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Dina Galli (1877–1951) was an Italian actress known for her comic stage roles.[1] Galli also appeared in fourteen films during her career.

Dina Galli
Born	Clotilde Annamaria Galli (1877-12-16)16 December 1877 Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Died	4 March 1951(1951-03-04) (aged 73) Rome, Lazio, Italy
Occupation	Actress

Life and career

Born Clotilde Annamaria Galli in Milan, Galli was the daughter of a well known theatrical character actress, Ernestina Nesti. She debuted on stage as a child actress in a Milanese dialect stage company, the Olivieri company, and in 1890 she joined the stage company led by Edoardo Ferravilla [it]. In 1900 she became main actress in the Talli-Gramatica-Calabresi, and in the following years she worked in the companies led by Enrico Viarisio, Enzo Biliotti, Antonio Gandusio and Nino Besozzi.[2]

Galli made her film debut in 1914, in two silent films directed by Nino Oxilia. During the World War I, she voluntarily served in hospitals, entertaining wounded soldiers as a puppeteer. In 1935 she had a large success with the Giuseppe Adami's comedy play Felicita Colombo, and in 1937 she starred in a film adaptation with the same name directed by Mario Mattoli.[2]

She spoke with a distinctive Lombardy accent.[3]

Selected filmography

• Nini Falpala (1933)
• Felicita Colombo (1937)
• Nonna Felicita (1938)
• Frenzy (1939)
• La zia smemorata (1940)
• Stasera niente di nuovo (1942)
• Il birichino di papà (1942)
• My Widow and I (1945)
• Vanity (1947)

References

External links

• Dina Galli at IMDb

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