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Diana Torrieri

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Diana Torrieri
Diana Torrieri with the actor Tino Bianchi (1956)
Born
Angela Vittoria Torrieri

(1913-08-09)9 August 1913
Canosa di Puglia, Puglia, Italy
Died27 March 2007(2007-03-27) (aged 93)
Rome, Lazio, Italy
OccupationActress
Years active1939-1980

Diana Torrieri (née Angela Vittoria Torrieri; 9 August 1913 – 27 March 2007) was an Italian actress. She worked in theater, films, television and radio.

Life and career

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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.[1] During the war, she was a partisan and a member of the Action Party and was even wounded during the liberation of Milan.[2] In 1949, she tried to commit suicide by swallowing sleeping pills.[3]

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.[1]

Selected filmography

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  • Il barone di Corbò (1939)
  • Don Pasquale (1940)
  • La primadonna (1943)
  • Incontro con Laura (1945)
  • Via Belgarbo (1957) (TV movie)
  • Fedra (1957) (TV movie)
  • La promessa (1979) (TV movie)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Addio a Diana Torrieri, signora del teatro". Corriere della Sera. 28 March 2007. p. 45. Retrieved 8 March 2016. (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Donne e uomini della Resistenza: Diana Torrieri". ANPI. 25 July 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  3. ^ "L'attrice Diana Torrieri ha tentato di suicidarsi". La Stampa. No. 228. 24 September 1949. p. 3.
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