Bianca Doria (22 September 1915 – 2 February 1985) was an Italian actress. She appeared in more than forty films during her career. She appeared in the 1963 peplum '' Hercules Against the Mongols''.Hughes, Howard. ''Cinema Italiano: The Complete Guide from Classics to Cult''. I.B. Tauris, 2011. p. 35. She was married to director Alberto Doria.

Life and career

Born in

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, Doria studied music, painting and sculpture since young age. She made her critical acclaimed film debut in '' Piccolo hotel'', which premiered at the 1939 Venice International Film Festival and got reviews in which she was paired to

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. Following the overthrow of

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's government in 1943 she and her husband went to work in the film industry of the pro-German

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, for which she was criticized after the Second World War ended. In the following years she was mainly cast in character roles, and occasionally worked on stage and on television.

Selected filmography

* '' Short Circuit'' (1943) * ''

Stormbound ''Stormbound'' or ''La Strada finisce sul fiume'' is a 1950 Italian crime melodrama film directed by Luigi Capuano. Cast *Constance Dowling as Barbara *Andrea Checchi as Rol *Tino Buazzelli as Sergeant *Bianca Doria as Maria *Mirko Ellis ...

'' (1950) * '' Tomorrow Is Another Day'' (1951) * '' Vacation with a Gangster'' (1951) * ''

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'' (1951) * '' Deceit'' (1952) * '' Drama on the Tiber'' (1952) * '' For You I Have Sinned'' (1953) * '' The World Condemns Them'' (1953) * '' Guai ai vinti'' (1954) * '' The Awakening'' (1956) * '' The Dragon's Blood'' (1957) * ''

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'' (1961) * '' Hercules Against the Mongols'' (1963) * ''

Brief Season ''Brief Season'' ( it, Una breve stagione, also known as ''As Long as it Lasts'') is a 1969 Italian drama film written and directed by Renato Castellani. Plot Johnny is a young American who lives in Rome, where he exercises the profession of sto ...

'' (1969) * ''

The Hassled Hooker ''The Hassled Hooker'' ( it, Il vero e il falso, also known as ''The True and the False'') is a 1972 Italian crime-drama film co-written and directed by Eriprando Visconti. Plot In Latina, 100 kilometers from Rome, Luisa Santini is said to ha ...

'' (1972) * ''

Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye ''Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye'' ( it, La morte negli occhi del gatto) is a 1973 Gothic horror film directed by Antonio Margheriti. Plot Set in Scotland, the film opens with a man being murdered by an unknown killer with a razor. The killer d ...

'' (1973)

References

External links

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Biography of Bianca Doria
{{DEFAULTSORT:Doria, Bianca 1915 births 1985 deaths People from the Province of Belluno Italian film actresses