Occupation Actress | Years active 1939-1980 | |
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Full Name Angela Vittoria Torrieri Died 27 March 2007, Rome, Italy | ||
Diana Torrieri (9 August 1913 – 27 March 2007) was an Italian actress. She worked in theater, films, television and radio.
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Diana torrieri
Life and career
Born in Canosa di Puglia, Torrieri made her professional debut in 1937, in the stage company led by Paola Borboni, with whom she even toured in the United States. During the war, she was a partisan and a member of the Action Party and was even wounded during the liberation of Milan. In 1949, she tried to commit suicide by swallowing sleeping pills.
Active on stage until the late 1960s, she worked with the theatrical companies of Giorgio Strehler, Vittorio Gassman, Anton Giulio Bragaglia, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sergio Tofano and Memo Benassi, among others.
Selected filmography
References
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