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Maria Gambarelli (7 April 1900 – 4 February 1990) was an Italian-American
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ballerina
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and actress
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. She was born in La Spezia
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La Spezia is the second-largest city in the Liguria ...
, but raised in the United States. Between 1938 and 1941 she was prima ballerina
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at the Metropolitan Opera
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. She was considered to be the greatest dancer trained at the Metropolitan Opera ballet school.
Selected filmography
* ''La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
''La Fiesta de Santa Barbara'' is a 1935 American comedy film, comedy short film directed by Louis Lewyn. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 9th Academy Awards in 1936 for Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, Best Short Subj ...
'' (1935)
* ''Here's to Romance
''Here's to Romance'' is a 1935 American musical comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Nino Martini, Genevieve Tobin and Anita Louise.Solomon p. 359
Plot
The wife of a music teacher, who has been angered by her husband's philande ...
'' (1935)
* '' Hooray for Love'' (1935)
* '' Doctor Antonio'' (1937)
* ''Le Amiche
''Le amiche'' (, lit. "The girlfriends") is a 1955 Italian drama film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and starring Eleonora Rossi Drago, Gabriele Ferzetti, Franco Fabrizi, and Valentina Cortese. Based on Cesare Pavese's 1949 novella ''Tra ...
'' (1955)
* ''The Prince with the Red Mask
''The Prince with the Red Mask'' () is a 1955 Italian historical film, historical adventure film directed by Leopoldo Savona and starring Frank Latimore, Maria Fiore and Yvonne Furneaux.Curti p.172
The film's sets were designed by the art director ...
'' (1955)
References
Bibliography
* Salvatore J. LaGumina, Frank J. Cavaioli, Salvatore Primeggia & Joseph A. Varacalli. ''The Italian American Experience: An Encyclopedia''. Routledge, 2003.External links
* 1900 births 1990 deaths American ballerinas Italian ballerinas American film actresses Italian film actresses Actors from La Spezia Actresses from Liguria Italian emigrants to the United States 20th-century American actresses 20th-century American ballet dancers {{Italy-film-actor-stub