Teresa Mariani (24 October 1868 – 1 August 1914) was an Italian actress. Hispano_Suiza_1905

Early life

Mariani was born into a family of performers in Florence. She began her acting career as a small child, in a Paris production of Ernest Legouvé's ''Medea'', sharing the stage with

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Career

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and Cesare Rossi. She was head actress with her own touring company from 1894 to 1908, with the other members including her husband ,

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, and

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. In 1898, she was the first actress to play

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's Nora in Uruguay, when she starred in her company's production of '' A Doll's House'' in Montevideo. She sat for a portrait by Spanish painter

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, who also used her image to illustrate the share certificates for Hispano Suiza Fabrica de Automoviles SA. Mariani also appeared in a silent film, ''Situazione comica'' (1909). A few months before her death in 1914, she performed in Greek classical dramas in Verona, with Gualtiero Tumiati.

Personal life

Mariani married actor Vittorio Zampieri. She died from heart failure in 1914, aged 45 years, at Castelfranco Veneto.

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An autographed picture of Teresina Mariani as a young woman
in the collection of the

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's Study Centre for Documentary Research into European Theatre and Opera {{DEFAULTSORT:Mariani, Teresa 1868 births 1914 deaths Italian actresses People from Florence