Rubi Dalma (24 April 1906 - 7 August 1994) was an Italian actress.

Life and career

Born Giusta Manca di Villahermosa in

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, she belonged to an aristocratic family from the Sardinian town of

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. After a bit part in the

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's film ''Regina della Scala'', in which she basically played herself, Manca di Villahermosa decided to start a career as an actress and she adopted the stage name Rubi Dalma (sometimes spelled as Rubi D'Alma or Ruby Dalma). Her

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was as the aristocrat donna Paola unsuccessfully courted by

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Il signor Max ''Il Signor Max'' is a 1937 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Vittorio De Sica and Assia Noris. Plot Gianni is a poor, young newspaper salesman in Rome. However, during his vacations he poses as Count ...

''. From then Dalma started a successful career, even if often limited to stereotyped roles of cold, sophisticated and sometimes snobbish noblewomen. After the war she mainly appeared in character roles and, gradually, moved away from the cinema industry.

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1937) * ''

Queen of the Scala ''Queen of the Scala'' (Italian: ''Regina della Scala'') is a 1937 Italian drama film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque and Guido Salvini and starring Margherita Carosio, Nives Poli and Giuseppe Addobbati.Lancia & Poppi p.93 The film's sets were ...

'' (1937) * ''

Hurricane in the Tropics ''Hurricane in the Tropics'' (Italian:''Uragano ai tropici'') is a 1939 Italian adventure film directed by Pier Luigi Faraldo and Gino Talamo and starring Fosco Giachetti, Rubi D'Alma, and Osvaldo Valenti.Poppi p.396 The film is based on a nove ...

'' (1939) * '' Heartbeat'' (1939) * ''

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'' (1940) * ''

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'' (1940) * '' A Pistol Shot'' (1942) * ''

Odessa in Flames ''Odessa in Flames'' (Italian: ''Odessa in fiamme'', Romanian: ''Odessa în flăcări'') is a 1942 Italian-Romanian propaganda war film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Maria Cebotari, Carlo Ninchi and Filippo Scelzo. The film is about th ...

'' (1942) * ''

C'è sempre un ma! ''C'è sempre un ma!'' is a 1942 Italian " white-telephones" drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Carla Del Poggio. Cast * Carla Del Poggio as Carla * Adriana Benetti as Giulia * Rubi Dalma as Laura * Jone Morino as Isabella * Ar ...

'' (1942) * ''

Daniele Cortis ''Daniele Cortis'' (also known as ''Elena'') is a 1947 Italian drama film directed by Mario Soldati and starring Vittorio Gassman, Sarah Churchill and Gino Cervi. The film (set in nineteenth-century Italy) follows the impossible love affair betwe ...

'' (1947) * '' Heaven over the Marshes'' (1949) * ''

Story of a Love Affair ''Story of a Love Affair'' ( it, Cronaca di un amore) is a 1950 Italian drama film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and starring Massimo Girotti and Lucia Bosè. Despite some neorealist background, the film was not fully compliant with the conte ...

'' (1950, dir.

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) * ''

Eager to Live ''Eager to Live'' ( it, Febbre di vivere) is a 1953 Italian drama film directed by Claudio Gora. In 2008 the film was selected to enter the list of the 100 Italian films to be saved. Plot Massimo lives in luxury, but in reality he is overwhe ...

'' (1953)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dalma, Rubi Italian film actresses Actresses from Milan 1906 births 1994 deaths 20th-century Italian actresses