Elsa De Giorgi (26 January 1914 – 12 September 1997) was an Italian film actress and writer. She appeared in twenty seven films, including Duilio Coletti's Captain Fracasse (1940).Goble p.176
Biography De Giorgi was born in Pesaro, Marche, from a family originally from Bevagna, a small town close to Spoleto in Umbria. When she was 18, she worked as a model, and was spotted by Mario Camerini, who offered her a role in his film T'amerò sempre (1933). De Giorgi then took up acting full-time, and worked with many Italian directors, including Pier Paolo Pasolini, Luigi Zampa, Mario Soldati and Alberto Sordi. In 1974 she wrote, directed and produced the film Sangue più fango uguale logos passione.
In 1955, De Giorgi published her first book, I coetanei (The Peers), a recapitulation of her time during Italian Civil War as well as a tribute to her husband, Sandrino Contini Bonacossi. The book was published by Einaudi with a preface by Gaetano Salvemini. It won the Premio Viareggio.
In the late 1950s De Giorgi had a romantic relationship with Italo Calvino. Their time together is chronicled in her 1992 book Ho visto partire il tuo treno (I Saw Your Train Rolling).
In the early 1960s she worked as a theatre critic for the Rome-based magazine Pensiero Nazionale.
De Giorgi's archive is housed at the Centre for the Studies of Contemporary and Modern Writers at University of Pavia.
Filmography Year Title Role1933 Nini Falpala Torrazza's Daughter L'impiegata di papà Carla Monti I'll Always Love You Adriana Rosé1934 Loyalty of Love Princess Carolina Jablonowska Lady of Paradise Anna Lucenti Port Mariuccia L'eredità dello zio buonanima Titina 1936 But It's Nothing Serious Elsa 1938 La sposa dei Re Désirée ClaryLa mazurka di papà La marchesina Lucia1939 The Fornaretto of Venice Annetta The Faceless Voice La primatrrice Two Million for a Smile MariaMontevergine Carmencita1940 Captain Fracasse Isabella 1941 The Mask of Cesare Borgia Dianora 1942 The Adventures of Fra Diavolo Fortunata ConsiglioTentazione Elsa Passmann1943 Sant'Elena, piccola isola Betsy1944 The Innkeeper Ortensia 1946 The Tyrant of Padua Caterina Bragadin in Malipieri1947 Manù il Contrabbandiere Florence Geraldy1963 RoGoPaG Producer's Mother1975 Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom Signora Maggi 1992 Acquitted for Having Committed the Deed Countess NicolettaPoussière de diamant 1994 Cadabra
References
Bibliography Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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