Elena Zareschi (23 July 1916 – 31 July 1999) was an Italian stage, television and film actress.
Life and career
Born Elina Lazzareschi in
Buenos Aires
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to Italian parents from
Lucca
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Lucca is known as one o ...
, Zareschi moved to
Rome
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in the mid-1930s and enrolled at the
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
The Centro sperimentale di cinematografia (Experimental Film Centre or Italian National film school) was established in 1935 in Italy and aims to promote the art and technique of cinematography and film.
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, graduating in 1937.
In the same year, she made her film debut in the drama ''
L’ultima nemica''.
Partial filmography
* ''Everybody's Woman
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'' (1934)
* '' The Last Enemy'' (1938)
* ''Ultima giovinezza'' (1939) – Yvonne
* ''Sei bambine ed il Perseo'' (1940) – Vivalda
* ''L'ultima nemica'' (1940) – Isa Fleur
* ''Merchant of Slaves'' (1942) – Francesca
* ''M.A.S.'' (1942) – L'attrice, amica di Brera
* ''Don Giovanni'' (1942) – Elvira
* ''Jealousy
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'' (1942) – Zosima Munoz
* ''Rita of Cascia
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After Rita's husband died, she joine ...
'' (1943) – Rita da Cascia
* ''Peccatori'' (1945)
* ''I contrabbandieri del mare'' (1948) – Stella
* ''The Earth Cries Out
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In 2008 it was restored and shown as part of a retrospective "Questi fantasmi: Cinema italiano ritrovato" ...
'' (1949) – Ada
* ''Shadows on the Grand Canal
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'' (1951)
* ''Ulysses
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'' (1954) – Cassandra
* ''Il conte Aquila
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'' (1955) – Imperatrice Austriaca
* ''The Mysteries of Paris
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'' (1957) – Matilde
* ''Herod the Great
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'' (1959) – Alexandra
* ''Le sorprese dell'amore
''Le sorprese dell'amore'' ("Surprise of Love") is a 1959 Italian romantic comedy film written and directed by Luigi Comencini.
Cast
*Dorian Gray as Didì
*Walter Chiari as Ferdinando
*Anna Maria Ferrero as Mariarosa
* Sylva Koscina as Maria ...
'' (1959) – Carlotta
* '' The Cossacks'' (1960) – Patima
* ''The Warrior Empress
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'' (1960) – Sibilla
* ''Silver Spoon Set
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'' (1960) – Actress (uncredited)
* ''Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete
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'' (1960) – Queen Pasifae
* ''Invasion 1700
''Invasion 1700'' ( it, Col ferro e col fuoco, french: Par le fer et par le feu, also known as ''With Fire and Sword'' and ''Daggers of Blood'') is a 1962 Italian-French historical epic film directed by Fernando Cerchio. It is based on the 1884 P ...
'' (1962) – Princess Kinzevich
* ''Un colpo al cuore'' (1970)
* ''La lunga ombra del lupo'' (1971) – Countess Balestrieri
References
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Actresses from Buenos Aires
Italian stage actresses
Italian film actresses
Italian television actresses
1916 births
1999 deaths
20th-century Italian actresses