Anna Maria Ackermann (born 24 December 1932 in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

) is an Italian actress.

Biography

She debuted with Eduardo De Filippo, for whom she played young actress roles in numerous comedies he wrote and directed. In the 1960s, she participated in radio dramas and was a regular guest on the Sunday morning programme Spaccanapoli. On television, she took part in numerous dramas, including the detective series ''

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'' (1967), ''Sherlock Holmes: L'ultimo dei Baskerville'' (1968), ''La donna di cuori'' (1969), ''Un certo Harry Brent'' (1970), the drama ''Il cappello del prete'' (1970) based on the novel of the same name by

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and ''La Medea di Porta Medina'' (1981). For the cinema she starred in Liliana Cavani's ''

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'' (1981), ''I figli... so' pezzi 'e core'' (1982) with

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, Luigi Magni's

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(1989), with Giancarlo Giannini and

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. For the theatre, she performanced in ''Sorelle Materassi'', from the novel by

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(1988), ''Sò dieci anne'' by

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(1999), ''Femminile napoletano'' by Arnolfo Petri, on poetic texts by Salvatore Palomba (2000), ''Le sorprese del divorzio'' (2003) and others. She has also starred in many poetry and prose

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. Since 2009, she has collaborated with the Narni Literature Festival, directed by Esther Basile. In 2011, she lent her voice to the play 'Birthday Party' by Angela Matassa and Giovanna Castellano, directed and performed by Arnolfo Petri and premiered at Teatro Belli in

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. In addition to her work as an actress, she devoted herself to teaching acting and diction at the Totò theatre in Naples. She teaches diction and literature to Neapolitan artists, including Gennaro Silvestro, Alessandro Siani and Niko Depp.

References

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