Regina Bianchi (1 January 1921 – 5 April 2013) was an Italian stage and film actress.
Life and career Born in Lecce as Regina D'Antigny, she was the daughter of two theatre actors. Forced by the fascist phobia of foreign cultures to change her surname, she adopted the surname of her paternal grandmother.
At age 16, she entered the stage company of Raffaele Viviani and, that year, debuted in the comedy play Campagna napoletana, in the leading role of Reginella. In 1939, she starred in the drama film Il ponte di vetro; on the film set she became engaged to the director Goffredo Alessandrini, who remained her partner for over 20 years.
After having announced her retirement in 1944, she came back in 1959 with the title role in Eduardo De Filippo's Filumena Marturano. She won two Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress, in 1963 for Nanni Loy's The Four Days of Naples, and in 1996 for Leone Pompucci's Camerieri, and she appeared as Anna, the mother of Mary, in Franco Zeffirelli's television miniseries Jesus of Nazareth in 1977.
In 1996, she was awarded Grand Officer of the Italian Republic for artistic merits. She died at 92 in her home in Rome.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1939 Rosa de Sangue 1939 The Silent Partner 1940 Bridge of Glass Anna 1940 Then We'll Get a Divorce Margaret 1942 I due Foscari Lucrezia Contarini 1961 The Last Judgment 1961 A Day for Lionhearts Moglie di Edoardo 1962 His Days Are Numbered Giulia 1962 A Milanese Story Madre di Valeria 1962 The Four Days of Naples Concetta Capuozzo Uncredited1966 Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand Rosa Amitrano 1966 Il nero 1968 Operazione ricchezza 1969 Temptation 1977 Jesus of Nazareth Anna 1 episode1977 Dove volano i corvi d'argento Istevene's mother 1980 Zappatore Maddalena Esposito 1981 Carcerato Donna Assunta 1981 Celebrità Rosa 1982 Giuramento Sua madre 1983 Stangata napoletana Palmira 1984 Kaos Madre di Pirandello (segment "Colloquio con la madre")1985 L'amara scienza 1994 Law of Courage Mrs. Livatino 1994 The Teddy Bear Nonna Claudia 1995 Camerieri Salvatore Azzaro's Wife 1999 Il manoscritto di Van Hecken 1999 Not registered Tonia 2001 E adesso sesso Nonna Assunta 2002 Sotto gli occhi di tutti Tonia 2008 Ci sta un francese, un inglese e un napoletano Madre Noemi (final film role)
References
Further reading Barbara Bulzomì, Regina Bianchi. Regina del palcoscenico, Edizioni Universitarie Romane, 2008; Maricla Boggio, Vita di Regina. Regina Bianchi si racconta, RAI-ERI, 2012;
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