Rosina Anselmi
| Rosina Anselmi | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
26 July 1880 Caltagirone, Italy |
| Died |
23 May 1965 (aged 84) Catania, Italy |
| Occupation | actress |
Rosina Anselmi ( 26 July 1880 – 23 May 1965) was an Italian stage, television and film actress. She was a prominent actress in the Sicilian language theater, especially in the province of Catania.[1]
Life and career
Born in Caltagirone, Catania into a family of stage actors, Anselmi began acting with her father Alessandro, then with Nino Martoglio in some comedies written by him.[1] She then joined the stage company of Mimi Aguglia, another important actress of the Sicilian repertoire, with whom she toured in North America.[1] Anselmi went back to Sicily in 1910, and in 1914 she became the first actress, in spite of her status of a great character actress, alongside Angelo Musco with whom she acted for about thirty years, until Musco's death.[1] Anselmi later continued her stage career next to Michele Abbruzzo, proposing the identical repertoire of Musco, until her death.[1] She was a co-founder of the Teatro Stabile di Catania.[2][3]
Selected filmography
- The Matchmaker (1934)
- Aldebaran (1935)
- King of Diamonds (1936)
- Abandon All Hope (1937)
- The Ferocious Saladin (1937)
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 888440214X.
- ↑ Caterina Napoleone. Enciclopedia della Sicilia. Ricci, 2007. ISBN 8897154018.
- ↑ Chiara Merli. Il teatro ad iniziativa pubblica in Italia. LED Edizioni Universitarie, 2007. ISBN 8879163507.