Vanna Vanni | |
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![]() Vanni in
I Don't Know You Anymore (1936) | |
Born | Maria Angelica Giovanna Pegna 7 January 1915 Florence, Italy |
Died | 6 March 1998 Rome, Lazio, Italy | (aged 83)
Other names | Vanna Pegna |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1930-1943 |
Vanna Vanni (7 January 1915 [1] – 6 March 1998) was an Italian film actress. She was in thirty-one films between 1930 and 1943.
Vanni was born in Florence [1] as Maria Angelica Giovanna Pegna. She has been described as a graceful and elegant brunette, [1] and the New York Times film critic, Frank Nugent, wrote in a review of I've Lost My Husband! that she was "one of the prettiest girls in the Italian film industry." [2]
Her first cinematic role was in Perché no? (1930), directed by Amleto Palermi, and in her first films she was credited as Vanna Pegna. [1] Vanni was one of the most prolific actresses in Italian cinema between mid-1930s and 1940s; specialized in comedy films, she got some critical acclaim for her dramatic turn in Esodo Pratelli's Se non son matti non li vogliamo. [1] She also worked with directors such as Raffaello Matarazzo, Gennaro Righelli, Giorgio Simonelli, and Eduardo De Filippo. [1]
She retired from film in 1943 and died in Rome in 1998.
Vanna Vanni | |
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![]() Vanni in
I Don't Know You Anymore (1936) | |
Born | Maria Angelica Giovanna Pegna 7 January 1915 Florence, Italy |
Died | 6 March 1998 Rome, Lazio, Italy | (aged 83)
Other names | Vanna Pegna |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1930-1943 |
Vanna Vanni (7 January 1915 [1] – 6 March 1998) was an Italian film actress. She was in thirty-one films between 1930 and 1943.
Vanni was born in Florence [1] as Maria Angelica Giovanna Pegna. She has been described as a graceful and elegant brunette, [1] and the New York Times film critic, Frank Nugent, wrote in a review of I've Lost My Husband! that she was "one of the prettiest girls in the Italian film industry." [2]
Her first cinematic role was in Perché no? (1930), directed by Amleto Palermi, and in her first films she was credited as Vanna Pegna. [1] Vanni was one of the most prolific actresses in Italian cinema between mid-1930s and 1940s; specialized in comedy films, she got some critical acclaim for her dramatic turn in Esodo Pratelli's Se non son matti non li vogliamo. [1] She also worked with directors such as Raffaello Matarazzo, Gennaro Righelli, Giorgio Simonelli, and Eduardo De Filippo. [1]
She retired from film in 1943 and died in Rome in 1998.