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Clara Calamai is a Actor Italienne born on 7 september 1909 at Prato (Italie)

Clara Calamai

Clara Calamai
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Nationality Italie
Birth 7 september 1909 at Prato (Italie)
Death 21 september 1998 (at 89 years) at Rimini (Italie)

Clara Calamai (7 September 1909 – 21 September 1998) was an Italian actress.

She was one of the most famous and popular Italian actresses in the 1930s and 1940s, sharing the limelight with actresses such as Alida Valli, Valentina Cortese, and rivals, Doris Duranti, Luisa Ferida and Isa Miranda. She was a charming and versatile actress who starred in both dramas and comedies of the telefoni bianchi style.

Biography

On 19 May 1945 she married explorer, and documentary film maker Count Leonardo Bonzi with whom she had two daughters. The marriage was annulled in November 1959, and she lived with Captain of Aviation Valerio Andreoli.

Usually with

Mario Serandrei
Mario Serandrei
(7 films)
Vittorio De Sica
Vittorio De Sica
(5 films)
Dino De Laurentiis
Dino De Laurentiis
(4 films)
Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti
(4 films)
Alessandro Blasetti
Alessandro Blasetti
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Clara Calamai (30 films)

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Actress

Cinema Paradiso
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
, 1h58
Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about films, Films about children, Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about disabilities, La cécité
Actors Philippe Noiret, Salvatore Cascio, Marco Leonardi, Jacques Perrin, Brigitte Fossey, Antonella Attili
Roles Ginevra (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rating84% 4.2491754.2491754.2491754.2491754.249175
In Rome, in the 1980s, famous Italian film director Salvatore Di Vita returns home late one evening, where his girlfriend sleepily tells him that his mother called to say someone named Alfredo has died. Salvatore obviously shies from committed relationships and has not been to his home village of Giancaldo, Sicily in 30 years. As his girlfriend asks him who Alfredo is, Salvatore flashes back to his childhood.
Deep Red
Deep Red (1975)
, 2h6
Directed by Dario Argento
Origin Italie
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Serial killer films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Macha Méril, David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Eros Pagni, Clara Calamai, Gabriele Lavia
Roles Marta
Rating75% 3.754463.754463.754463.754463.75446
The movie starts off with two shadowy figures struggling - until one of them is stabbed to death - while a child's scream is heard.
La Pécheresse
La Pécheresse (1975)
, 1h30
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Erotic
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Zeudi Araya, Franco Gasparri, Francisco Rabal, Clara Calamai, Ettore Manni
Roles Madre di Michele
Rating61% 3.0759753.0759753.0759753.0759753.075975
Debra Santalena est arrivée en Sicile avec son petit ami Turi. Dès son arrivée, les femmes du pays la rejettent surtout à cause de la couleur de sa peau et de sa grande beauté.
The Witches
The Witches (1967)
, 1h50
Directed by Vittorio De Sica, Mauro Bolognini, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Luchino Visconti, Franco Rossi
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Silvana Mangano, Annie Girardot, Alberto Sordi, Massimo Girotti, Totò, Clint Eastwood
Roles Ex-Actress (segment "La strega bruciata viva")
Rating60% 3.0021453.0021453.0021453.0021453.002145
The film has a strong mold satirical denounces the status of women in the sixties in Italy. Through five episodes, it is the manner in which it is considered to be the woman in modern society, that is, as a real witch.
The Witches
The Witches (1967)
, 31minutes
Directed by Vittorio De Sica, Mauro Bolognini, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Luchino Visconti, Franco Rossi
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Anthology film, Romance
Actors Annie Girardot, Totò, Ninetto Davoli, Massimo Girotti, Silvana Mangano, Clint Eastwood
Roles Ex-Actress (segment "La strega bruciata viva")
Rating60% 3.0021453.0021453.0021453.0021453.002145
