Eva Magni
{{Short description|Italian stage and film actress}}
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| name = Eva Magni
| image = Evamagni.jpg
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| caption = Magni in 1954
| birth_date = {{Birth date |df=yes|1909|07|28}}
| birth_place = Milan, Kingdom of Italy
| death_date = {{death date and age |df=yes|2005|02|11|1909|07|28}}
| death_place = Milan, Italy
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| occupation = Actress
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| spouse = {{marriage|Renzo Ricci|1961|1978|end=his death}}
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Eva Magni (July 28, 1909 – February 11, 2005){{cite web|title=Eva Magni |url= http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba5962e54 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160808103208/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba5962e54 |url-status= dead |archive-date= 8 August 2016 |website=bfi.org |accessdate=1 May 2016}} was an Italian stage{{cite web |title=Teatro Carignano |website=Teatro Stabile di Torino |url= https://www.teatrostabiletorino.it/en/teatro-carignano/ |accessdate=1 May 2016}} and film actress. She was active between 1926 and the late 1970s.
File:Magni Ricci.jpg, 1957]]
Biography
Magni was born in Milan into a family of artists,{{cite news|title=E' morta Eva Magni|url=http://trovacinema.repubblica.it/news/dettaglio/e-morta-eva-magni/285726|accessdate=1 May 2016|work=La Repubblica|date=11 February 2005}} and made her professional debut in 1926, in the stage company Teatro d'Arte di Roma directed by Luigi Pirandello.{{cite news|title=Addio Eva Magni leonessa della scena|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2005/02/12/addio-eva-magni-leonessa-della-scena.html|accessdate=1 May 2016|work=La Repubblica|date=12 February 2005}} She debuted as lead actress two years later, in the company directed by Dario Niccodemi.{{cite news|title=E' morta Eva Magni|url=http://trovacinema.repubblica.it/news/dettaglio/e-morta-eva-magni/285726|accessdate=1 May 2016|work=La Repubblica|date=11 February 2005}} After working in the stage companies led by Memo Benassi, Maria Melato and Laura Carli, in 1940 she was appointed first actress in the Renzo Ricci's company, with whom she eventually started a sentimental relationship. She married Ricci in December 1960 after the death of his first wife, Margherita Bagni.{{cite news|title=Insieme nella vita e sulla scena|work=La Stampa|issue=311|date=31 December 1960}}
Magni's first film appearance was as Lida Bonelli in Paprika (1933), directed by Carl Boese and starring Vittorio De Sica. She was in six more films during the 1930s. Her eighth and last film was in 1963 as the widow Nanni in Il maestro di Vigevano (The Teacher from Vigevano), directed by Elio Petri, and starring Alberto Sordi and Claire Bloom.{{cite news|title=E' morta Eva Magni|url=http://trovacinema.repubblica.it/news/dettaglio/e-morta-eva-magni/285726|accessdate=1 May 2016|work=La Repubblica|date=11 February 2005}}
Magni was also active on radio.
Magni retired from acting after Ricci’s death in 1978. In the 1990s she was often a guest in the Canale 5 late night talk show Maurizio Costanzo Show.{{cite news|title=E' morta Eva Magni|url=http://trovacinema.repubblica.it/news/dettaglio/e-morta-eva-magni/285726|accessdate=1 May 2016|work=La Repubblica|date=11 February 2005}} She died in her home in Milan in 2005.
Filmography
- Paprika (1933) - Lida Bonelli
- The Girl with the Bruise (1933)
- Il presidente della Ba.Ce.Cre.Mi. (1933)
- La canzone del sole (The Song of the Sun, 1934) - Signora Bardelli
- Il serpente a sonagli (1935) – Diomira
- Golden Arrow (1935) - Maria
- The Amnesiac (1936) (uncredited)
- Il maestro di Vigevano (The Teacher from Vigevano, 1963) - Nanini’s widow
Theatre (partial list)
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book |title= Eva Magni: una Vita per il Teatro |author= Montorfano, Emilio |publisher= Asefi S.r.L. |location= Milano |date=2002 |isbn= 9788886818810}}
External links
- {{IMDb name| 0536234}}
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