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Paola Borboni is a Actor Italienne born on 1 january 1900 at Parma (Italie)

Paola Borboni

Paola Borboni
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Nationality Italie
Birth 1 january 1900 at Parma (Italie)
Death 9 april 1995 (at 95 years) at Bodio Lomnago (Italie)

Paola Borboni (1 January 1900 – 9 April 1995) was an Italian film actress whose career spanned nine decades of cinema. She also made a substantial contribution to theatre.

She entered film in 1916 in the silent picture Jacobo Ortis under the directorship of 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, gaining notoriety in 1925 when she appeared in a show in 1925 as a mermaid exposing her breasts which she saw as natural in the role but caused considerable outrage at the time. She returned to the silver screen in 1936 in the Mario Mattoli film L' Uomo che sorride.

She went on to appear in films such as the Carlo Lizzani-directed film Ai margini della metropoli in 1952 in which she appeared alongside the main cast of Massimo Girotti, Marina Berti and Giulietta Masina. Between 1936 and 1956 her career was at its peak and her roles gradually became less numerous in the decades that followed, making a final appearance in the Giorgio Mosa film Blue dolphin - l'avventura continua in 1990.

She died of a stroke aged 95 on 9 April 1995.

Biography

Paola Borboni débute en 1917 au théâtre, où elle est très active et le restera quasiment jusqu'à sa mort. Mentionnons Les Sorcières de Salem d'Arthur Miller (1955, mise en scène de Luchino Visconti), La Bonne Âme du Se-Tchouan de Bertolt Brecht (1958, mise en scène de Giorgio Strehler), ou encore Così è (se vi pare) de Luigi Pirandello (1984-1985, mise en scène de Franco Zeffirelli), auteur qu'elle interprète souvent. D'ailleurs, elle se produit pour la dernière fois sur les planches en mars 1994 (à 94 ans) dans Le Bonnet du fou du même Pirandello, pièce mise en scène par Mauro Bolognini. Signalons aussi sa participation à la création en 1966 de la comédie musicale Ciao Rudy , sur une musique d'Armando Trovajoli, avec Marcello Mastroianni personnifiant Rudolph Valentino.

Au cinéma, elle apparaît d'abord dans sept films muets sortis de 1918 à 1921. Après le passage au parlant, elle contribue à soixante-et-onze films (majoritairement italiens, plus quelques coproductions franco-italiennes et trois films américains), entre 1936 et 1990.

Puis : Les Vitelloni de Federico Fellini (avec Franco Interlenghi et Alberto Sordi) et Vacances romaines de William Wyler (avec Audrey Hepburn et Gregory Peck), tous deux sortis en 1953, Miracle à l'italienne de Nino Manfredi (1971, avec le réalisateur et Lionel Stander), ainsi que La Cage aux folles 2 d'Édouard Molinaro (1980, avec Michel Serrault et Ugo Tognazzi).

Pour la télévision, entre 1959 et 1981, Paola Borboni participe à deux séries, quatre feuilletons et quatre téléfilms.

En 1972, elle épouse le poète et acteur italien Bruno Villaraggia, son cadet de 42 ans. En 1978, ils sont victimes d'un accident de la route dans lequel Bruno trouve la mort.

Best films

La Cage aux Folles II (1980)
(Actress)
Yes, Giorgio (1982)
(Actress)

Usually with

Carlo Lizzani
Carlo Lizzani
(3 films)
Alberto Sordi
Alberto Sordi
(4 films)
Lauro Gazzolo
Lauro Gazzolo
(5 films)
Dante Maggio
Dante Maggio
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Paola Borboni (49 films)

