Rosina Anselmi ( 26 July 1880 – 23 May 1965) was an Italian stage, television and film actress. She was a prominent actress in the Sicilian language theater, especially in the province of
Catania.
Life and career
Born in
Caltagirone,
Catania into a family of stage actors, Anselmi began acting with her father Alessandro, then with
Nino Martoglio in some comedies written by him.
She then joined the stage company of
Mimi Aguglia
Mimi Aguglia (21 December 1884 – 31 July 1970) was an Italian actress, born Girolama Aguglia in Palermo, Sicily, while her mother, actress Giuseppina Aguglia, was playing Desdemona in ''Othello''.
Biography
She was born in the wings of t ...
, another important actress of the Sicilian repertoire, with whom she toured in North America.
Anselmi went back to Sicily in 1910, and in 1914 she became the first actress, in spite of her status of a great character actress, alongside
Angelo Musco
Angelo Musco (18 December 1872 – 6 October 1937) was an Italian actor in theater and film. He was known for his comic abilities as well as for his carefully drawn psychological portraits.
Life and career
Born in Catania, Catania, Sicily to ...
with whom she acted for about thirty years, until Musco's death.
Anselmi later continued her stage career next to
Michele Abbruzzo, proposing the identical repertoire of Musco, until her death.
She was a co-founder of the
Teatro Stabile di Catania.
Selected filmography
* ''
The Matchmaker
''The Matchmaker'' is a 1954 play by Thornton Wilder, a rewritten version of his 1938 play ''The Merchant of Yonkers''.
History
The play has a long and colorful history. John Oxenford's 1835 one-act farce ''A Day Well Spent'' had been exte ...
'' (1934)
* ''
Aldebaran
Aldebaran (Arabic: “The Follower”, "الدبران") is the brightest star in the zodiac constellation of Taurus. It has the Bayer designation α Tauri, which is Latinized to Alpha Tauri and abbreviated Alpha Tau or α Tau. Alde ...
'' (1935)
* ''
Territorial Militia'' (1935)
* ''
King of Diamonds'' (1936)
* ''
Abandon All Hope
''Inferno'' (; Italian for "Hell") is the first part of Italian writer Dante Alighieri's 14th-century epic poem ''Divine Comedy''. It is followed by ''Purgatorio'' and '' Paradiso''. The ''Inferno'' describes Dante's journey through Hell, gui ...
'' (1937)
* ''
The Ferocious Saladin'' (1937)
* ''
A Lady Did It
''A Lady Did It'' ( it, L'ha fatto una signora) is a 1938 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Michele Abruzzo, Rosina Anselmi and Alida Valli.Aprà p.101 It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The fi ...
'' (1938)
* ''
The Marquis of Ruvolito'' (1939)
References
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1880 births
1965 deaths
People from Caltagirone
Italian stage actresses
Italian television actresses
Italian film actresses
20th-century Italian actresses
Actors from Sicily