Teresa Franchini

Italian stage and film actress

Teresa Franchini
Born(1877-09-19)19 September 1877
Torre Pedrera di Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Kingdom of Italy
Died11 August 1972(1972-08-11) (aged 94)
Santarcangelo di Romagna, Rimini, Italy
OccupationActress
Years active1935–1960 (film)

Teresa Franchini (19 September 1877 – 11 August 1972) was an Italian stage and film actress. She was a leading lady of the theatre in her youth, appearing in the first Italian staging of Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan in 1905.[1] Beginning in 1935, she played supporting roles in around twenty films.

Biography

Teresa Franchini was born on 19 September 1877 in Torre Pedrera di Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. She was an actress, known for Sleeping Beauty (1942), Tormento (1950), and Chains (1949). She was married to Mario Fumagalli (1904-1936). She died on 11 August 1972 in Sant'Arcangelo di Romagna, Emilia-Romagna.[2]

Selected filmography

  • Lorenzino de' Medici (1935)
  • Sleeping Beauty (1942)
  • Street of the Five Moons (1942)
  • Souls in Turmoil (1942)
  • Rita of Cascia (1943)
  • Chains (1949)
  • Torment (1950)
  • Nobody's Children (1951)
  • Who is Without Sin (1952)
  • Lieutenant Giorgio (1952)
  • Torna! (1953)
  • Sins of Rome (1953)
  • Noi peccatori (1953)

References

  1. ^ Evangelista, Stefano. The Reception of Oscar Wilde in Europe. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2010. p.30.
  2. ^ "Teresa Franchini". IMDb. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  • Teresa Franchini at IMDb
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