Elena Zareschi

Italian stage, television and film actress

Elena Zareschi

Born	Elina Lazzareschi (1916-07-23)23 July 1916 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died	31 July 1999(1999-07-31) (aged 83) Lucca, Italy
Occupation	Actress

Elena Zareschi (23 July 1916 – 31 July 1999) was an Italian stage, television and film actress.

Life and career

Born Elina Lazzareschi in Buenos Aires to Italian parents from Lucca, Zareschi moved to Rome in the mid-1930s and enrolled at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, graduating in 1937.^[1]^[2] In the same year, she made her film debut in the drama L’ultima nemica.^[1]^[2] While she had few opportunities in films, Zareschi was very active on stage, where she debuted in 1939, as well as in television films and series.^[1]^[2]

Partial filmography

Everybody's Woman (1934)
The Last Enemy (1938)
Ultima giovinezza (1939) – Yvonne
Sei bambine ed il Perseo (1940) – Vivalda
L'ultima nemica (1940) – Isa Fleur
Merchant of Slaves (1942) – Francesca
M.A.S. (1942) – L'attrice, amica di Brera
Don Giovanni (1942) – Elvira
Jealousy (1942) – Zosima Munoz
Rita of Cascia (1943) – Rita da Cascia
Peccatori (1945)
I contrabbandieri del mare (1948) – Stella
The Earth Cries Out (1949) – Ada
Shadows on the Grand Canal (1951)
Ulysses (1954) – Cassandra
Il conte Aquila (1955) – Imperatrice Austriaca
The Mysteries of Paris (1957) – Matilde
Herod the Great (1959) – Alexandra
Le sorprese dell'amore (1959) – Carlotta
The Cossacks (1960) – Patima
The Warrior Empress (1960) – Sibilla
Silver Spoon Set (1960) – Actress (uncredited)
Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete (1960) – Queen Pasifae
Invasion 1700 (1962) – Princess Kinzevich
Un colpo al cuore (1970)
La lunga ombra del lupo (1971) – Countess Balestrieri

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Enrico Lancia; Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano – Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 88-8440-214-X.
^ ^a ^b ^c Felice Cappa; Piero Gelli; Marco Mattarozzi. Dizionario dello spettacolo del '900. Baldini & Castoldi, 1998. ISBN 88-8089-295-9.