Letizia Quaranta (30 December 1892 – 9 January 1977) was an Italian

film actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lite ...

. Mainly active in the

silent era A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, wh ...

, she also appeared in a few

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s. She was married to the director

Carlo Campogalliani Carlo Campogalliani (10 October 1885 – 10 August 1974) was an Italian screenwriter, actor and film director. Campogalliani directed around eighty films during his career and acted in another fifty. He directed the 1934 sports film '' Stadio''.R ...

and appeared in a number of his films.Moliterno p.62 Letizia Quaranta had a twin sister, Isabella Quaranta, who was also an actress. Her older sister was actress

Lidia Quaranta Lidia Quaranta (6 March 1891 – 5 March 1928) was an Italian stage and film actress of the early 20th century. Early career Lidia Gemma Mattia Quaranta was born in Turin, Italy, the older sister of twins Isabella and Letizia Quaranta. She beg ...

Selected filmography

* '' Love Everlasting'' (1913) * '' Floretta and Patapon'' (1913) * ''

Hedda Gabler ''Hedda Gabler'' () is a play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The world premiere was staged on 31 January 1891 at the Residenztheater in Munich. Ibsen himself was in attendance, although he remained back-stage. The play has been can ...

'' (1920) * ''

The Woman at Midnight ''The Woman at Midnight'' (Portuguese: ''La Mujer de medianoche'') is a 1925 Brazilian mystery film drama directed by Carlo Campogalliani. The film premiered in Rio de Janeiro on 7 September 1925. Cast *Paulo Benedetti *Carlo Campogalliani ...

'' (1925) * '' The Doctor in Spite of Himself'' (1931) * ''

The Devil's Lantern ''The Devil's Lantern'' (Italian: ''La lanterna del diavolo'') is a 1931 Italian drama film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Nella Maria Bonora, Donatella Neri, and Carlo Gualandri.Mancini p.54 It was made at the Cines Studios in ...

'' (1931) * ''

Forbidden Music ''Forbidden Music'' (Italian: ''Musica proibita'') is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Tito Gobbi, María Mercader and Giuseppe Rinaldi.Bayman p.138 An elderly composer recalls his youthful romance with a wo ...

'' (1942) * ''

The Innocent Casimiro ''The Innocent Casimiro'' (Italian: ''L'innocente Casimiro'') is a 1945 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Erminio Macario, Lea Padovani and Olinto Cristina. It is based on a play ''Scandalo al Collegio'' by Mario Am ...

'' (1945) * ''

The Devil's Gondola ''The Devil's Gondola'' (Italian: ''La gondola del diavolo'') is a 1946 Italian historical drama-crime film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Loredana, Carlo Lombardi, and Erminio Spalla.Klossner p.103 Made by Scalera Films, it was s ...

'' (1946) * ''

Orphan of the Ghetto ''Orphan of the Ghetto'' (Italian: ''L'orfana del ghetto'') is a 1954 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Carlo Campogalliani. It is based on a novel of the same name by Carolina Invernizio.Goble p.238 Cast * Franca Marzi * Luisella B ...

'' (1954)

References

Bibliography

* Moliterno, Gino. ''The A to Z of Italian Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1892 births 1977 deaths Italian film actresses Italian silent film actresses 20th-century Italian actresses Actors from Turin {{Italy-film-actor-stub