Bianca Doria (22 September 1915 – 2 February 1985) was an Italian actress. She appeared in more than forty films during her career. She appeared in the 1963 peplum ''

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''.Hughes, Howard. ''Cinema Italiano: The Complete Guide from Classics to Cult''. I.B. Tauris, 2011. p. 35. She was married to director Alberto Doria.

Life and career

Born in San Gregorio nelle Alpi, Doria studied music, painting and sculpture since young age. She made her critical acclaimed film debut in '' Piccolo hotel'', which premiered at the 1939 Venice International Film Festival and got reviews in which she was paired to Katharine Hepburn. Following the overthrow of Benito Mussolini's government in 1943 she and her husband went to work in the film industry of the pro-German Italian Social Republic in

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, for which she was criticized after the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...

ended. In the following years she was mainly cast in character roles, and occasionally worked on stage and on television.

Selected filmography

* ''

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'' (1943) * '' Stormbound'' (1950) * '' Tomorrow Is Another Day'' (1951) * ''

Vacation with a Gangster ''Vacation with a Gangster'' (Italian: ''Vacanze col gangster'') is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi and starring Marc Lawrence, Giovanna Pala and Terence Hill. The film's art direction was by Flavio Mogherini. Plot A man sente ...

'' (1951) * '' The Last Sentence'' (1951) * ''

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'' (1952) * ''

Drama on the Tiber ''Drama on the Tiber'' (Italian: ''Dramma sul Tevere'') is a 1952 Italian drama film directed by Tanio Boccia and starring Renato Baldini, Aldo Fiorelli and Bianca Doria. The plot centres around a widow named Sora Rosa with two sons, Aldo and Br ...

'' (1952) * ''

For You I Have Sinned ''For You I Have Sinned'' ( it, Per salvarti ho peccato) is a 1953 Italian melodrama film directed by Mario Costa and starring Pierre Cressoy, Milly Vitale and Frank Latimore.Parish & Canham p.63 Cast * Pierre Cressoy as Guido * Milly Vitale ...

'' (1953) * ''

The World Condemns Them ''The World Condemns Them'' ( it, Il mondo le condanna, french: Les Anges déchus) is a 1953 Italian-French melodrama film directed by Gianni Franciolini. Plot Cast * Alida Valli as Renata Giustini * Amedeo Nazzari as Paolo Martelli * Se ...

'' (1953) * '' Guai ai vinti'' (1954) * '' The Awakening'' (1956) * ''

The Dragon's Blood ''The Dragon's Blood'' ( it, Sigfrido) is a 1957 Italian fantasy film co-written and directed by Giacomo Gentilomo. It is based on Richard Wagner's ''Der Ring des Nibelungen''. Plot The dying Siegland reaches the house of the dwarf Mime, beggi ...

'' (1957) * '' The Trojan Horse'' (1961) * ''

'' (1963) * '' Brief Season'' (1969) * '' The Hassled Hooker'' (1972) * '' Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye'' (1973)

References

External links

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Biography of Bianca Doria
{{DEFAULTSORT:Doria, Bianca 1915 births 1985 deaths People from the Province of Belluno Italian film actresses