Anna Demetrio (1890–1959) was an Italian-born American

film actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lit ...

.McLaughlin p.170 Speaking English with a heavy accent, she often played stock foreign characters in a series of

supporting role A supporting character is a character in a narrative that is not the focus of the primary storyline, but is important to the plot/protagonist, and appears or is mentioned in the story enough to be more than just a minor character or a cameo ap ...

s. In 1950 she starred in the sitcom ''

Mama Rosa ''Mama Rosa'' is an American sitcom television series that aired from May 21 until June 11, 1950. (The reference book ''Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010'' describes the program as a drama.) Premise Mama Rosa runs a boardinghou ...

'' in which she played the title character.

Selected filmography

* ''

Too Much Harmony ''Too Much Harmony'' is a 1933 American black-and-white pre-Code musical film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring Bing Crosby, Jack Oakie, Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, Harry Green, and Judith Allen. It was released by Paramount Pict ...

'' (1933) * '' Manhattan Merry-Go-Round'' (1937) * '' In Old Mexico'' (1938) * ''

Escape to Paradise ''Escape to Paradise'' is a 1939 American film directed by Erle C. Kenton. Plot Jaded playboy Richard Fleming travels to the South American nation of Rosarita. Through his motorcycle riding guide Roberto he discovers true love and a career as ...

'' (1939) * '' Young Buffalo Bill'' (1940) * ''

Miss V from Moscow ''Miss V from Moscow'' is a 1942 American spy thriller film directed by M789 and DJ_Z, Noel Madison and Paul Weigel.Fetrow p.313 Synopsis The Miss V of the title is Vera Marova, a Soviet spy sent to Paris to impersonate her lookalike, a Germa ...

'' (1942) * ''

Submarine Base A submarine base is a military base that shelters submarines and their personnel. Examples of present-day submarine bases include HMNB Clyde, Île Longue (the base for France's Force océanique stratégique), Naval Submarine Base Kings Ba ...

'' (1943) * '' Dragon Seed'' (1944) * ''

Call of the South Seas ''Call of the South Seas'' is a 1944 American action film directed by John English starring Janet Martin, Allan Lane and William Henry.Langman p.172 The film's sets were designed by the art director Gano Chittenden. Cast * Janet Martin ...

'' (1944) * ''

Appointment with Murder ''Appointment with Murder'' is a 1948 American crime film directed by Jack Bernhard and starring John Calvert, Catherine Craig and Jack Reitzen. The film is one of three made by the low-budget Film Classics company featuring Calvert as The ...

'' (1948) * ''

September Affair ''September Affair'' is a 1950 American romantic drama film directed by William Dieterle and starring Joan Fontaine, Joseph Cotten, and Jessica Tandy. It was produced by Hal B. Wallis. Plot Marianne "Manina" Stuart (Joan Fontaine), a prominent ...

'' (1950)

References

Bibliography

* McLaughlin, Robert. ''We'll Always Have the Movies: American Cinema during World War II''. University Press of Kentucky, 2006.

External links

* 1890 births 1959 deaths Italian emigrants to the United States Italian film actresses American film actresses Actresses from Rome 20th-century American actresses {{Italy-screen-actor-stub