Vanna Vanni (7 January 1915
– 6 March 1998) was an Italian film actress. She was in thirty-one films between 1930 and 1943.
Life and career
Vanni was born in Florence
as Maria Angelica Giovanna Pegna. She has been described as a graceful and elegant brunette,
and the ''
New York Times
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'' film critic,
Frank Nugent, wrote in a review of ''
I've Lost My Husband!'' that she was "one of the prettiest girls in the Italian film industry."
Her first cinematic role was in ''Perché no?'' (1930), directed by
Amleto Palermi, and in her first films she was credited as Vanna Pegna.
Vanni was one of the most prolific actresses in Italian cinema between mid-1930s and 1940s; specialized in comedy films, she got some critical acclaim for her dramatic turn in Esodo Pratelli's ''Se non son matti non li vogliamo''.
She also worked with directors such as
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She retired from film in 1943 and died in Rome in 1998.
Selected filmography
*''Perché no?'' (1930) (as Vanna Pegna)
*''
The Doctor's Secret'' (1931) (as Vanna Pegna)
*''Il serpente a sonagli'' (1935) (as Vanna Pegna)
* ''
Golden Arrow'' (1935)
*''
La gondola delle chimere'' (1936)
*''
Sette giorni all'altro mondo'' (1936)
*''
I Don't Know You Anymore'' (1936)
*''
L'uomo che sorride'' (1936)
*''
King of Diamonds'' (1936)
*''
I fratelli Castiglioni'' (1937)
*''
I've Lost My Husband!'' (1937)
* ''
The Boarders at Saint-Cyr'' (1939)
* ''
The Knight of San Marco'' (1939)
* ''
The Faceless Voice'' (1939)
*''L'imprevisto'' (1940)
* ''
A Husband for the Month of April'' (1941)
*''Se non son matti non li vogliamo'' (1941)
* ''
Torrents of Spring'' (1942)
*''
Non ti pago!'' (1942)
*''4 ragazze sognano'' (1943)
*''Non mi muovo!'' (1943)
*''Ti conosco, mascherina!'' (1943)
References
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External links
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1915 births
1998 deaths
Italian film actresses
20th-century Italian actresses
Actresses from Florence