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Actress

Eye, evil eye, parsley and fennel
Directed by Sergio Martino
Genres Comedy
Actors Lino Banfi, Milena Vukotic, Janet Ågren, Elisa Kadigia Bove, Dagmar Lassander, Dino Cassio
Roles Marchesa del Querceto (episodio "Il mago")
Rating59% 2.99472.99472.99472.99472.9947
Yes, Giorgio, 1h50
Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Kathryn Harrold, Eddie Albert, Paola Borboni, James Hong, Beulah Quo, Patrick Cranshaw
Roles Sister Theresa
Rating38% 1.9190851.9190851.9190851.9190851.919085
Luciano Pavarotti plays a world famous Italian tenor opera singer by the name of Giorgio Fini. While in Boston for a concert Fini gets a phone call asking him to perform at The Met. The call brings up bad memories from his disastrous appearance there seven years earlier. It scares him to the point where he cannot sing at rehearsal. Everyone panics thinking he is losing his voice.
Lady of the Camelias, 1h55
Directed by Mauro Bolognini
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films, Fictional prostitutes
Actors Isabelle Huppert, Gian Maria Volonté, Bruno Ganz, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Clio Goldsmith, Mario Maranzana
Rating68% 3.432363.432363.432363.432363.43236
L'histoire de Marie Duplessis, courtisane aimée par Alexandre Dumas fils qui la nommera Marguerite Gautier dans son roman. Après sa montée à Paris, elle devient prostituée puis courtisane. Bien qu'elle soit mariée, elle aura Dumas fils pour amant avant de le quitter pour Franz Liszt et de mourir de la tuberculose.
La Cage aux Folles II, 1h41
Directed by Édouard Molinaro
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Michel Serrault, Ugo Tognazzi, Marcel Bozzuffi, Michel Galabru, Paola Borboni, Benny Luke
Roles Mrs. Baldi
Rating58% 2.9051452.9051452.9051452.9051452.905145
A spy plants a capsule of microfilm on Albin and from then on spies and government agents pursue him. Albin and Renato travel to Italy to hide at Renato's mother's farm. At each point along the way we see the straight world's reaction to Albin.
How Funny Can Sex Be?, 1h50
Directed by Dino Risi
Origin Italie
Genres Erotic, Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Giancarlo Giannini, Laura Antonelli, Alberto Lionello, Paola Borboni, Duilio Del Prete, Franca Scagnetti
Roles Esperia / ('Non è mai troppo tardi')
Rating60% 3.0413353.0413353.0413353.0413353.041335
Le film est composé de huit segments. Madame, il est huit heures ! : dès le réveil, une maîtresse de maison (Laura Antonelli) fait l'amour à un serveur (Giancarlo Giannini).
Between Miracles, 2h2
Directed by Nino Manfredi
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Actors Mariangela Melato, Nino Manfredi, Lionel Stander, Delia Boccardo, Paola Borboni, Mario Scaccia
Roles Immacolata
Rating70% 3.5355853.5355853.5355853.5355853.535585
A qualified surgeon is urgently called by a party in a small and inadequate private hospital to operate a man in critical condition because of a suicide attempt. This is the protagonist of the film, Benedict Parisi, whose first name seems prophetic of his story. In the waiting room is the companion Joan Micheli, pregnant with him, which—Benedict being alone in the world—gives consent to the risky operation. Her mother, Immaculate, however, hovers in the wings like a vulture, hoping he will die, because she aspires to marry Giovanna off to a lawyer friend of the family, as a better social and economic proposition.
When Women Had Tails, 1h45
Directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile
Origin Italie
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Sex comedy
Themes La préhistoire, Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Senta Berger, Giuliano Gemma, Lando Buzzanca, Frank Wolff, Renzo Montagnani, Lino Toffolo
Roles leader della tribù di donne delle caverne
Rating38% 1.9333151.9333151.9333151.9333151.933315
Seven orphan cavemen grow up on a little island all by themselves. After a fire burns all the vegetation, they set out to find a new place to live. One day they trap a strange animal, looking very similar to them, only softer and with longer hair.
The Biggest Bundle of Them All, 1h25
Directed by Ken Annakin, Víctor Merenda
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Robert Wagner, Raquel Welch, Godfrey Cambridge, Francesco Mulé, Edward G. Robinson, Vittorio De Sica
Roles Signora Rosa
Rating52% 2.6106152.6106152.6106152.6106152.610615
American gangster Cesare Celli, hiding out in Italy, is kidnapped by Harry Price and his gang. Much to everyone's surprise, none of Cesare's friends or associates is willing to pay a ransom to get him back.
Arabella
Arabella (1967)
, 1h45
Directed by Mauro Bolognini
Genres Comedy
Actors Virna Lisi, James Fox, Margaret Rutherford, Terry-Thomas, Giancarlo Giannini, Milena Vukotic
Roles Duchess Moretti
Rating52% 2.6335852.6335852.6335852.6335852.633585
Dans l'Italie en crise des années 1920, Arabella tente d'extorquer de l'argent à plusieurs personnes pour venir en aide à sa mère, menacée d'expulsion.
Arabella
Arabella (1967)

Directed by Mauro Bolognini
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Actors Virna Lisi, James Fox, Margaret Rutherford, Terry-Thomas, Paola Borboni, Giancarlo Giannini
Roles Duchess Moretti
Rating52% 2.6335852.6335852.6335852.6335852.633585
En Italie, dans les années 1920, sa mère étant menacée d'expulsion, Arabella tente d'extorquer de l'argent à toutes sortes de personnes.