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Paola Borboni

Actor · 1900–1995 · Golese

Biography

Italian film actress whose career spanned nine decades of cinema. She also made a substantial contribution to theatre. She entered film in 1916 in the silent picture Jacobo Ortis directed by Giuseppe Sterni, and made over 80 film appearances between then and 1990. Appearing in several silent films before 1921 she was absent from cinema for some 14 years during which time she made numerous stage appearances. She gained notoriety in 1925 when she appeared in a show as a mermaid exposing her breasts which she saw as natural in the role but caused considerable outrage at the time. She returned to the silver screen in 1936 in the Mario Mattoli film L' Uomo che sorride. She went on to appear in films such as the Carlo Lizzani-directed film Ai margini della metropoli in 1952 in which she appeared alongside the main cast of Massimo Girotti, Marina Berti and Giulietta Masina. Between 1936 and 1956 her career was at its peak and her roles gradually became less numerous in the decades that followed, making a final appearance in the Giorgio Mosa filmBlue dolphin - l'avventura continua in 1990. She died of a stroke aged 95 on 9 April 1995. (wikipedia)

Acted in 61

1990s

1990
Blue Dolphin - l'avventura continua
Nonna Giulia

1980s

1983
Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio
Marchesa del Querceto (episodio "Il mago")
1982
Fatty Girl Goes to New York
nonna di Miris
Yes, Giorgio
Sister Theresa
Più bello di così si muore
madre del conte Nereo
1980
La Cage aux Folles II
Mrs. Baldi
58

1970s

1978
L'albero della maldicenza
Movie
1977
Nerone
Agrippina
1975
Paolo Barca, Elementary School Teacher, Practically a Nudist
Nonna di Paolo
1974
The Handsome Devil
Donna Mercedes
1973
How Funny Can Sex Be?
Esperia / ('Non è mai troppo tardi')
1971
The Beasts
Fachiro's Mother
Between Miracles
Immacolata
Judge Roy Bean
Victoria
1970
When Women Had Tails
leader della tribù di donne delle caverne
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