Alba Arnova (15 March 1930 – 11 March 2018)[1] was an Italian-Argentine ballerina[2] and actress.[3]
Alba Arnova | |
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 Arnova in 1955 | |
| Born | Alba Fossati 15 March 1930 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Died | 11 March 2018 (aged 87) Rome, Italy |
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| Spouse | Gianni Ferrio |
Life and career
editBorn in Buenos Aires as Alba Fossati, daughter of two Italian emigrants, Arnova studied piano at the Conservatory and enrolled in the university at the medical faculty.[4] She became the principal classical dancer of the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires and changed her surname first to Ars Nova and then to Arnova.[5] She left Argentina in 1948, for a six months stage tour, and eventually remained in Rome, where she worked first in theater as a classical dancer and as a revue and avanspettacolo soubrette. She began acting in films in 1949, though usually in minor roles.[5]
In 1956 Arnova created a controversy when she appeared on the RAI television variety show La piazzetta wearing a tight leotard that made her appear semi-nude because of the lighting effects and the black-and-white system. The show was suspended and she was subsequently fired and banned from Italian television. She subsequently chose to leave showbusiness.[6]
Arnova was married to composer and conductor Gianni Ferrio.
Filmography
edit- Al diavolo la celebrità, Director: Mario Monicelli and Steno (1949)
- La strada buia, Director: Sidney Salkow and Marino Girolami (1950)
- La cintura di castità, Director: Camillo Mastrocinque (1950)
- Miracle in Milan, Director: Vittorio De Sica (1950)
- Totò Tarzan, Director: Mario Mattoli (1951)
- Arrivano i nostri, Director: Mario Mattoli (1951)
- O.K. Nerone, Director: Mario Soldati (1951)
- Altri tempi, Director: Alessandro Blasetti (1952)
- Finalmente libero, Director: Mario Amendola (1953)
- Loving You Is My Sin, Director: Sergio Grieco (1953)
- Aida, Director: Clemente Fracassi (1953)
- My Life Is Yours, Director: Giuseppe Masini (1953)
- La Gioconda, Director: Giacinto Solito (1953)
- Amori di mezzo secolo, Director: Mario Chiari (1954)
- Cento anni d'amore, Director: Lionello De Felice (1954)
- Red and Black, Director: Domenico Paolella (1954)
- Farewell, My Beautiful Lady, Director: Fernando Cerchio (1954)
- The Lady of the Camellias, Director: Raymond Bernard (1954)
- Una donna prega, Director: Anton Giulio Majano (1954)
- Tempi nostri, Director: Alessandro Blasetti (1954)
- L'amante di Paride, Director: Marc Allègret (1954)
- Figaro, barbiere di Siviglia, Director: Camillo Mastrocinque (1955)
- I pinguini ci guardano, Director: Guido Leoni (1955)
- Il motivo in maschera, Director: Stefano Canzio (1955)
- La ribalta dei sogni, Director: Ernesto Araciba (1955)
- Una viuda difícil ' ' Director Fernando Alaya (1957)
- Gerusalemme liberata, Director: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (1957)
- Europa di notte, Director: Alessandro Blasetti (1959)
References
edit- ^ "Addio a Alba Arnova - News - Musical.it - Il sito italiano del musical". Archived from the original on 15 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ^ "Alba Arnova Makes North American Debut". Los Angeles Times. 2 December 1948. Drama section, p. B7.
- ^ "Screen: 'La Gioconda'; Italian Import Is on View at Cameo". The New York Times. 13 October 1958. p. 33.
- ^ Miriam Mafai, Natalia Aspesi (1993). Le Donne italiane: il chi è del '900. Rizzoli, 1993. ISBN 881784229X.
- ^ a b Lello Garinei, Marco Giovannini. Garinei e Giovannini presentano: quarant'anni di teatro musicale all'italiana. Rizzoli, 1985.
- ^ Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni, Enciclopedia della Televisione, Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. ISBN 881150466X.
External links
edit- Alba Arnova at IMDb
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