine Gallone, Casanova by Alexander Wolkoff and Cagliostro by Richard Oswald . In the late silent film era, the artist also made flying visits to Berlin and Vienna studios. During these five years or so she worked with Europe's top stars at the time, including the German Emil Jannings , the Russian Iwan Mosjukin and the two Hungarians Victor Varconi and María Corda .
Shortly after the introduction of talkies in Italy, Rina de Liguoro went to the United States to try her luck in Hollywood. Although she was given a rather small film role at Greta Garbo's side right from the start , the Italian could not really assert herself here, where De Liguoro was primarily used in Spanish-language versions of American films. In the Spanish version of " Chicken Comes Home", "Politiquerías ", she appeared on the side of Laurel and Hardy as Oliver Hardy's friend .
The artist then returned to her origins and gave concerts again as a pianist. When the Second World War broke out, the De Liguoro couple returned to Italy. There she, now over 50 years old, could no longer follow up on her early successes of the 1920s and was only offered tiny roles. In 1956 she was the film partner of Gloria Swanson in the clothes " Nero's great nights ", six years later she gave her farewell performance on the big screen as a film partner of another Hollywood star, Burt Lancaster , in the epic and visually stunning literary film The Leopard .
Filmography
- 1921: Saracinesca
- 1922: Rabagas
- 1923: Savitri
- 1923: Messalina
- 1924: Maremma
- 1924: Quo Vadis?
- 1924: The silent nun ( La via del peccato )
- 1925: Mother, forgive me ( Il focolare spento )
- 1925: The last days of Pompeii ( Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei )
- 1926: Bufera (also production)
- 1926: Garibaldi,
- 1927: Il vetturale del Moncenisio
- 1927: Casanova
- 1927: The mysterious mirror
- 1928: Other women
- 1928: La bella corsara
- 1929: Cagliostro
- 1929: Mese mariano
- 1930: Madam Satan
- 1930: Assunta Spina
- 1930: Romance ( Romanzo )
- 1931: Politiquerías
- 1931: Behold My Wife
- 1935: Angelina o el honor de un brigadier
- 1938: The Mad Empress
- 1942: Luisa Sanfelice
- 1947: Caterina da Siena
- 1947: Ritrovarsi
- 1949: Buffalo Bill a Roma
- 1950: Tomorrow is another day ( Domani è un altro giorno )
- 1956: Nero's great nights ( Mio figlio Nerone )
- 1962: The leopard ( I gattopardo )
Web links
- Rina De Liguoro in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Rina De Liguoro at filmportal.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | De Liguoro, Rina |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Catardi, Elena Caterina (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian pianist and actress with great success in silent films |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 24, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Florence , Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 15, 1966 |
| Place of death | Rome |