Un vieil homme, accompagné de son grand nigaud de fils, est agenouillé devant la tombe de son épouse, morte après avoir mangé des champignons empoisonnés. Aussitôt, ils se mettent à la recherche d'une femme pour remplacer cette mère et épouse. Avant tout, ils se mettent d'accord pour qu'elle ne soit pas rousse! Au bout d'un an, ils finissent par trouver une très jolie jeune femme, sourde et muette. Pour réunir plus d'argent et améliorer leur habitation (une pauvre baraque en zone industrielle), ils organisent un faux suicide de la jeune épousée, du sommet du Colisée. Malheureusement, celle-ci glisse sur une peau de banane et meurt réellement.
Aphrodite, Goddess of Love
Aphrodite, Goddess of Love (1958)
, 1h41
Directed by Mario Bonnard
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Historical, Peplum
Actors Isabelle Corey, Anthony Steffen, Irène Tunc, Ivo Garrani, Clara Calamai, John Kitzmiller
Roles Stenele
Rating61% 3.053083.053083.053083.053083.05308
Antigonus, archon of Corinth, wants to build a magnificent temple dedicated to the goddess Aphrodite, for which the people are oppressed by new and very high taxes. The sculptor Demetrius, asked to make the face of the goddess Diana, falls in love with a slave, the Christian Lerna. With the arrival of the plague the people are increasingly discontented and Antigonus has easy game accusing the Christians who are immediately arrested and sentenced to death. The Roman troops arrive to restore order, saving the two lovers Demetrius and Lerna.
Le Notti Bianche
Le Notti Bianche (1957)
, 1h37
Directed by Luchino Visconti
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Maria Schell, Marcello Mastroianni, Jean Marais, Marcella Rovena, Maria Zanoli, Corrado Pani
Roles La Prostituta
Rating77% 3.893893.893893.893893.893893.89389
A lonely young man, Mario, meets a lonely young woman, Natalia. Mario (Marcello Mastroianni) is lonely for social reasons; he is a stranger and a newcomer to town. Natalia (Maria Schell) is lonely because she has always lived in isolation, even in the heart of the city. Her loneliness is intensified because she is in love with a man (Jean Marais) who may not ever return to her, but who continues to occupy her heart to the exclusion of any other possible relationship.
Sicilian Uprising
Sicilian Uprising (1949)
, 1h31
Directed by Giorgio Pàstina
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Marina Berti, Clara Calamai, Roldano Lupi, Paul Müller, Ermanno Randi, Aldo Silvani
Roles Elena Di Caltabellotta
Rating65% 3.257143.257143.257143.257143.25714
Dans les années 1280, se déroulent les histoires parallèles d'Elena, promise comme épouse à Giovanni da Procida, puis obligée d'épouser le duc de Saint-Rémy, gouverneur de Palerme et de Laura, fille d'un meunier amoureuse d'un pêcheur et déshonorée par un soldat français du gouverneur au cours de la seconde fête de Pâques. Ces faits provoquent l'indignation des Siciliens qui avec Giovanni da Procida se rebellent contre Charles d'Anjou, rébellion connue sous le nom de Vêpres siciliennes...
Lovers Without Love
Lovers Without Love (1948)
, 1h13
Directed by Gianni Franciolini
Genres Drama
Actors Clara Calamai, Roldano Lupi, Jean Servais
Roles Elena Leonardi
Rating61% 3.080763.080763.080763.080763.08076
Piero Leonardi, médecin prospère, épouse impulsivement la pianiste Elena. L'union est un échec et Elena tente de se suicider pour se faire remarquer par son mari qui reste insensible à cet appel au secours. Désespérée et seule, Elena se lie d'amitié avec le violoniste Enrico Miller. Piero Leonardi soupçonne que sa femme a une liaison et la tue, mais lorsqu'il en discute avec Enrico, il découvre que ses craintes étaient sans fondement.
Last Love
Last Love (1947)
, 1h30
Directed by Luigi Chiarini
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Clara Calamai, Andrea Checchi, Carlo Ninchi, Dante Maggio, Aroldo Tieri, Vira Silenti
Roles Maria, la canzonetista

Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, trois amis aviateurs obtiennent une brève permission qu'ils passent à Rome. À l'auberge, ils font la connaissance de Maria (Clara Calamai), une jeune chanteuse avec laquelle ils sympathisent. Le capitaine Rastelli (Andrea Checchi) qui se retrouve seul avec elle , tente d'abuser d'elle, mais l'arrivée du chapelain militaire (Carlo Ninchi) l'en empêche.