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Liana Del Balzo (4 March 1899 – 26 March 1982) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 90 films between 1935 and 1979. She was born in
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and died in
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, Italy. Even making her film debut quite late, in her forty, Del Balzo was one of the most active character actresses in the Italian cinema, usually cast in humorous roles. She was also active on stage and in the operetta, in which she met her husband-to-be, the tenor Guido Agnoletti.


Selected filmography

* '' Casta Diva'' (1935) * '' A Wife in Danger'' (1939) - Una invitata alla festa di nozze * ''
The Dream of Butterfly ''The Dream of Butterfly'' (Italian: '' Il sogno di Butterfly'', German: ''Premiere der Butterfly'') is a 1939 musical drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Maria Cebotari, Fosco Giachetti and Germana Paolieri. It is an variation ...
'' (1939) * ''
We Were Seven Widows ''We Were Seven Widows'' ( it, Eravamo sette vedove) is a 1939 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Antonio Gandusio. Cast * Antonio Gandusio - L'avvocato Ruggero Mauri * Nino Taranto - Orlando, il came ...
'' (1939) - Passenger * ''
It Always Ends That Way ''It Always Ends That Way'' (Italian: ''Finisce sempre così'') is a 1939 Italian musical comedy film directed by Enrique Susini and starring Vittorio De Sica, Nedda Francy and Roberto Rey. The film was based on a novel by Robert Dieudonné.Go ...
'' (1939) - La cameriera dell' albergo * ''Torna, caro ideal!'' (1939) - Madame de Villet * ''Le educande di Saint-Cyr'' (1939) - L'insegnante di musica * ''Ballo al castello'' (1939) * ''Scandalo per bene'' (1940) * ''
One Hundred Thousand Dollars ''One Hundred Thousand Dollars'' (Italian: ''Centomila dollari'') is a 1940 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Assia Noris, Amedeo Nazzari and Lauro Gazzolo.Gundle p.169 It was shot at the Palatino Stu ...
'' (1940) - Miss Vernon * ''
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'' (1940) - Una invitata al ballo * ''La canzone rubata'' (1940) - La portinaia * ''La fanciulla di Portici'' (1940) - La duchessa Carafa * '' Idyll in Budapest'' (1941) * ''
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'' (1941) - La dama di compagnia della marchesa (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1941) * ''Orizzonte dipinto'' (1941) * ''I mariti (Tempesta d'anime)'' (1941) * ''
The King's Jester ''The King's Jester'' ( it, Il re si diverte) is a 1941 Italian historical drama film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Michel Simon, María Mercader and Rossano Brazzi. The film is an adaptation of the play ''Le roi s'amuse'' by Victor Hug ...
'' (1941) - La marchesa che nasconde l'età * '' A Woman Has Fallen'' (1941) - Una vicina di casa * ''Sancta Maria'' (1942) - Una passeggera sulla nave * ''Soltanto un bacio'' (1942) - Un invitata alla festa di fidanzamento * ''La principessa del sogno'' (1942) - Una amica della cantante lirica * ''Miliardi, che follia!'' (1942) - Una invitata alla festa * ''La signorina'' (1942) * ''Sette anni di felicità'' (1942) - La cantante sul camion * ''
The Woman of Sin ''The Woman of Sin'' (Italian: ''La donna del peccato'') is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Harry Hasso and starring Viveca Lindfors, Otello Toso and Gustav Diessl. It was one of two films Swedish actress Lindfors made in wartime Italy. It ...
'' (1942) * ''
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'' (1942) * ''La danza del fuoco'' (1943) * ''Sempre più difficile'' (1943) - La direttrice del collegio svizzero * ''Apparizione'' (1943) - Susanna, la governante * ''La storia di una capinera'' (1943) * ''Il diavolo va in collegio'' (1944) - Signora Testones * ''Eugênia Grandet'' (1946) * ''L'apocalisse'' (1947) * '' Cab Number 13'' (1948) - (segment "Il castigo") * ''
Toto Looks For a House ''Toto Looks for a House'' ( it, Totò cerca casa) is a 1949 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli and Steno. The film is stylistically related to Italian neorealism, though it can be seen as a parody. It was a commercial success, bei ...
