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 ''
Hercules Against the Mongols''.
[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
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.
Following the overthrow of
Benito Mussolini
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's government in 1943 she and her husband went to work in the film industry of the pro-German
Italian Social Republic
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in
Venice
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, for which she was criticized after the
Second World War
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ended.
In the following years she was mainly cast in character roles, and occasionally worked on stage and on television.
Selected filmography
* ''
Short Circuit
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'' (1943)
* ''
The Monastery of Santa Chiara
''The Monastery of Santa Chiara'' () is a 1949 Italian war melodrama film directed by Mario Sequi and starring Edda Albertini, Massimo Serato and Nyta Dover.Klein p.227 The film's sets were designed by the art director Angelo Zagame.
Synopsi ...
'' (1949)
* ''
Stormbound'' (1950)
* ''
Tomorrow Is Another Day'' (1951)
* ''
Vacation with a Gangster'' (1951)
* ''
The Last Sentence'' (1951)
* ''
Deceit
Deception is the act of convincing of one or many recipients of untrue information. The person creating the deception knows it to be false while the receiver of the information does not. It is often done for personal gain or advantage.
Deceit ...
'' (1952)
* ''
Drama on the Tiber'' (1952)
* ''
For You I Have Sinned'' (1953)
* ''
The World Condemns Them'' (1953)
* ''
Guai ai vinti'' (1954)
* ''
The Awakening'' (1956)
* ''
The Dragon's Blood'' (1957)
* ''
The Trojan Horse'' (1961)
* ''
Hercules Against the Mongols'' (1963)
* ''
Brief Season'' (1969)
* ''
The Hassled Hooker
''The Hassled Hooker'' (, also known as ''The True and the False'') is a 1972 Italian crime-drama film co-written and directed by Eriprando Visconti.
Plot
In Latina, 100 kilometers from Rome, Luisa Santini is said to have murdered her husban ...
'' (1972)
* ''
Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye
''Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye'' () is a 1973 Gothic fiction, Gothic horror film directed by Antonio Margheriti. It is also a rare example of an Italian giallo that is set in period, taking place some time in the 1890s.
Plot
In Scotland, a man i ...
'' (1973)
References
External links
*
Biography of Bianca Doria
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1915 births
1985 deaths
People from the Province of Belluno
Actresses from Veneto
Italian film actresses