Dria Paola (1909–1993) was an Italian stage and film actress. She played the female lead in Alessandro Blasetti's late silent Sun (1929).[1] In 1930 she starred in the first Italian sound film The Song of Love.[2]
Dria Paola | |
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 Dria Paola in Cinematografo magazine 1929 | |
| Born | 21 November 1909 |
| Died | 12 November 1993 (aged 83) Rome, Italy |
| Other names | Etra Pitteo |
| Occupation(s) | Film actor Stage actor |
| Years active | 1926 - 1942 (film) |
Selected filmography edit
- Sun (1929)
- The Song of Love (1930)
- The Man with the Claw (1931)
- Lowered Sails (1931)
- Courtyard (1931)
- The Doctor in Spite of Himself (1931)
- Pergolesi (1932)
- Fanny (1933)
- Mr. Desire (1934)
- The Blind Woman of Sorrento (1934)
- Adam's Tree (1936)
- Battles in the Shadow (1938)
- My Song to the Wind (1939)
- The Knight of San Marco (1939)
- The Hotel of the Absent (1939)
- The Night of Tricks (1939)
- The Black Panther (1942)
References edit
Bibliography edit
- Forgacs, David & Gundle, Stephen. Mass Culture and Italian Society from Fascism to the Cold War. Indiana University Press, 2007.
- Reich, Jacqueline & Garofalo, Piero. Re-Viewing Fascism: Italian Cinema, 1922 to 1943. Indiana University Press, 2002.
External links edit
- Dria Paola at IMDb
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