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Lilia Silvi

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Lilia Silvi
Silvi in Lively Teresa (1943)
Born
Silvana Musitelli

(1922-12-23)23 December 1922
Died27 July 2013(2013-07-27) (aged 90)
Nettuno, Lazio
Italy
OccupationActress
Years active1930–2011

Lilia Silvi (22 December 1922 – 27 July 2013) was an Italian film actress. Silvi was one of several young actresses presented as an Italian equivalent to the Canadian-born Hollywood star Deanna Durbin.[1] She appeared opposite Amedeo Nazzari, the most popular Italian star of the era, in five films.[2]

Selected filmography

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Silvi with Renato Rascel in Napoleon (1951)

References

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  1. ^ De Grazia p.131
  2. ^ Gundle p.191

Bibliography

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  • De Grazia, Victoria. How Fascism Ruled Women: Italy, 1922-1945. University of California Press, 1992.
  • Gundle, Stephen. Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghahn Books, 2013.
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