Anna Proclemer

{{Short description|Italian actress}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Anna Proclemer

| image = Anna Proclemer 46.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Anna Proclemer in 1946

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|05|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Trento, Kingdom of Italy

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|4|25|1923|05|30|df=y}}

| death_place = Rome, Italy

| occupation = Actress

| othername = Anna Vivaldi

| spouse = {{marriage|Vitaliano Brancati|1946|1954|end=died}}

| partner = Giorgio Albertazzi

| children = 1

| years_active = 1942–2012

}}

Anna Proclemer ({{IPA|it|ˈanna proˈklɛːmer|lang}}; 30 May 1923 – 25 April 2013), sometimes credited Anna Vivaldi, was an Italian stage, film and television actress and voice actress.

Born in Trento, Italy, Proclemer was the daughter of an engineer and a housewife.{{cite news|title=Chi era Anna Proclemer|url=http://www.ilpost.it/2013/04/25/anna-proclemer/|accessdate=25 April 2013|newspaper=Il Post|date=25 April 2013}} She debuted on stage in 1942, at the Rome University Theatre with the play Our Goddess directed by Massimo Bontempelli.{{cite news|title=Muore a Roma Anna Proclemer Venerdì la camera ardente|url=http://www.unita.it/culture/proclemer-albertazzi-rossellini-brancati-teatro-idiota-strehler-rossellini-lattuada-rosi-piccolo-1.496909|accessdate=25 April 2013|newspaper=L'Unità|date=25 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629000959/http://www.unita.it/culture/proclemer-albertazzi-rossellini-brancati-teatro-idiota-strehler-rossellini-lattuada-rosi-piccolo-1.496909|archive-date=29 June 2013|url-status=dead}} In 1946 she married the writer Vitaliano Brancati, with whom she had a daughter, Antonia, born 6 May 1947, and from whom she separated shortly before his death in 1954.{{cite news|title=Addio all'attrice Anna Proclemer|url=http://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli-e-cultura/2013/04/25/news/anna_proclemer-57422272/|accessdate=25 April 2013|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=25 April 2013}}

From 1952 to 1955 Proclemer was a member of the stage company "Compagnia Teatro d’Arte Italiano", directed by Vittorio Gassman and Luigi Squarzina, then she was directed by Giorgio Strehler at the Piccolo Teatro of Milan and, starting from 1956, she worked extensively with Giorgio Albertazzi, with whom she also had a sentimental relationship.

Her last role was in Ferzan Özpetek's Magnifica presenza; for her performance she was awarded with a special Globo d'oro in 2012.{{cite news|title=Teatro in lutto, addio ad Anna Proclemer|url=http://www.italiainformazioni.com/italia-informazioni/41276/teatro-in-lutto-addio-ad-anna-proclemer|accessdate=25 April 2013|newspaper=Italia Informazioni|date=25 April 2013}}

Filmography

class="wikitable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1942Wedding DayMariella Bonotti
1943Il birichino di papàLivia, la figlia maggiore
1946MalìaJana
1954Journey to ItalyLa prostituta
1970A Quiet Place to KillConstance Sauvage
1975Il fidanzamentoMussia Katiuscia - mother of Mirella
1976Illustrious CorpsesNocio's wife
1976A Matter of TimeJeanne BlastoUncredited
1977Il marito in collegioDonna Leo Madellis
2008No ProblemAurelia
2012Magnificent PresenceLivia Morosini(final film role)

References

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Further reading

  • {{cite book|last=Luca Scarlini|title=Anna Proclemer: vita e teatro|publisher=Polistampa, 1998|isbn=8885977634}}