Vincenzo Leone (24 July 1879 – 10 January 1959), known professionally as Roberto Roberti, was an Italian

actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

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and

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. He made over sixty films, mostly during the

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. He was married to the actress

Bice Waleran Edvige Maria Valcarenghi (8 May 1886 – 1969), Birth name: Edvige Maria Valcarenghi. known professionally as Bice Waleran or Bice Valerian, was an Italian film actress of the silent era. She was the wife of the actor and director Roberto Rober ...

. Their son

Sergio Leone Sergio Leone ( ; ; 3 January 1929 – 30 April 1989) was an Italian filmmaker, credited as the pioneer of the spaghetti Western genre. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema. Leone's film-making style ...

became a celebrated director. During the 1910s Roberti made a number of films for the

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-based Aquila Films, often featuring his wife in a leading role. He then moved to Caesar Film where he directed eighteen films starring the

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Francesca Bertini Francesca Bertini (born Elena Seracini Vitiello; 5 January 1892 – 13 October 1985) was an Italian silent film actress. She was one of the most successful silent film stars in the first quarter of the twentieth-century. Early life Born Elena ...

Selected filmography

* '' Tower of Terror'' (1913) * '' Indian Vampire'' (1913) * '' The Mystery of St. Martin's Bridge'' (1913) * '' The Princess of Bedford'' (1914) * '' The Bandit of Port Avon'' (1914) * '' The Danube Boatman'' (1914) * '' Theodora'' (1914) * ''

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'' (1916) * ''

The Sinful Woman ''The Sinful Woman'' (Italian:''La peccatrice'') is a 1916 Italian silent film directed by Roberto Roberti.Abel p.31 Cast * Agostino Borgato * Signor De Nora * François-Paul Donadio * Domenico Marverti * Jeanne Nolly * Luigi Pavese ...

'' (1916) * '' The Cavalcade of Dreams '' (1917) * '' Eugenia Grandet'' (1918) * '' The Conqueror of the World'' (1919) * '' Countess Sarah'' (1919) * '' The Cheerful Soul '' (1919) * '' The Race to the Throne'' (1919) * '' Marion'' (1920) * '' Maddalena Ferat'' (1920) * '' The Sphinx'' (1920) * '' The Serpent'' (1920) * ''

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'' (1920) * '' The Fall of the Curtain'' (1920) * '' The Fear of Love'' (1920) * '' Princess Giorgio'' (1920) * '' The Last Dream'' (1921) * '' The Youth of the Devil'' (1921) * '' The Girl from Amalfi '' (1921) * '' The Nude Woman'' (1922) * '' Consuelita'' (1925) * '' When Naples Sings'' (1926) * '' Assunta Spina'' (1930) * '' The Silent Partner'' (1939) * '' The Man on the Street '' (1941) * '' The Mad Marechiaro'' (1952)

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* 1879 births 1959 deaths Italian male film actors Italian male silent film actors 20th-century Italian male actors 20th-century Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters Italian film directors People from the Province of Avellino Male actors from Campania 20th-century Italian male writers {{Italy-film-bio-stub