Enrichetta Thea Prandi (25 November 1925 – 8 June 1961), known as Thea Prandi, was an Italian actress and singer who was active in the 1940s and 1950s. She is known for her roles in ''

Una famiglia impossibile ''Una famiglia impossibile'' (i.e. "An Impossible Family") is a 1940 Italian "Telefoni Bianchi, white-telephones" comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Armando Falconi, Pina Renzi and María Mercader.Fabrizio Sarazani (29 D ...

'' (1940) and '' L'allegro fantasma'' (1941), and as the narrator in ''

Neapolitans in Milan ''Napoletani a Milano'' (internationally released as ''Neapolitans in Milan'') is a 1953 Italian comedy film directed by Eduardo De Filippo. It entered the competition at the 14th Venice International Film Festival. In 2008 the film was selected to ...

'' (1953). Prandi sang on

EIAR Ente Italiano per le Audizioni Radiofoniche (EIAR, "Italian Body for Radio Broadcasting") was the public service broadcaster in Fascist Italy and the only entity permitted to broadcast by the government. History The company was established in 19 ...

radio broadcasts as a member of the "Trio Primavera" with

Isa Bellini Isa Bellini (19 June 1922 – 5 February 2021

and Wilma Mangini. After retiring from showbusiness, she worked as an administrator of the

Teatro San Ferdinando Teatro San Ferdinando is a theatre in Naples, Italy. It is named after King Ferdinand I of Naples. Located near Ponte Nuovo, it is to the southeast of the Teatro Totò in the western part of the neighborhood of Arenaccia. Built in the late eight ...

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

Personal

She met actor/playwright

Eduardo De Filippo Eduardo De Filippo (; 24 May 1900 – 31 October 1984), also known simply as ''Eduardo'', was an Italian actor, director, screenwriter and playwright, best known for his Neapolitan works ''Filumena Marturano'' and '' Napoli Milionaria''. Consid ...

in 1947 while being a soubrette in the revue company "Teatro dei Fiorentini", and they were married for three years from 1956 to 1959. Previous to their marriage, they had two children together, the actor

Luca De Filippo Luca De Filippo (3 June 1948 – 27 November 2015) was an Italian actor and director of theatre. De Filippo was born in Rome to Eduardo De Filippo and the singer and actress Thea Prandi. He married Carolina Rosi, the daughter of director Francesc ...

, and a daughter Luisa "Luisella" De Filippo. Luisella died at the age of 10 from a cerebral hemorrhage in 1960. During their relationship, Prandi served as De Filippo's secretary and also appeared in several of his stage comedies. Prandi died on 8 June 1961 at the Ciancarelli clinic in Rome after a long illness.

Filmography

* ''

'' (1940) - Nerina Bartolla * '' L'allegro fantasma'' (1941) - Lilli * ''

'' (1953) - narrator

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Prandi, Thea 1925 births 1961 deaths Italian film actresses 20th-century Italian actresses