Diana Torrieri (née Angela Vittoria Torrieri; 9 August 1913 – 27 March 2007) was an Italian actress. She worked in theater, films, television and radio.
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Born | Angela Vittoria Torrieri (1913-08-09)9 August 1913 Canosa di Puglia, Puglia, Italy |
Died | 27 March 2007(2007-03-27) (aged 93) Rome, Lazio, Italy |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1939-1980 |
Born in Canosa di Puglia, Torrieri made her professional debut in 1937, in the stage company led by Paola Borboni, with whom she even toured in the United States.[1] During the war, she was a partisan and a member of the Action Party and was even wounded during the liberation of Milan.[2] In 1949, she tried to commit suicide by swallowing sleeping pills.[3]
Active on stage until the late 1960s, she worked with the theatrical companies of Giorgio Strehler, Vittorio Gassman, Anton Giulio Bragaglia, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sergio Tofano and Memo Benassi, among others.[1]
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