Elena Altieri (born Elena Capucci; 27 July 1916 – 1 May 1997) was an Italian film and stage actress. She appeared in 27 films between 1937 and 1955. She was born in
Stresa
Stresa is a ''comune'' (municipality) of about 4,600 residents on the shores of Lake Maggiore in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in the Italian region of Piedmont. about northwest of Milan. It is situated on road and rail routes to the Sim ...
, the daughter of an Italian father and an English mother.
She was mainly cast, both on stage and in films, in roles of haughty and aristocratic women.
Partial filmography
* ''
Queen of the Scala'' (1937)
* ''
Luciano Serra, Pilot
''Luciano Serra, Pilot'' () is a 1938 Italian war drama film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Germana Paolieri and Roberto Villa.
It was screened at the Venice Film Festival in August 1938, where it was awarde ...
'' (1938) - (uncredited)
* ''
We Were Seven Sisters'' (1939) - Tina
* ''
At Your Orders, Madame'' (1939) - Ginette
* ''Piccolo hotel'' (1939)
* ''
In the Country Fell a Star'' (1939) - La cognata di Margaret
* ''L'amore si fa così'' (1939) - Una indossatrice
* ''Vento di milioni'' (1940)
* ''
Big Shoes'' (1940) - Marta
* ''
Idyll in Budapest'' (1941)
* ''Il pozzo dei miracoli'' (1941) - Anna
* ''Vertigine'' (1942) - Marcella
* ''
Black Gold'' (1942) - La collega di Marta
* ''Guardia del corpo'' (1942)
* ''Colpi di timone'' (1942) - Jole Precordi, sua moglie
* ''
Fourth Page'' (1942) - Sua moglie
* ''
The White Angel'' (1943) - Clara, moglie di Arnaldo
* ''La maschera e il volto'' (1943)
* ''
Bicycle Thieves
''Bicycle Thieves'' (), also known as ''The Bicycle Thief'', is a 1948 Italian neorealist drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It follows the story of a poor father searching in post-World War II Rome for his stolen bicycle, without which h ...
'' (1948) - The Charitable Lady
* ''
Totò Le Mokò'' (1949) - Nancy
* ''
His Last Twelve Hours'' (1950) - La contessa
* ''
Romanzo d'amore'' (1950) - amie de Luisa
* ''
Free Escape'' (1951)
* ''
Altri tempi'' (1952) - Moglie del maggiore (segment "Pot-pourri di canzoni") (uncredited)
* ''
The Golden Coach'' (1952) - Duchesse de Castro
* ''
L'ultimo amante'' (1955) - La direttrice del giornale
* ''Scapricciatiello'' (1955) - The Baroness Matilde - Renato's mother
* ''
Difendo il mio amore
''Difendo il mio amore'' is a Italian films of 1956, 1956 Italy, Italian film. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti.
Plot
As part of a story, a reporter goes to meet Elisa, a young woman he met a few years ago on a trial on which she was finally ex ...
'' (1956)
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1916 births
1997 deaths
Italian film actresses
20th-century Italian actresses
Italian stage actresses
People from Stresa
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