'' (1949) - La contessa (uncredited) * ''
The Pirates of Capri ''The Pirates of Capri'' ( it, I pirati di Capri), released in the United Kingdom as ''The Masked Pirate'', is a 1949 Italian/American international co-production swashbuckler film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer starring Louis Hayward. It was filmed ...
'' (1949) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''Santo disonore'' (1950) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''
Romanzo d'amore ''Romanzo d'amore'' is a 1950 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Duilio Coletti. Cast * Rossano Brazzi as Enrico Toselli * Danielle Darrieux as Archduchess Louise of Austria * Olinto Cristina * Jone Morino * Vira Silenti * Elena ...
'' (1950) - Guest at the Continis' * ''
The Thief of Venice ''The Thief of Venice'' or ''Il Ladro di Venezia'' is a 1950 Italian film directed by John Brahm. The US title was "The Thief of Venice". It was released in the US two years after being made. Plot In 1575 Venice, the Doge has just died and Scar ...
'' (1950) - La duenna * ''Strano appuntamento'' (1950) * ''
Love and Blood ''Love and Blood'' ( it, Amore e sangue) is a 1951 Italian-German action melodrama film directed by Marino Girolami and starring Maria Montez in one of her last roles.
'' (1951) * ''
Shadows Over Naples ''Shadows Over Naples'' (german: Schatten über Neapel) is a 1951 German-Italian crime film directed by Hans Wolff and starring Maria Montez, Massimo Serato, and Hans Söhnker. A separate Italian version ''Love and Blood ''Love and Blood'' ...
'' (1951) * ''
The Ungrateful Heart ''The Ungrateful Heart'' ( nap, Core 'ngrato) is a 1951 Italian melodrama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Carla Del Poggio, Frank Latimore and Gabriele Ferzetti Gabriele Ferzetti (born Pasquale Ferzetti; 17 March 1925 – 2 ...
'' (1951) * ''
Seven Hours of Trouble ''Seven Hours of Trouble'' (Italian: ''Sette ore di guai'') is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Vittorio Metz and Marcello Marchesi and starring Totò, Isa Barzizza and Carlo Campanini.Goble p.958 Plot Toto De Pasquale (Toto) is the holder ...
'' (1951) - Donna Lucrezia (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1951) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''
Una bruna indiavolata! ''Una bruna indiavolata!'' is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia. Cast * Silvana Pampanini as Clara * Ugo Tognazzi as Carlo Soldi * Nando Bruno as Autista del taxi * Carlo Sposito as Giulio Scanagatta * Rocco D' ...
'' (1951) - Mamma di Giulio * ''
Wife for a Night ''Wife for a Night'' ( it, Moglie per una notte) is a 1952 Italian film starring Gina Lollobrigida. It was based on the play ''The Dazzling Hour'' by Anna Bonacci, which was later updated for the Billy Wilder film ''Kiss Me, Stupid''. Plot The la ...
'' (1952) * ''
In Olden Days ''In Olden Days'' ( it, Altri tempi, link=no, also known as ''Times Gone By'' and ''Infidelity'') is a 1952 Italian anthology film. Plot The cart of old books A good-natured peddler of old books shows his customers some works from the past ...
'' (1952) - Spettatrice al processo (segment "Il processo di Frine") (uncredited) * '' Don Lorenzo'' (1952) * '' Finishing School'' (1952) - Princess De Vick-Beranger * '' Il romanzo della mia vita'' (1952) - The Woman in Trattoria (uncredited) * ''Una donna prega'' (1953) - Una vicina curiosa * ''
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'' (1953) - (uncredited) * ''
Neapolitan Carousel ''Neapolitan Carousel'' ( it, Carosello napoletano) is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Ettore Giannini and starring Léonide Massine, Achille Millo and Agostino Salvietti. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival, winning its '' ...
'' (1954) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''I cavalieri della regina'' (1954) * ''
Beautiful but Dangerous ''Beautiful But Dangerous'' (also released as ''La donna più bella del mondo''/ ''The World's Most Beautiful Woman'') is a 1956 French-Italian comedy drama romance film directed by Robert Z. Leonard. The picture is a biopic about Italian opera ...
