Anna Demetrio

{{Short description|Italian-born American film actress}}

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| birth_date = 8 November 1890

| birth_place = Rome, Italy

| death_date = 8 November 1959 (aged 69)

| death_place = San Mateo, California, United States

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| occupation = Actress

| yearsactive = 1933-1952 (film & TV)

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Anna Demetrio (1890{{Cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/search/?name=Anna_Demetrio&birth=1890&birth_x=1-0-0&location=2&name_x=1_1&priority=usa|title=Ancestry.com}}–1959) was an Italian-born American film actress.McLaughlin p.170 Speaking English with a heavy accent, she often played stock foreign characters in a series of supporting roles. In 1950 she starred in the sitcom Mama Rosa in which she played the title character.

Selected filmography

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Bibliography

  • McLaughlin, Robert. We'll Always Have the Movies: American Cinema during World War II. University Press of Kentucky, 2006.