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Biography
Giovanna Galletti (27 June 1916 – 21 April 1992) was an Italian actress. She appeared in more than forty films from 1938 to 1986.
Life and career
Galletti began her career on stage at very young age, in the early 1930s, and later attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. In the late 1930s she started appearing in films, mostly in supporting roles, and in 1945 she appeared in Roberto Rossellini's Rome, Open City portraying the treacherous Ingrid, which is her best known role.
After the war she focused her activities on theatre, notably working intensively at the Piccolo Teatro of Milan under the direction of Giorgio Strehler and in the stage companies led by Luigi Cimara, Annibale Ninchi, Laura Adani and Renzo Ricci. Her later film roles mainly consisted of villains and wicked women. She was also active on radio and television.
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | The Lady in White | Ginevra's Friend | Debut film |
| 1943 | Signorinette | Gymnastics Teacher | |
| 1945 | Rome, Open City | Ingrid | |
| 1950 | The Outlaws | Journalist | |
| The Glass Castle | Louise Morel | ||
| The Bread Peddler | Madame Auguste | ||
| È arrivato il cavaliere! | Miss Colombo | ||
| Toto Looks for a Wife | Agent K 8 | ||
| Margaret of Cortona | Mother of the sick child | ||
| Angelo tra la folla | A Player | ||
| 1951 | Tomorrow Is Another Day | Mother of Luisa | |
| Last Meeting | Flora | ||
| Messalina | The Christian | ||
| 1952 | Inganno | Marta | |
| Adorable Creatures | Director | ||
| 1954 | Mambo | Valeria | |
| 1960 | Le signore | Tatiana's Friend | |
| 1966 | Kill, Baby, Kill | Baroness Graps | credited as Giana Vivaldi |
| The Bible: In the Beginning... | Sinful Woman | ||
| A... For Assassin | Marta Prescott | ||
| 1968 | Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell | The Countess | |
| 1969 | The Lady of Monza | Sister Angela Sacchi | |
| 1973 | Last Tango in Paris | The Prostitute |