Sandra Ravel (16 January 1910 – 13 August 1954) was an Italian
film actress
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of the 1930s.
Biography
She was born as Alessandra Winkelhauser Ratti in
Milan
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, Italy in 1910 to a German father who was a chemical plant worker, and a Swiss mother from the Ratti family of
Lugano
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.
Ravel had a minor role in ''
Together in the Dark
''Together in the Dark'' (Italian: ''Al buio insieme'') is a 1933 Italian comedy film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Sandra Ravel, Maurizio D'Ancora and Lamberto Picasso.Mancini p.216
The film's sets were designed by the art director ...
'', where she met her future husband. She was married in 1944 in Venice to the actor and entrepreneur
Rodolfo Gucci
Rodolfo Gucci (16 July 1912 – 15 May 1983), also known by his stage name Maurizio D'Ancora, was an Italian actor and entrepreneur, who appeared in more than 40 films between 1929 and 1946. He was a member of the Gucci, Gucci family. His only ch ...
.
Their only child,
Maurizio
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(1948-1995), was named for his father's theatrical alter ego, "Maurizio D'Ancora".
Sandra Ravel died in 1954, aged 44, from
uterine cancer
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in her native Lombardy.
Filmography
*''
Mysterious Mr. Parkes'' (1930)
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Those Three French Girls
''Those Three French Girls '' is a 1930 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Fifi D'Orsay, Reginald Denny, and Cliff Edwards. The dialogue was written by P. G. Wodehouse.War Nurse
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'' (1930)
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The Single Sin'' (1931)
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Paradise
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'' (1932)
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A Star Disappears
''A Star Disappears'' (French: ''Une étoile disparaît'') is a 1932 French comedy film directed by Robert Villers and starring Suzy Vernon, Constant Rémy and Alexandre Dréan.Crisp p.459 It was made at the Joinville Studios in Paris by the Fre ...
'' (1932)
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Together in the Dark
''Together in the Dark'' (Italian: ''Al buio insieme'') is a 1933 Italian comedy film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Sandra Ravel, Maurizio D'Ancora and Lamberto Picasso.Mancini p.216
The film's sets were designed by the art director ...
'' (1933)
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The House of Shame'' (1938)
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A Wife in Danger'' (1939)
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The Castle Ball
''The Castle Ball'' or ''Ball at the Castle'' (Italian: ''Ballo al castello'') is a 1939 Italian " white-telephones" romantic comedy film directed by Max Neufeld and starring Alida Valli, Antonio Centa and Carlo Lombardi.Nowell-Smith p.119
The f ...
'' (1939)
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Two Million for a Smile
''Two Million for a Smile'' (Italian: ''Due milioni per un sorriso'') is a 1939 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Carlo Borghesio and Mario Soldati and starring Enrico Viarisio, Giuseppe Porelli and Elsa De Giorgi.Curti p.22
It ...
'' (1939)
References
Further reading
* Goble, Alan.
The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film'.
Walter de Gruyter
Walter de Gruyter GmbH, known as De Gruyter (), is a German scholarly publishing house specializing in academic literature.
History
The roots of the company go back to 1749 when Frederick the Great granted the Königliche Realschule in B ...
, 1999.
External links
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1910 births
1954 deaths
Italian film actresses
Actresses from Milan
Deaths from uterine cancer
Deaths from cancer in Italy
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