Occupation Actress Grandchildren Francesco Prando Died May 2, 1994, Rome, Italy | Role Actress Name Anita Durante | |
Born 28 September 1897 ( 1897-09-28 ) Rome Spouse Checco Durante (m. ?–1976) Children Leila Durante, Luciana Durante Movies An American in Rome, Ladro lui - ladra lei, The Last Wagon, and the Wild Wild Women, The Bigamist Similar People Checco Durante, Leila Durante, Enzo Liberti, Luigi Zampa, Renato Castellani | ||
Anita Durante (28 September 1897 – 2 May 1994) was an Italian actress.
Born Anita Bianchi in Rome into a humble family, after attending a dramatic society for several years Durante made her official debut on stage in 1919, in Ettore Petrolini's Romani de Roma. Married with the actor Checco Durante, she stayed with the Petrolini's stage company nine years, then she formed a company with her husband. Also active in films, where she is best remembered as the Alberto Sordi's mother in Un americano a Roma, Durante was active on stage until 1992. She died in 1994, aged 96, following an accidental fall from the balcony of her home, while cleaning the windows.
Filmography
Actress
1986
Giovanni Senzapensieri as
Zia Teresa
1983
La chambre des dames (TV Mini Series)
- Episode #1.1 (1983)
1982
Count Tacchia as
Fernanda's Grandmother (as Anita Bianchi Durante)
1972
Storia di fifa e di coltello - Er seguito d'er più as
Caterina
1972
Colpo grosso... grossissimo... anzi probabile as
Monsignore's mother
1971
Er più: storia d'amore e di coltello as
Nino's Mother
1969
The Viking Who Became a Bigamist (uncredited)
1967
Granada, addio! as
Peppa
1965
Made in Italy
1964
White Voices as
Agnese - Meo's mother
1963
Siamo tutti pomicioni as
Mario's Mother (segment "Le gioie della vita")
1963
Mare matto as
Rosario Lo Russo - la madre
1963
Adultero lui, adultera lei as
La portinaia
1962
Carmen di Trastevere as
Landlady of the Bording House (uncredited)
1962
Gli anni ruggenti as
Madre di Omero (uncredited)
1960
Genitori in blue-jeans as
The Old Nun (uncredited)
1959
Policarpo 'ufficiale di scrittura' as
Mario Marchetti's Mother
1959
...and the Wild Wild Women as
Assunta
1958
Adorabili e bugiarde as
Concierge
1958
He Thief, She Thief as
Madre di Cencio
1957
Saranno uomini
1956
I calunniatori
1956
Il prezzo della gloria as
zia Bettina
1956
Ragazzi di Trastevere (Short) as
Sora Adele
1956
Guardia, guardia scelta, brigadiere e maresciallo as
Carmela
1956
The Bigamist as
Amalia
1955
Processo all'amore as
Nona Mariani
1955
Cortile as
Geltrude
1955
Racconti romani as
La madre di Alvaro
1955
Un eroe dei nostri tempi (uncredited)
1955
Bella non piangere as
Zia di Nina
1955
The Sign of Venus as
Madre di Agnese
1954
Se vincessi cento milioni as
Pasqua (segment "Il promesso... sposato")
1954
Il vetturale del Moncenisio
1954
Il porto della speranza
1954
An American in Rome as
Madre di Nando
1954
Guai ai vinti as
Popolana sulla scala (uncredited)
1954
Orient Express
1954
Papà Pacifico as
The Porter
1954
La schiava del peccato as
Hotel Waitress in Florence (uncredited)
1954
Of Life and Love (segment "La patente")
1954
Angels of Darkness
1953
Vortice as
La portinaia
1953
Noi peccatori as
Suor Maria (as Anita Duranti)
1952
Viva il cinema! as
Gambalesta's Maid
1951
The Naked and the Wicked as
Portiera
1951
Double Cross as
Anna, padrona della pensione
1950
Le due sorelle as
Agatina
1950
Cavalcata d'eroi
1947
Fatalità as
Adele
1946
Peddlin' in Society as
Caterina (uncredited)
1943
L'ultima carrozzella as
Adele Urbani
1941
Scampolo as
La proprietaria della stireria (uncredited)
Self
1993
Maurizio Costanzo Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 22 November 1993 (1993) - Self
References
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