Alba Arnova
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| Born | Alba Fossati 15 March 1930 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Died | 11 March 2018 (aged 87) Rome, Italy |
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| Spouse | Gianni Ferrio |
Alba Arnova (15 March 1930 – 11 March 2018)[1] was an Italian-Argentine ballerina[2] and actress.[3]
Life and career
[edit | edit source]Born in Buenos Aires as Alba Fossati, daughter of two Italian emigrants, Arnova studied piano at the Conservatory and enrolled in the university at the medical faculty.[4] She became the principal classical dancer of the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires and changed her surname first to Ars Nova and then to Arnova.[5] She left Argentina in 1948, for a six months stage tour, and eventually remained in Rome, where she worked first in theater as a classical dancer and as a revue and avanspettacolo soubrette. She began acting in films in 1949, though usually in minor roles.[5]
In 1956 Arnova created a controversy when she appeared on the RAI television variety show La piazzetta wearing a tight leotard that made her appear semi-nude because of the lighting effects and the black-and-white system. The show was suspended and she was subsequently fired and banned from Italian television. She subsequently chose to leave show business.[6]
Arnova was married to composer and conductor Gianni Ferrio.
Filmography
[edit | edit source]- A Night of Fame, Director: Mario Monicelli and Steno (1949)
- Fugitive Lady, Director: Sidney Salkow and Marino Girolami (1950)
- La cintura di castità, Director: Camillo Mastrocinque (1950)
- Miracle in Milan, Director: Vittorio De Sica (1950)
- Totò Tarzan, Director: Mario Mattoli (1951)
- Arrivano i nostri, Director: Mario Mattoli (1951)
- O.K. Nerone, Director: Mario Soldati (1951)
- In Olden Days, Director: Alessandro Blasetti (1952)
- Finalmente libero, Director: Mario Amendola (1953)
- Loving You Is My Sin, Director: Sergio Grieco (1953)
- Aida, Director: Clemente Fracassi (1953)
- My Life Is Yours, Director: Giuseppe Masini (1953)
- La Gioconda, Director: Giacinto Solito (1953)
- Mid-Century Loves, Director: Mario Chiari (1954)
- 100 Years of Love, Director: Lionello De Felice (1954)
- Red and Black, Director: Domenico Paolella (1954)
- Farewell, My Beautiful Lady, Director: Fernando Cerchio (1954)
- The Lady of the Camellias, Director: Raymond Bernard (1954)
- Una donna prega, Director: Anton Giulio Majano (1954)
- A Slice of Life, Director: Alessandro Blasetti (1954)
- Loves of Three Queens, Director: Marc Allègret (1954)
- Figaro, barbiere di Siviglia, Director: Camillo Mastrocinque (1955)
- I pinguini ci guardano, Director: Guido Leoni (1955)
- Il motivo in maschera, Director: Stefano Canzio (1955)
- La ribalta dei sogni, Director: Ernesto Araciba (1955)
- Una viuda difícil Director Fernando Alaya (1957)
- The Mighty Crusaders, Director: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (1957)
- Europa di notte, Director: Alessandro Blasetti (1959)
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Alba Arnova at IMDb
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