Clara Calamai
Italian actress (1915–1998)
Clara Calamai
Born (1915-09-07 ) 7 September 1915Died 21 September 1998(1998-09-21) (aged 83) Burial place Monumental Cemetery of Rimini Other names Clara Mais Occupation Actress Spouse
Leonardo Bonzi
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m. ;
ann. )
Clara Calamai (7 September 1915 – 21 September 1998) was an Italian actress.
Career
Calamai was born in Prato , Tuscany , on 7 September 1915.[ 1] [ 2]
Calamai's first acting role was in the 1938 war film Pietro Micca Aldo Vergano .
In Alessandro Blasetti 's The Jester's Supper [ 3] [ 4] La corona di ferro The Iron Crown ), which was also directed by Blasetti. Calamai stated in a later interview that the original script did not have the character revealing herself this way and did not want to do the scene, but felt compelled by the director to do it and gave in when she was promised a closed set.[ 4]
Her most remembered role was in the film Luchino Visconti 's Ossessione [ 2] [ 5]
Calamai was offered the lead role in L'adultera The Adulteress , 1946, directed by Duilio Coletti ), after Anna Magnani , originally cast in the part, "was visibly five months' pregnant when she arrived on the set."[ 6] Nastro d'Argento (Silver Ribbon) in 1946 for best actress for her performance in the film.
She played a prostitute in Luchino Visconti 's Le notti bianche Le streghe
After years of retirement, she returned in 1975 to appear in the horror film Profondo rosso Deep Red , directed by Dario Argento ) as the eccentric matriarch, Marta.
Personal life
On 19 May 1945 she married explorer, and documentary film maker Count Leonardo Bonzi with whom she had two daughters. The marriage was annulled in November 1959, and she lived with Captain of Aviation Valerio Andreoni.[ 7]
Calamai died in Rimini on 21 September 1998.[ 1] [ 2] Monumental Cemetery of Rimini . In September 2022, a stele dedicated to her was unveiled in the cemetery behind the funerary monument of Federico Fellini .[ 8] [ 9]
Partial filmography
Pietro Micca Aldo Vergano ) - La contessa de LassereIl destino in tasca They've Kidnapped a Man Gennaro Righelli )Ettore Fieramosca Alessandro Blasetti ) - FulviaI, His Father Mario Bonnard ) - RenataThe Fornaretto of Venice Duilio Coletti ) (doppiata da Tina Lattanzi ) - Olimpia ZenoL'eredità in corsa Oreste Biancoli ) - LilliThe Silent Partner Roberto Roberti ) - La moglie di PradoLe sorprese del vagone letto Gian Paolo Rosmino ) - La canzonettistaBoccaccio Marcello Albani ) - Giannina, falso BoccaccioCaptain Fracasse Tina Lattanzi ) - Iolanda De FoixGoodbye Youth Ferdinando Maria Poggioli ) - ElenaManovre d'amore Caravaggio Goffredo Alessandrini ) - Madonna GiaconellaIl re del circo Hans Hinrich ) - BiancaI mariti - Tempesta d'amore Camillo Mastrocinque ) - Clara FerriLight in the Darkness Mario Mattoli ) - Amelia GioiosiThrill Giacomo Gentilomo ) - Federica UstickyPirates of Malaya Enrico Guazzoni ) - AdaThe Adventuress from the Floor Above Raffaello Matarazzo ) - Biancamaria RossiThe Jester's Supper Alessandro Blasetti ) - GinevraThe Queen of Navarre Carmine Gallone ) - Isabella del PortogalloLa guardia del corpo Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia ) - AdrianaLe vie del cuore Ossessione Luchino Visconti ) - Giovanna BraganaEnrico IV Giorgio Pàstina ) - Matilde Spina / FridaA Little Wife Giorgio Bianchi ) - IsaFarewell Love! Gianni Franciolini ) - Laura AcquavivaThe Materassi Sisters La resa di Titì Due lettere anonime Mario Camerini ) - GinaThe Adulteress The Tyrant of Padua Max Neufeld ) - TisbeIl mondo vuole così Last Love Luigi Chiarini ) - Maria, la canzonetistaWhen the Angels Sleep Gilberto Gascon ) - ElenaPrelude to Madness Gianni Franciolini (doppiata da Lydia Simoneschi ) - Elena LeonardiRomanticismo Clemente Fracassi ) - Giuditta AnspertiSicilian Uprising The Phantom Musketeer Max Calandri ) - Marina VenierCarne inquieta Silvestro Prestifilippo ) - Marchesa di FrancavillaLe notti bianche Afrodite, dea dell'amore Tom Jones TV Mini-Series )Le streghe Profondo rosso Dario Argento ) - MartaLa peccatrice Pier Luigi Pavoni ) - Michele's Mother (final film role)
References
^ a b "Una stele sulla tomba della Calamai" [A stele on Calamai's tomb]. Il Resto del Carlino . Retrieved 25 January 2024 .^ a b c "Rimini celebra Clara Calamai. Dal 7 settembre una rassegna, una mostra e una cerimonia dedicata alla grande attrice italiana" [Rimini celebrates Clara Calamai: From 7 September, a review, an exhibition and a ceremony dedicated to the great Italian actress]. Comune di Rimini (in Italian). 30 August 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2024 .^ Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei Film 2008 , p. 556^ a b Forgacs, David (2002). "Sex in the Cinema". In Reich, Jacqueline; Garofalo, Piero (eds.). Re-viewing Fascism: Italian Cinema, 1922-1943 159– 61. ISBN 0-253-34045-4 ^ "The Dying Diva: Violent Ends for Clara Calamai in Ossessione and Profondo Rosso" . Forum Italicum: A Journal of Italian Studies . 42 (2): 296– 312. 2008. doi :10.1177/001458580804200204 . S2CID 164517587 . Retrieved 29 October 2020 .^ Lane, John Francis (23 September 1998). "From Nudity to Neo-realism". The Guardian . p. 20. ^ Hanley, Anne (22 September 1998). "Obituary: Clara Calamai" . The Independent . Retrieved 18 May 2024 . ^ "Rimini celebra Clara Calamai. Dal 7 settembre una rassegna, una mostra e una cerimonia dedicata alla grande attrice italiana" [Rimini celebrates Clara Calamai: From 7 September, a review, an exhibition and a ceremony dedicated to the great Italian actress]. Comune di Rimini (in Italian). 30 August 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2024 .^ "Una stele sulla tomba della Calamai" [A stele on Calamai's tomb]. Il Resto del Carlino . Retrieved 25 January 2024 .
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