Antonella Lualdi
Antonella Lualdi | |
|---|---|
 Lualdi in the movie Chronicle of Poor Lovers (1954) | |
| Born | Antonietta de Pascale 6 July 1931 Beirut, Greater Lebanon |
| Died | 10 August 2023 (aged 92) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1949–1994 |
| Spouse |
Franco Interlenghi
(m. 1955; died 2015) |
| Children | 2 |
Antonella Lualdi (born Antonietta de Pascale, 6 July 1931 – 10 August 2023) was an Italian actress and singer. She appeared in many Italian and French films in the 1950s and 1960s, notably in Claude Autant-Lara's film The Red and the Black in 1954.
Life and career
Lualdi began her career in 1949, after having won a contest for new talents of the cinema magazine Hollywood, in which she was presented as "Signorina X" ("Miss X"), inviting the readers to choose her stage name.[1]
After having starred with him in several films, she married Italian actor Franco Interlenghi in 1955; the couple had two daughters, Stella and Antonellina, an actress in her own right.[1]
In 1974 she debuted in France as a singer with some success and critical acclaim, then she also debuted on stage with the comedy Le Moulin de la Galette, with which she toured across several European countries.[1]
Antonella Lualdi died on 10 August 2023, at the age of 92.[2]
Selected filmography
- Prince of Foxes (1949) (uncredited)
- Little Lady (1949) - Maria Censi
- Songs in the Streets (1950) - Anna
- The Last Sentence (1951) - Maria, la nipote di Santini
- Abbiamo vinto! (1951) - Elsa Nardecchi
- Miracle in Viggiù (1951) - Antonella
- His Last Twelve Hours (1951) - Daniela Valsetti
- The Two Sergeants (1951)
- Ha fatto tredici (1951) - Mirella
- Repentance (1952)
- The Overcoat (1952) - Vittoria
- Adorable Creatures (1952) - Catherine Michaud
- I figli non si vendono (1952) - Daniela
- Three Forbidden Stories (1952) - Anna Maria (Second segment)
- Il romanzo della mia vita (1952) - Maria De Marchis
- The Piano Tuner Has Arrived (1952) - Giulietta Narducci
- Cats and Dogs (1952) - Lia
- Solo per te Lucia (1952)
- The Blind Woman of Sorrento (1953) - Beatrice di Rionero
- Perdonami! (1953) - Anna Gerace
- The Daughter of the Regiment (1953) - Tony (Italian version)
- Cavalcade of Song (1953) - La dirimpettaia del quinto piano
- The Story of William Tell (1953) - Anna Walden
- What Scoundrels Men Are! (1953) - Mariuccia
- Casta Diva (1954) - Maddalena Fumaroli
- Mid-Century Loves (1954) - Carla (segment "Napoli 1943")
- Chronicle of Poor Lovers (1954) - Milena
- Pietà per chi cade (1954) - Bianca Savelli
- Papà Pacifico (1954) - Luisa Ceccacci
- Avanzi di galera (1954) - Giovanna, the nurse
- The Red and the Black (1954) - Mathilde de La Mole
- Le signorine dello 04 (1955) - Maria Teresa
- Wild Love (1955) - Luisa
- Andrea Chénier (1955) - Madeleine de Coigny
- Wild Love (1956) - Adriana Latini - la parrucchiera
- Altair (1956) - Elena
- I giorni più belli (1956) - Giulia
- Fathers and Sons (1957) - Giulia Blasi
- Méfiez-vous fillettes (1957) - Dany Dumont
- La cenicienta y Ernesto (1957) - Julia
- Young Husbands (1958) - Lucia
- The Sky Burns (1958) - Laura Sandri
- Mon coquin de père (1958) - Maria
- One Life (1958) - Gilberte de Fourcheville
- Polikuschka (1958) - Irina
- Délit de fuite (1959) - Lucille Aitken
- I Spit on Your Grave (1959) - Lizbeth Shannon
- Bad Girls Don't Cry (1959) - Supplizia
- Match contre la mort (1959) - Annie Lourmel
- Web of Passion (1959) - Léda
- Silver Spoon Set (1960) - Elsa Foresi
- Run with the Devil (1960) - Donata
- Appuntamento a Ischia (1960) - Mirella Argenti
- The Mongols (1961) - Amina
- The Shortest Day (1962)
- My Son, the Hero (1962)
- Disorder (1962)
- Son of the Circus (1963)
- The Swindlers (1963)
- Let's Talk About Women (1964)
- Champagne for Savages (1964)
- 100 Horsemen (1964)
- Su e giù (1965)
- The Sea Pirate (1966)
- How to Seduce a Playboy (1966)
- Massacre in the Black Forest (1967)
- The Column (1968)
- Ragan (1968)
- Un caso di coscienza (1970)
- Vincent, François, Paul and the Others (1974)
- Cross Shot (1976)
- Zero in condotta (1983)
- A Thorn in the Heart (1986)
- Who Wants to Kill Sara? (1992)
- Nefertiti (1994)
Awards
- Premio Cinema italiano Anni d'oro. In 2020 Antonella Lualdi received the award for her role in the 1959 movie La notte Brava (Bad Girls Don't Cry), directed by Mauro Bolognini.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 888440214X.
- ^ "È morta Antonella Lualdi, l'attrice aveva 92 anni". La Repubblica. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ Antonella Lualdi awarded (in Italian)
External links
Media related to Antonella Lualdi at Wikimedia Commons
- Antonella Lualdi at IMDb
- Antonella Lualdi discography at Discogs