Doris Duranti (25 April 1917 – 10 March 1995) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 43 films between 1935 and 1975. She had a years-long affair with
Alessandro Pavolini
Alessandro Pavolini (27 September 1903 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian politician, journalist, and essayist, notable for his involvement in the Fascist government, during World War II, and also for his cruelty against the opponents of fascis ...
, a Fascist politician who in 1945 was executed by Italian partisans; his body was then hung with that of
Benito Mussolini.
Partial filmography
* ''Il serpente a sonagli'' (1935) - Collegiale
* ''
Golden Arrow'' (1935)
* ''
Aldebaran
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'' (1935) - Anna's friend
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The Phantom Gondola
''The Phantom Gondola'' (Italian: ''La gondola delle chimere'') is a 1936 French-Italian drama film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Marcelle Chantal, Henri Rollan and Paul Bernard. The film was a co-production between the two countries ...
'' (1936) - Nelly
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Lo squadrone bianco'' (1936) - Una turista (uncredited)
* ''Vivere!'' (1936)
* ''Ginevra degli Almieri'' (1936)
* ''
White Amazons
''White Amazons'' (Italian: ''Amazzoni bianche'') is a 1936 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Paola Barbara, Luisa Ferida and Doris Duranti. Screwball
A screwball is a baseball and fastpitch soft ...
'' (1936)
* ''
Sentinels of Bronze'' (1937) - Dahabò
* ''
Under the Southern Cross'' (1938) - Mailù
* ''
Diamonds
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'' (1939) - Marta Aurasco
* ''Cavalleria rusticana'' (1939) - Lola
* ''
Wealth Without a Future
''Wealth Without a Future'' (Italian: ''Ricchezza senza domani'') is a 1939 Italian drama film directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli and starring Lamberto Picasso, Paola Borboni and Doris Duranti.Moliterno p.258 A wealthy industrialist
A busi ...
'' (1940) - Laura, loro nipote
* ''È sbarcato un marinaio'' (1940) - Nelly
* ''
The Cavalier from Kruja'' (1940) - Eliana Haidar
* ''
The Daughter of the Green Pirate'' (1940) - Manuela, la figlia del Corsaro Verde
* ''
The King's Jester
''The King's Jester'' ( it, Il re si diverte) is a 1941 Italian historical drama film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Michel Simon, María Mercader and Rossano Brazzi. The film is an adaptation of the play ''Le roi s'amuse'' by Victor Hug ...
'' (1941) - Margot
* ''Capitan Tempesta'' (1942) - Haradia
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Tragic Night
''Tragic Night'' (Italian: ''Tragica notte'') is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Mario Soldati and starring Doris Duranti, Carlo Ninchi and Andrea Checchi.Brunetta p.99 It is based on a 1928 novel ''La trappola'' by Delfino Cinelli. After b ...
'' (1942) - Armida
* ''Il leone di Damasco'' (1942) - Haradia
* ''
Giarabub
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'' (1942) - Dolores
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The Countess of Castiglione
''The Countess of Castiglione'' (Italian: ''La contessa Castiglione'') is a 1942 Italian historical film directed by Flavio Calzavara and starring Doris Duranti, Andrea Checchi and Renato Cialente. The film portrays the life of the nineteenth-cent ...
'' (1942) - Virginia Oldoini, contessa di Castiglione
* ''
Carmela'' (1942) - Carmela Ferrari
* ''Calafuria'' (1943) - Marta Traversi
* ''
Resurrection
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'' (1944) - Caterina Màslova
* ''Rosalba'' (1944)
* ''Nessuno torna indietro'' (1945) - Emanuela Andari
* ''Alguien se acerca'' (1948)
* ''Estrela da Manhã'' (1950)
* ''
Il voto'' (1950) - Carmela
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Fugitive in Trieste
''Fugitive in Trieste'' ( it, Clandestino a Trieste) is a 1951 Italian war-drama film directed by Guido Salvini and starring Doris Duranti, Jacques Sernas and Massimo Girotti.
Plot
Giulio (Jacques Sernas), an Italian Air Force officer is arrest ...
'' (1951) - Lida
* ''
I falsari
''I falsari'' is a 1951 Italian crime film. It is the directorial debut by Franco Rossi.
Plot
Police inspector Moroni pretends to be a traveling salesman to unmask a gang of counterfeiters. Thus begins his investigations, which together with a ...
'' (1951) - Teresa
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Repentance'' (1952)
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Tragic Return'' (1952) - Elisa
* ''
At Sword's Edge
''At Sword's Edge'' (Italian ''A fil di spada'') is a 1952 Italian swashbuckler film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Frank Latimore, Milly Vitale and Pierre Cressoy.Lancia & Melelli p.113
It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in ...
'' (1952) - Columba
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The Moment of Truth'' (1952) - Madame Berlinga
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Papà ti ricordo'' (1952)
* ''
La storia del fornaretto di Venezia'' (1952) - Bianca Sormani
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The Mute of Portici'' (1952) - Elvira d'Herrera
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Francis the Smuggler'' (1953) - Laila
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Flight 971'' (1953) - Liliana Musso
* ''Il bacio dell'Aurora'' (1953)
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The Divine Nymph
''The Divine Nymph'' ( it, Divina creatura) is a 1975 Italian drama film directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi and starring Laura Antonelli, Marcello Mastroianni, Michele Placido and Terence Stamp. It was entered into the 26th Berlin International ...
'' (1975) - Ferdinanda Fones
References
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1917 births
1995 deaths
People from Livorno
Italian film actresses
20th-century Italian actresses
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