Maria Dominiani
{{short description|Italian actress (1913–1993)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Maria Dominiani
| image = Dominiani_piccolohotel.jpg
| caption = Maria Dominiani in 1939.
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|5|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Genoa, Liguria, Italy
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1993|12|10|1913|5|10|df=yes}}
| death_place = Rome, Italy
| occupation = Actress
| other_names = Mariuccia Dominiani
| years_active = 1936–1961
}}
Maria "Mariuccia" Dominiani (10 May 1913 – 10 December 1993) was an Italian actress.
Biography
Dominiani made her debut on screen in the 1936 film Joe the Red, dedicating herself also to variety shows and photo comics in the following decade.{{cite book |date= 2003 |title= Le attrici: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|trans-title= The actresses: from 1930 to the present day|url= |language=Italian |location=Rome |publisher= Gremese |isbn=888440214X}} In 1944, she was arrested and imprisoned, after being accused of having collaborated with the Nazis during the fascist regime but was released from prison because there was no evidence against her.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uLbkUN8-3ngC&q=%22Maria+Dominiani%22+carcere|title="Notizie Nazioni Unite" Psychological Warfare Branch|date=13 October 1944|accessdate=17 August 2020}} In the 1950s, Dominiani dealt with organizing stage shows, and also played in minor roles in some films until 1961.
Dominiani died in Rome on 10 December 1993, at the age of 80.{{cite web |title=Maria Dominiani |url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/379611182665828/permalink/857255798234695/ |website=Associazione Culturale on Facebook |access-date=22 June 2023}}
Partial filmography
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- Joe the Red (1936)
- I've Lost My Husband! (1937)
- Lasciate ogni speranza (1937)
- We Were Seven Widows (1939)
- Inspector Vargas (1940)
- Caravaggio, il pittore maledetto (1941)
- A Woman Has Fallen (1941)
- Without a Woman (1943)
- Eleven Men and a Ball (1948)
- The Ship of Condemned Women (1953)
- Day by Day, Desperately (1961)
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References
External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0231560|name=Maria Dominiani}}
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Category:Italian film actresses
Category:Italian stage actresses
Category:Italian radio personalities