'' (1955) - (uncredited) * '' Bravissimo'' (1955) * '' Noi siamo le colonne'' (1956) - Madre di Sofia * ''Valeria ragazza poco seria'' (1958) * ''Le cameriere'' (1959) * ''
The Moralist ''The Moralist'' (Italian: ''Il moralista'') is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Bianchi. Starring Alberto Sordi and Vittorio de Sica, it satirises both the upholders of traditional sexual morality and the exploiters selling sex in ...
'' (1959) - The Baroness (uncredited) * '' Ben-Hur'' (1959) - Guest at Banquet (uncredited) * '' The Cossacks'' (1960) - Grandduchess, Aunt of Tsar (uncredited) * ''The Dam on the Yellow River'' (1960) * ''
The Night They Killed Rasputin ''The Night They Killed Rasputin'' ( it, L'ultimo zar, french: Les nuits de Raspoutine), also known as ''Nights of Rasputin'', is a 1960 Italian-French historical adventure film co-written and directed by Pierre Chenal, and starring Edmund Pur ...
'' (1960) * ''
Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today ''Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today'' ( it, Totò, Fabrizi e i giovani d'oggi) is a 1960 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò.Aprà p.101 Plot Two bourgeois families live in Rome: the family of the " Cavalie ...
'' (1960) * ''
It Started in Naples ''It Started in Naples'' is a 1960 American romantic comedy film directed by Melville Shavelson and produced by Jack Rose from a screenplay by Suso Cecchi d'Amico, based on the story by Michael Pertwee and Jack Davies. The Technicolor cinematog ...
'' (1960) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''
Five Golden Hours ''Five Golden Hours'' is a 1961 Italian-British comedy film directed by Mario Zampi and written by Hans Wilhelm, starring Ernie Kovacs, Cyd Charisse and George Sanders, and featuring Dennis Price and John Le Mesurier. Plot Aldo Bondi (Kovacs) ...
'' (1961) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''
Come September ''Come September'' is a 1961 American romantic comedy film directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Rock Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida, Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin. Plot Wealthy American businessman Robert Talbot owns a villa on the Ligurian coast, ...
'' (1961) - Mother Superior (uncredited) * ''I masnadieri'' (1961) - Acilia (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1962) - Rich Hebrew Woman * '' Imperial Venus'' (1962) - Principessa Borghese * ''La donna degli altri è sempre più bella'' (1963) - Old Lady on the Beach (segment "Bagnino Lover") (uncredited) * ''I gemelli del Texas'' (1964) - Madre di Makenzie * ''
Il disco volante ''Il disco volante'' is a 1964 Italian comic science fiction film with mockumentary elements directed by Tinto Brass and starring Alberto Sordi. The film features the renowned comedian in four distinct roles as a dim-witted Carabinieri '' brigadier ...
'' (1964) - la madre di Dolores * ''
The Taming of the Shrew ''The Taming of the Shrew'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken ...
'' (1967) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''Zorro alla corte d'Inghilterra'' (1969) - Woman at party (uncredited) * '' Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence'' (1969) - Woman attending sermon (uncredited) * ''
Shango Shango (Yoruba language: Ṣàngó, also known as Changó or Xangô in Latin America; and as Jakuta or Badé) is an Orisha, a deity in Yoruba religion. Genealogically speaking, Shango is a royal ancestor of the Yoruba as he was the third Alaafi ...
'' (1970) - Taña * '' Mr. Superinvisible'' (1970) * '' Cross Current'' (1971) - Mrs. Foschi * ''Colpo grosso... grossissimo... anzi probabile'' (1972) * ''Novelle galeotte d'amore'' (1972) * '' La prima notte di quiete'' (1972) - Signora Dominici, Daniele's mother (uncredited) * ''Il gatto di Brooklyn aspirante detective'' (1973) - Adelina Bacherozza De Porcaris - the grandmother * ''
Deep Red ''Deep Red'' ( it, Profondo rosso), also known as ''The Hatchet Murders'', is a 1975 Italian Thriller film, thriller- giallo film directed by Dario Argento and co-written by Argento and Bernardino Zapponi. It stars David Hemmings as a musician wh ...
'' (1975) - Elvira * '' La Cage aux Folles'' (1978) - Mme Charrier * '' La Luna'' (1979) - Maestro's Sister (uncredited)


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* * 1899 births 1982 deaths Italian film actresses People from Buenos Aires 20th-century Italian actresses {{Italy-actor-stub