Vira Silenti (16 April 1931 – 1 November 2014)
was an Italian actress.
Career
Born in
Naples
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as Elvira Giovene, Silenti debuted as child actress at ten years old in ''Una notte dopo l’opera'' (1942).
She studied law at the university and enrolled at the dance school of
Jia Ruskaja, then she left her studies to devote herself to the acting career.
[ One of the most active actresses in the Italian television between fifties and sixties, she slowed her activity after her marriage with the film producer Ermanno Donati, until her retirement in the early 1980s.][
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Death
Silenti was struck by a car on 31 October 2014 in Rome
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, Italy.
Selected filmography
* '' Last Love'' (1947)
* '' Cab Number 13'' (1948)
* ''Totò Tarzan
''Totò Tarzan'' is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò, Marilyn Buferd and Alba Arnova. It is a parody of Edgar Rice Burroughs's novel ''Tarzan of the Apes''. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios in Rome. ...
'' (1950)
* ''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)
* ''La nemica
''La Nemica'' is a 1952 Italian melodrama film directed by Giorgio Bianchi.
Cast
*Elisa Cegani: Duchessa Anna
*Frank Latimore: Roberto
*Vira Silenti: Fiorenza
* Jacques Verlier: Gastone
*Carlo Ninchi: Monsignore
*Ada Dondini: Nonna
*Filippo Scel ...
'' (1952)
* ''Francis the Smuggler
''Francis the Smuggler'' ( it, François il contrabbandiere) is a 1953 Italian drama film directed by Gianfranco Parolini and starring Roberto Mauri, Doris Duranti and Vira Silenti.Bragaglia p.166
Synopsis
With the police on his trail, a smuggler ...
'' (1953)
* ''Passionate Song
''Passionate Song'' (Italian: ''Canzone appassionata'') is a 1953 Italian musical melodrama film directed by Giorgio Simonelli and starring Nilla Pizzi, Gérard Landry and Vira Silenti.Parish p.100
Plot
Lucia Spinelli, orphaned by both pare ...
'' (1953)
* ''I Vitelloni
''I vitelloni'' (, literally "The bullocks" - Romagnol slang for "The slackers" or "The layabouts") is a 1953 comedy-drama film directed by Federico Fellini from a screenplay written by himself, Ennio Flaiano and Tullio Pinelli. It stars Franco ...
'' (1953)
* ''House of Ricordi
''House of Ricordi'' ( it, Casa Ricordi) is a 1954 French-Italian historical melodrama film based on the early history of the Italian music publishing house Casa Ricordi. It is directed by Carmine Gallone and stars Märta Torén, Marcello Mastr ...
'' (1954)
* ''Winter Holidays
''Winter Holidays'' ( it, Vacanze d'inverno) is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque and Giuliano Carnimeo (collaborating director), based on story by Oreste Biancoli. The music score is by Armando Trovajoli.
Cast
*Alber ...
'' (1958)
* ''Son of the Red Corsair
''The Son of the Red Corsair'' (original title: ''Il figlio del corsaro rosso'') is an exotic adventure novel written by Italian author Emilio Salgari, published in 1908. The novel was adapted for the silver screen in Italy in 1959.
Plot summary ...
'' (1959)
* ''The Story of Joseph and His Brethren
''The Story of Joseph and His Brethren'' (Italian: ''Giuseppe venduto dai fratelli'') is a 1961 Yugoslavian/Italian film directed by Irving Rapper and Luciano Ricci.
The film is also known as ''Joseph Sold by His Brothers'', ''Joseph and His Bre ...
'' (1960)
* '' Son of Samson'' (1960)
* '' Maciste nella terra dei ciclopi'' (1961)
* ''The Witch's Curse
''The Witch's Curse'' ( it, Maciste all'inferno, lit=Maciste in Hell) is a 1962 peplum- fantasy film, directed by Riccardo Freda.
Plot
In the mid-1500s, a witch is burned in Scotland and places a curse on the inhabitants before she dies. One hu ...
'' (1962)
* ''The Avenger of Venice
''The Avenger of Venice'' ( it, Il ponte dei sospiri, es, El puente de los suspiros, link=no) is a 1964 adventure film written and directed by Pierro Pierotti and Carlo Campogalliani and starring Brett Halsey and Gianna Maria Canale. It is b ...
'' (1964)
* ''Col cuore in gola
''Col cuore in gola'' () is a 1967 ''giallo'' film directed by Tinto Brass. It is loosely based on the novel ''Il sepolcro di carta'' ( The Paper Tomb) written by Sergio Donati. The film used storyboards from cartoonist Guido Crepax. It has be ...
'' (1967)
References
External links
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1931 births
2014 deaths
Italian film actresses
Italian television actresses
Actresses from Naples
Road incident deaths in Italy
Pedestrian road incident deaths
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