Paola Borboni (1 January 1900 – 9 April 1995)[1] was an Italian stage and film actress whose career spanned nearly eight decades of cinema.
Early life
Borboni was born on 1 January 1900 in
Parma, Italy.[1]
Career
Borboni made her stage debut in 1916, beginning to take minor film roles soon afterwards.[2] She entered film in 1916 in the silent picture Jacobo Ortis directed by
Giuseppe Sterni, and made over 80 film appearances between then and 1990.
Appearing in several silent films before 1921 she was absent from cinema for some 14 years during which time she made numerous stage appearances. She gained notoriety in 1925 when she appeared topless in a stage performance of
Carlo Veneziani's Alga Marina as a
mermaid, exposing her breasts.[2][1] She returned to the silver screen in 1936 in the
Mario Mattoli film L'Uomo che sorride.
Paola Borboni (1 January 1900 – 9 April 1995)[1] was an Italian stage and film actress whose career spanned nearly eight decades of cinema.
Early life
Borboni was born on 1 January 1900 in
Parma, Italy.[1]
Career
Borboni made her stage debut in 1916, beginning to take minor film roles soon afterwards.[2] She entered film in 1916 in the silent picture Jacobo Ortis directed by
Giuseppe Sterni, and made over 80 film appearances between then and 1990.
Appearing in several silent films before 1921 she was absent from cinema for some 14 years during which time she made numerous stage appearances. She gained notoriety in 1925 when she appeared topless in a stage performance of
Carlo Veneziani's Alga Marina as a
mermaid, exposing her breasts.[2][1] She returned to the silver screen in 1936 in the
Mario Mattoli film L'Uomo che sorride.