Lilla Brignone (23 August 1913 – 24 March 1984) was an Italian film and theater actress. She appeared in 40 films between 1930 and 1982. Her father was film director and actor

Guido Brignone Guido Brignone (6 December 1886 – 6 March 1959) was an Italian film director and actor. He was the father of actress Lilla Brignone and younger brother of actress Mercedes Brignone. Brignone was born in Milan, Italy. He was the first Italian ...

and her aunt was actress

Mercedes Brignone Mercedes Brignone (18 May 1885 – 24 June 1967) was a Spanish-born Italian stage, film and television actress. She was the daughter of the actor Giuseppe Brignone. She often played divas, and appeared in numerous silent films for Milano Films ...

. Her mother was actress Lola Visconti (pseudonym of Dolores Visconti).

Selected filmography

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Loyalty of Love ''Loyalty of Love'' (Italian: ''Teresa Confalonieri'') is a 1934 Italian historical drama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Marta Abba, Nerio Bernardi and Luigi Cimara. It is based on the story of Teresa Confalonieri, a celebrated fig ...

'' (1934) * ''

Thirty Seconds of Love ''Thirty Seconds of Love'' (Italian:''Trenta secondi d'amore'') is a 1936 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Nino Besozzi Nino Besozzi (6 February 1901 – 2 February 1971) was an Italian film actor. He app ...

'' (1936) * ''

The Amnesiac ''The Amnesiac'' (Italian: ''Lo smemorato'') is a 1936 Italian comedy film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Angelo Musco, Checco Durante and Franco Coop.Goble p.66 The film's plot is based on a stage play, inspired by the Bruneri-Canella ...

'' (1936) * '' The Jester's Supper'' (1942) * '' Abbiamo vinto!'' (1951) * ''

Angels of Darkness ''Angels of Darkness'' (Italian: ''Donne proibite'') is a 1954 Italian melodrama film directed by Giuseppe Amato and starring Linda Darnell, Anthony Quinn and Valentina Cortese. The film's sets were designed by the art director Virgilio Marchi. ...

'' (1954) * ''

Dreams in a Drawer ''Dreams in a Drawer'' ( it, I sogni nel cassetto) is a 1957 Italian romantic drama film written and directed by Renato Castellani and starring Lea Massari. Plot Mario and Lucia, two young students from the University of Pavia, fall in love. Luci ...

'' (1957) * ''

Estate Violenta ''Estate violenta'' (U.S. title: ''Violent Summer'') is a 1961 Italian award-winning black-and-white drama film directed by Valerio Zurlini, depicting a love affair between a prominent Fascist's young draft-dodging son, portrayed by Jean-Louis Tr ...

'' (1959) * ''

Ghosts of Rome ''Ghosts of Rome'' ( it, Fantasmi a Roma) is a 1961 Italian comedy film directed by Antonio Pietrangeli. It was released in the UK in 1964 as ''The Phantom Lovers''. Plot Count di Roviano refuses to sell his palace to a developer, despite havin ...

'' (1961) * ''

L'Eclisse ''L'Eclisse'' ( en, "The Eclipse") is a 1962 Italian romance film written and directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and starring Alain Delon and Monica Vitti. Filmed on location in Rome and Verona, the story follows a young woman (Vitti) who pursues ...

'' (1962) * '' The Betrothed'' (1964) * '' Malicious'' (1973)

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Lilla Brignone
1913 births 1984 deaths Italian film actresses Actresses from Rome Deaths from cancer in Lazio 20th-century Italian actresses {{Italy-actor-stub