Alba Arnova (15 March 1930 – 11 March 2018) was an Italian-Argentine ballerina and film actress.

Life and career

Born in

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as Alba Fossati, daughter of two Italian emigrants, Arnova studied piano at the Conservatory and enrolled in the university at the medical faculty. She became the principal classical dancer of the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires and changed her surname first to Ars Nova and then to Arnova. She left Argentina in 1948, for a six months stage tour, and eventually remained in

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, where she worked first in theater as a classical dancer and as a

revue A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance, and sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural presence of its own dur ...

and

avanspettacolo Avanspettacolo (literally: "before the show") is an Italian theatrical genre that developed between the 1930s and 1950s. Closely related to revue and variety show, avanspettacolo features a diverse mixture of music, ballet, sketch comedy, and oth ...

soubrette. She began acting in films in 1949, though usually in minor roles. In 1956 Arnova created a controversy when she appeared on the

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television variety show ''La piazzetta'' wearing a tight leotard that made her appear semi-nude because of the lighting effects and the black-and-white system. The show was suspended and she was subsequently fired and banned from Italian television. She subsequently chose to leave showbusiness.Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni, ''Enciclopedia della Televisione'', Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. . Arnova was married to composer and conductor Gianni Ferrio.

Filmography

* '' Al diavolo la celebrità'', Regie: Mario Monicelli and Steno (1949) * '' La strada buia'', Regie:

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and

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(1950) * '' La cintura di castità'', Regie:

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(1950) * '' Miracle in Milan'', Regie:

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(1950) * ''

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. ...

'', Regie: Mario Mattoli (1951) * '' Arrivano i nostri'', Regie: Mario Mattoli (1951) * '' O.K. Nerone'', Regie:

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(1951) * ''

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'', Regie: Alessandro Blasetti (1952) * '' Finalmente libero'', Regie:

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(1953) * '' Loving You Is My Sin'', Regie:

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(1953) * ''

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(1953) * '' My Life Is Yours'', Regie: Giuseppe Masini (1953) * '' La Gioconda'', Regie: Giacinto Solito (1953) * '' Amori di mezzo secolo'', Regie:

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(1954) * '' Cento anni d'amore'', Regie:

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(1954) * '' Red and Black'', Regie:

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(1954) * ''

Farewell, My Beautiful Lady ''Farewell, My Beautiful Lady'' ( it, Addio mia bella signora) is a 1954 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Fernando Cerchio and starring Gino Cervi, Alba Arnova and Armando Francioli.Chiti & Poppi p.19 It presents a love triangle bet ...

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(1954) * ''

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'', Regie: Raymond Bernard (1954) * '' Una donna prega'', Regie:

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(1954) * '' Tempi nostri'', Regie: Alessandro Blasetti (1954) * '' L'amante di Paride'', Regie: Marc Allègret (1954) * '' Figaro, barbiere di Siviglia'', Regie:

(1955) * '' I pinguini ci guardano'', Regie: Guido Leoni (1955) * '' Il motivo in maschera'', Regie: Stefano Canzio (1955) * '' La ribalta dei sogni'', Regie: Ernesto Araciba (1955) * '' Una viuda difícil ' ' Regie Fernando Alaya (1957) * ''

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Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (8 July 1894 – 4 January 1998) was an Italian film director whose career spanned from the 1930s to the mid-1960s. He mainly directed adventure pictures and popular comedies, including some starring Totò. His 1942 ...

(1957) * ''

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'', Regie: Alessandro Blasetti (1959)

References

External links

* 1930 births 2018 deaths Actresses from Buenos Aires Argentine emigrants to Italy Argentine film actresses Argentine people of Italian descent Italian ballerinas Italian film actresses {{Italy-actor-stub