Vera Carmi

Vera Carmi (23 November 1914 – 6 September 1969) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1940 and 1956.[1]

Life and career

Carmi was born Virginia Doglioli in Turin.[2][3] After being spotted by the director Ferdinando Maria Poggioli in a beauty contest, she made her film debut in 1940, in a supporting role in Poggioli's Goodbye Youth and in a short time she became one of the most requested actresses in the Telefoni Bianchi genre.[2][3]

After the war she got critical acclaim for a number of dramatic performances, notably Mario Soldati's His Young Wife and Luciano Emmer's Sunday in August.[2][3] She was also very active on stage.[2] Gradually cast in less important roles, she eventually retired in the second half of the 1950s.[3]

Carmi was the first wife of the football player Aldo Giuseppe Borel.[3]

Partial filmography

Carmi with Fosco Giachetti in Labbra serrate (1942)

References

  1. ^ "Vera Carmi". MyMovies. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. pp. 68–69. ISBN 888440214X.
  3. ^ a b c d e Achille Valdata (8 September 1969). "È morta a Roma l'attrice Vera Carmi". La Stampa. No. 207. p. 6.