Alba Arnova
| Alba Arnova | |
|---|---|
 Alba Arnova (1955) | |
| Born |
Alba Fossati 15 March 1930 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Occupation |
Ballerina Film actress |
| Spouse(s) | Gianni Ferrio |
Alba Arnova (born 15 March 1930) is an Italian-Argentine ballerina[1] and film actress.[2]
Life and career
Born 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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[4]
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.[5]
Arnova was married to composer and conductor Gianni Ferrio.
Filmography
- Al diavolo la celebrità, Regie: Mario Monicelli and Steno (1949)
- La strada buia, Regie: Sidney Salkow and Marino Girolami (1950)
- La cintura di castità, Regie: Camillo Mastrocinque (1950)
- Miracolo a Milano, Regie: Vittorio De Sica (1950)
- Totò Tarzan, Regie: Mario Mattoli (1951)
- Arrivano i nostri, Regie: Mario Mattoli (1951)
- O.K. Nerone, Regie: Mario Soldati (1951)
- Altri tempi, Regie: Alessandro Blasetti (1952)
- Finalmente libero, Regie: Mario Amendola (1953)
- Amarti è il mio peccato, Regie: Sergio Grieco (1953)
- Aida, Regie: Clemente Fracassi (1953)
- La mia vita è tua, Regie: Giuseppe Masini (1953)
- La Gioconda, Regie: Giacinto Solito (1953)
- Amori di mezzo secolo, Regie: Mario Chiari (1954)
- Cento anni d'amore, Regie: Lionello De Felice (1954)
- Red and Black, Regie: Domenico Paolella (1954)
- Addio mia bella signora, Regie: Fernando Cerchio (1954)
- La signora dalle camelie, Regie: Raymond Bernard (1954)
- Una donna prega, Regie: Anton Giulio Majano (1954)
- Tempi nostri, Regie: Alessandro Blasetti (1954)
- L'amante di Paride, Regie: Marc Allègret (1954)
- Figaro, barbiere di Siviglia, Regie: Camillo Mastrocinque (1955)
- I pinguini ci guardano, Regie: Guido Leoni (1955)
- Il motivo in maschera, Regie: Stefano Canzio (1955)
- La ribalta dei sogni, Regie: Ernesto Araciba (1955)
- Gerusalemme liberata, Regie: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (1957)
- Europa di notte, Regie: Alessandro Blasetti (1959)
References
- ↑ "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. Le Donne italiane: il chi è del '900. Rizzoli, 1993. ISBN 881784229X.
- 1 2 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.