Maria Jacobini (17 February 1892 – 20 November 1944) was an Italian

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. She was married to the film director

Gennaro Righelli Gennaro Righelli (12 December 1886 – 6 January 1949) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed more than 110 films in Italy and Germany between 1910 and 1947. In 1930, he directed the first Italian sound film, '' Th ...

and appeared in many of his

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for the Vesuvio Film Company.Moliterno p.266 She worked in the

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in the mid-1920s. She was the older sister of actress Diomira Jacobini.

Selected filmography

* ''

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'' (1913) * '' Goodbye Youth'' (1918) * '' Tortured Soul'' (1919) * '' The Prey'' (1921) *'' Red Love'' (1921) * '' The Voyage'' (1921) * ''

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'' (1923) * ''

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'' (1924) * ''

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'' (1924) * '' The Doll Queen'' (1925) * ''

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'' (1926) * '' The Bordellos of Algiers'' (1927) * '' Bigamie'' (1927) * '' Folly of Love'' (1928) * ''

Ariadne in Hoppegarten ''Ariadne in Hoppegarten'' is a 1928 German silent sports film directed by Robert Dinesen and starring Alfred Abel, Maria Jacobini and Paul Henckels.Bock & Bergfelder p. 193 It takes place in Hoppegarten, a traditional centre of horseracing in ...

'' (1928) * ''

The Case of Prosecutor M ''The Case of Prosecutor M'' (German: ''Der Fall des Staatsanwalts M...'') is a 1928 German silent mystery film directed by Rudolf Meinert and Giulio Antamoro and starring Maria Jacobini, Jean Angelo and Gregori Chmara.Krautz p.46 It was re ...

'' (1928) * '' Five Anxious Days'' (1928) * '' The Carnival of Venice'' (1928) * ''

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'' (1928) * ''

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'' (1929) * ''

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'' (1929) * '' Patatrac'' (1931) * '' La scala'' (1931) * ''

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'' (1934) * '' Giuseppe Verdi'' (1938) * ''

Eternal Melodies ''Eternal Melodies'' (Italian: ''Melodie eterne'') is a 1940 Italian historical drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Gino Cervi, Conchita Montenegro and Luisella Beghi. It was one of several musical biopics directed by Gallone.M ...

'' (1940) * ''

L'attore scomparso ''L'attore scomparso'' ("The Actor Died") is a 1941 Italian film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Vivi Gioi. It is a remake of the German film ''Was wird hier gespielt?'' (1940) based on the eponymous play by Theo Lingen. Cast * Vivi Gioi ...

'' (1941) * '' Street of the Five Moons'' (1942) * '' La signorina'' (1942) * ''

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'' (1944)

References

Bibliography

* Moliterno, Gino. ''The A to Z of Italian Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. * Vacche, Angela Dalle. ''Diva: Defiance and Passion in Early Italian Cinema''. University of Texas Press, 2008.

External links

* 1892 births 1944 deaths Italian film actresses Italian silent film actresses Actresses from Rome 20th-century Italian actresses {{Italy-actor-stub