Loredana Padoan (19 March 1924 – 18 January 2016), best known just as Loredana, was an Italian film and stage actress.

Life and career

Born in

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, after completing her scuola magistrale studies, Loredana enrolled at several acting schools, determined to pursue a career as an actress. Following several secondary roles, she had her breakout in 1942, with the lead role in the drama film ''

La signorina ''La signorina'' (i.e. "The young lady") is a 1942 Italian " white-telephones" romantic drama film directed by and starring Loredana and Nino Besozzi. It is based on a novel by Gerolamo Rovetta. Plot The young daughter of a libertine is plac ...

''. She later specialized in adventure films and melodramas. She significantly slowed her activities after the war, until her marriage to a Roman antique dealer and her subsequent retirement in the late 1940s.

Selected filmography

* ''

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'' (1939) * ''

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) * '' Idyll in Budapest'' (1941) * ''

'' (1942) * '' Forbidden Music'' (1942) * '' The Son of the Red Corsair'' (1943) * '' Measure for Measure'' (1943) * '' La Fornarina'' (1944) * ''

The Devil's Gondola ''The Devil's Gondola'' (Italian: ''La gondola del diavolo'') is a 1946 Italian historical drama-crime film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Loredana, Carlo Lombardi, and Erminio Spalla.Klossner p.103 Made by Scalera Films, it wa ...

'' (1946) * ''

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'' (1948)

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* {{Authority control Actors from Venice 1924 births 2016 deaths Italian stage actresses Italian film actresses 20th-century Italian actresses