Lilia Silvi (22 December 1922 – 27 July 2013) was an Italian film actress. Silvi was one of several young actresses presented as an Italian equivalent to the Canadian-born Hollywood star Deanna Durbin.[1] She appeared opposite Amedeo Nazzari, the most popular Italian star of the era, in five films.[2]
Lilia Silvi | |
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 Silvi in Lively Teresa (1943) | |
| Born | Silvana Musitelli 23 December 1922 |
| Died | 27 July 2013 (aged 90) Nettuno, Lazio Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1930–2011 |
Selected filmography
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- Il signor Max (1937)
- Departure (1938)
- Unjustified Absence (1939)
- Then We'll Get a Divorce (1940)
- Big Shoes (1940)
- The Secret of Villa Paradiso (1940)
- The Jester's Supper (1941)
- Scampolo (1941)
- Happy Days (1942)
- The Taming of the Shrew (1942)
- Violets in Their Hair (1942)
- Lively Teresa (1943)
- The Devil Goes to Boarding School (1944)
- Biraghin (1946)
- Napoleon (1951)
References
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edit- De Grazia, Victoria. How Fascism Ruled Women: Italy, 1922-1945. University of California Press, 1992.
- Gundle, Stephen. Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghahn Books, 2013.
External links
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Media related to Lilia Silvi at Wikimedia Commons- Lilia Silvi at IMDb
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