Rubi Dalma (24 April 1906 - 7 August 1994) was an Italian actress.
Life and career
Born Giusta Manca di Villahermosa in
Milan, she belonged to an aristocratic family from the Sardinian town of
Sassari
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.
After a bit part in the
Camillo Mastrocinque's film ''Regina della Scala'', in which she basically played herself, Manca di Villahermosa decided to start a career as an actress and she adopted the stage name Rubi Dalma (sometimes spelled as Rubi D'Alma or Ruby Dalma).
[ Her breakout role was as the aristocrat donna Paola unsuccessfully courted by Vittorio De Sica in Mario Camerini's '' Il signor Max''.][ After the war she mainly appeared in character roles and, gradually, moved away from the cinema industry.][
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Selected filmography
* '' Il signor Max'' (1937)
* '' Queen of the Scala'' (1937)
* '' Hurricane in the Tropics'' (1939)
* ''Heartbeat
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'' (1939)
* ''Red Roses
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'' (1940)
* '' Antonio Meucci'' (1940)
* '' A Pistol Shot'' (1942)
* '' Odessa in Flames'' (1942)
* '' C'è sempre un ma!'' (1942)
* '' Daniele Cortis'' (1947)
* '' Heaven over the Marshes'' (1949)
* '' Story of a Love Affair'' (1950, dir. Michelangelo Antonioni
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)
* '' Eager to Live'' (1953)
References
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Italian film actresses
Actresses from Milan
1906 births
1994 deaths
20th-century Italian actresses