Nina Campana

Nina Campana
Born
Esperanza Susanna de Ybarrondo

December 23, 1897
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
DiedJune 21, 1950 (age 52)
Venice, California, U.S.
Other namesNena Campana, Nina Wolfskill
OccupationActress

Nina Campana (December 23, 1897 – June 21, 1950), born Esperanza Susanna de Ybarrondo, was an American film actress.

Biography

Esperanza de Ybarrondo was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of Tomas de Ybarrondo and Vicenta Botiller (later Wucherer). Her father was a medical doctor, who died when Esperanza was very young. Ybarrondo was married first to Italian singer Ettore Campana, in 1922; they divorced in 1938. Her second husband was Martin A. Wolfskill. Campana died in 1950, at the age of 52, in Venice, California.[1]

Filmography

Campana usually played small roles as Latina women, but she was also cast as Polynesian, Native American, or Italian characters. In addition to her credited roles, Campana had dozens of uncredited film appearances in the 1930s and 1940s, including a Three Stooges short, "Pardon My Scotch" (1935). She toured nationally in a 1945 comedy, The Bad Man, in a production starring Leo Carrillo.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Nina Campana Wolfskill". The Los Angeles Times. 1950-06-23. p. 23. Retrieved 2024-08-18 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Paulding, Litti (1945-08-06). "Leo Carrillo's 'Bad Man' Makes Lobero Welkin Ring". Santa Barbara News-Press. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-08-18 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Leo (Bad Man) Carrillo Comes to Fresno Wednesday". The Hanford Sentinel. 1945-09-18. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-08-18 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "'The Bad Man' Will Arrive Oct. 3". The Austin American. 1945-09-30. p. 9. Retrieved 2024-08-18 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Redfern, David A. (2021-08-04). Charles Laughton: A Filmography, 1928-1962. McFarland. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-4766-4263-5.
  6. ^ Lowe, Barry (2024-02-09). Deanna Durbin in Hollywood: Her Life, Films and Music. McFarland. p. 201. ISBN 978-1-4766-5175-0.
  7. ^ a b c d e Gevinson, Alan (1997). Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960. University of California Press. pp. 507, 633, 713–714, 751–752, 1057. ISBN 978-0-520-20964-0.
  8. ^ Saunders, Mae (1940-12-24). "'Arizona' With Jean Arthur Proves Lively Western Film". The Bakersfield Californian. p. 9. Retrieved 2024-08-18 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Nollen, Scott Allen; Nollen, Yuyun Yuningsih (2021-01-27). Karloff and the East: Asian, Indian, Middle Eastern and Oceanian Characters and Subjects in His Screen Career. McFarland. pp. 360–361. ISBN 978-1-4766-8063-7.
  10. ^ "Gene Autry Comes to Ideal Tomorrow Musical Western". Corsicana Daily Sun. 1937-10-07. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
  11. ^ Roberts, Jerry (2003). The Great American Playwrights on the Screen: A Critical Guide to Film, Video, and DVD. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 475. ISBN 978-1-55783-512-3.
  12. ^ "Fine Drama Top on Hipp Screen". The Buffalo News. 1935-12-02. p. 23. Retrieved 2024-08-18 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ Nollen, Scott Allen (2016-10-06). The Making and Influence of I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang. McFarland. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-7864-6677-1.