Gilda Varesi
Gilda Varesi (September 28, 1887 – May 27, 1965), also known as Gilda Varesi Archibald, was an Italian-born actress and playwright. Early life Gilda Varesi was born in Milan, and adopted as the daughter of opera singer Elena Boccabadati Varesi. Her maternal grandparents Felice Varesi and Cecilia Boccabadati Gazzudo were also opera singers. Luigia Boccabadati was Gilda's great-grandmother. Gilda Varesi, who was named for a character in Verdi's ''Rigoletto'', moved to Chicago as a child, with her family. Career Varesi started on stage in Chicago, with the Ben Greet Players, before joining Helena Modjeska's troupe, then working with Minnie Maddern Fiske in ''Salvation Nell'' (1908) and ''Little Italy''. She toured as the lead in ''War Brides (1916 film), War Brides'' in 1915. She covered John Barrymore's role for ten performances of ''The Jest'' when he was ill in 1920. She recalled her days as an understudy in her later work, saying, "No one ever lost a position by giving a lift ...
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