Cele Abba (25 May 1906 – 1 January 1992) was an Italian actress, sister of actress

Marta Abba Marta Abba (25, June 1900 – 24 June 1988) was an Italian actress, was considered as the muse of the playwright Luigi Pirandello. Life and career Abba was born in Milan, and was the sister of another actress, Cele Abba. At the age of fou ...

. She was born in

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Biography

Her career experienced some reflected light, conditioned by the great popularity obtained by her older sister, the famous Marta, muse of

Luigi Pirandello Luigi Pirandello (; 28 June 1867 – 10 December 1936) was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature for "his almost magical power ...

. Second daughter of the merchant Pompeo Abba and Giuseppina Trabucchi, she made her debut on the theater stage next to her sister who wanted her by her side for the 1927–1928 season in the Pirandelliana Company directed by the famous writer and playwright Luigi Pirandello. In the 1929–1930 season, she had roles as the second woman in the Za-Bum Theater Company directed by Mario Mattoli and in the following one, 1930–1931, she performed in company with

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and

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. In the summer of 1931, she performed in the theatrical staging of Campo di Maggio, written and directed by

Giovacchino Forzano Giovacchino Forzano (; 19 November 1884 – 28 October 1970) was an Italian playwright, librettist, stage and film director. A resourceful writer, he authored numerous popular plays and produced opera librettos for most of the major Italian comp ...

. In the 1932–1933 season she acted with

Ruggero Ruggeri Ruggero Ruggeri (14 November 1871 – 20 July 1953) was an Italian stage and film actor. Ruggeri was a celebrated theatre actor, appearing alongside Lyda Borelli on stage in 1909.Dalle Vacche p.260 From 1914 onward he sporadically made films in ...

and then in the summer of 1933 she was Ippolita in the cast of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream directed by

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with Carlo Lombardi, Giovanni Cimara, Nerio Bernardi, Rina Morelli, Sarah Ferrati, Cesare Bettarini, Armando Migliari, Ruggero Lupi,

Luigi Almirante Luigi Almirante (30 September 1884 – 6 May 1963) was an Italian stage and film actor. He appeared in 62 films between 1921 and 1955. Life and career The son of a stage actor, Almirante was born in Tunis, where the theatrical company of ...

, Giuseppe Pierozzi, Memo Benassi, Evi Maltagliati and Eva Magni represented at the Boboli Gardens in Florence. In the 1933–1934 season she played leading actress roles in Aristide Baghetti's company. He lived for several years in Sanremo, until 1960, when he returned to settle permanently in his hometown, Milan.

Selected filmography

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'' (1933) * '' Passaporto rosso'' (1935)

References

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* Italian film actresses 1906 births 1992 deaths 20th-century Italian actresses Actresses from Milan {{italy-film-actor-stub