Miranda Campa
{{Short description|Swiss-born Italian actress and voice actress (1914–1989)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Miranda Campa
| image = Miranda Campa.jpg
| caption = Campa in Cineguida magazine, 1953
| birthname = Liliana Campa Capodaglio
| birth_date = {{Birth date |df=yes|1914|01|31}}
| birth_place = Geneva, Switzerland
| death_date = {{death date and age |df=yes|1989|05|07|1914|01|31}}
| death_place = Rome, Italy
| occupation = Actress
}}
Miranda Campa (31 January 1914 – 7 May 1989) was a Swiss-born Italian actress and voice actress.
Life and career
Born Liliana Campa Capodaglio in Geneva, the niece of actors Pio Campa and Wanda Capodaglio, Campa studied acting at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts, graduating in 1938.{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano - Le Attrici|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=888440214X}}{{cite web|last1=Ida Biondi|title=Miranda Campa|url=http://www.mymovies.it/biografia/?a=5569|accessdate=21 December 2014|website=MyMovies}} Mainly active on stage, she was part of the theatrical companies of Vittorio Gassman, Andreina Pagnani and Giorgio Strehler at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan. She made her film debut in 1949, usually cast in character roles, often playing religious figures. Campa was also very active as a voice actress and as a dubber.
Filmography
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Son of d'Artagnan | ||
| 1950 | Against the Law | La signora Curti | |
| 1950 | Red Seal | ||
| 1951 | La grande rinuncia | ||
| 1952 | Gli uomini non guardano il cielo | Madre del papa | |
| 1953 | The Return of Don Camillo | Signora Spiletti | |
| 1953 | I Always Loved You | Anna | |
| 1954 | Doctor Antonio | TV series | |
| 1954 | Angels of Darkness | ||
| 1954 | Pietà per chi cade | Nadia Berruti | |
| 1954 | Schiava del peccato | The Mother Superior | |
| 1954 | The King's Prisoner | ||
| 1954 | The Two Orphans | The Mother Superior | |
| 1955 | Le signorine dello 04 | Carlo Conti's Mother | |
| 1955 | Roman Tales | The Maid at Mazzoni Baralla's | Uncredited |
| 1955 | Prigionieri del male | ||
| 1957 | I Vampiri | Signora Robert | |
| 1957 | Solo Dio mi fermerà | ||
| 1957 | Le avventure di Roby e Buck | ||
| 1959 | ...And the Wild Wild Women | Ida Maroni | |
| 1959 | Cavalier in Devil's Castle | ||
| 1959 | The Overtaxed | Fabio Topponi's wife | |
| 1959 | Non perdiamo la testa | Servant at Clackton's | Uncredited |
| 1959 | The Giant of Marathon | Andromeda's handmaid | |
| 1960 | The Dam on the Yellow River | Mary | |
| 1960 | Le signore | ||
| 1960 | The Night They Killed Rasputin | ||
| 1960 | Silver Spoon Set | Obstetrician | Uncredited |
| 1960 | Il carro armato dell'8 settembre | ||
| 1961 | The Bacchantes' | Queen Agave | |
| 1961 | The Centurion | ||
| 1961 | Gold of Rome | Miss De Santis | |
| 1961 | Barabbas | Maria's Sister | Uncredited |
| 1962 | Letto di sabbia | ||
| 1962 | Family Diary | ||
| 1962 | Gladiator of Rome | Porzia, Valerio's Mother | |
| 1970 | The Priest's Wife | Valeria's Mother | |
| 1971 | Easy, Down There! | ||
| 1971 | The Fourth Victim | Felicity Downing | |
| 1972 | Winged Devils | ||
| 1972 | Canterbury proibito | Mother of Santa | (segment "Santa del Grande") |
| 1973 | A Brief Vacation | Nurse Guidotti | |
| 1979 | Womanlight | La bonne de Lydia | |
| 1981 | Sweet Dreams | Freud's Mother | |
| 1982 | Grog'' |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0132035}}
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Category:Italian film actresses
Category:Italian television actresses
Category:Italian stage actresses
Category:Italian voice actresses
Category:Actresses from Geneva
Category:Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico alumni