Rina De Liguoro

{{Short description|Italian actress (1892–1966)}}

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| image = Rina De Liguoro Messalina.jpg

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| caption = Rina De Liguoro in Messalina (1924)

| name = Rina De Liguoro

| birth_name = Elena Caterina Catardi

| birth_date = {{Birth date |df=yes|1892|07|24}}

| birth_place = Florence, Italy

| death_date = {{death date and age |df=yes|1966|04|15|1892|07|24}}

| death_place = Rome, Italy

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| nationality = Italian

| occupation = Film actress

| yearsactive = 1921–1963

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Rina De Liguoro (24 July 1892 – 15 April 1966) was an Italian film actress. Born Elena Caterina Catardi, she changed her name after marrying film actor and director Wladimiro De Liguoro in 1918. She appeared in leading roles in a number of Italian epics during the 1920s such as The Last Days of Pompeii.Wood, Mary P. (2005) Italian Cinema. Berg. p. 158. {{ISBN|1845201620}}. She later appeared in character roles after an unsuccessful spell in Hollywood. Her final film was Luchino Visconti's The Leopard.

Selected filmography

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Bibliography

  • Elley, Derek. The Epic Film: Myth and History. Routledge, 1984.