Vanna Vanni

Vanna Vanni Biography

Vanna Vanni (7 January 1915 - 6 March 1998) was an Italian film actress. She was in thirty-one films between 1930 and 1943.

Life and career

Vanni was born in Florence as Maria Angelica Giovanna Pegna. She has been described as a graceful and elegant brunette, and the New York Times film critic, Frank Nugent, wrote in a review of I've Lost My Husband! that she was "one of the prettiest girls in the Italian film industry."

Her first cinematic role was in Perch no? (1930), directed by Amleto Palermi, and in her first films she was credited as Vanna Pegna. Vanni was one of the most profilic actresses in Italian cinema between mid-1930s and 1940s; specialized in comedy films, she got some critical acclaim for her dramatic turn in Esodo Pratelli's Se non son matti non li vogliamo. She also worked with directors such as Raffaello Matarazzo, Gennaro Righelli, Giorgio Simonelli, and Eduardo De Filippo.

She retired from film in 1943 and died in Rome in 1998.

Selected filmography

Perch no? (1930) (as Vanna Pegna)
Il segreto del dottore (1931) (as Vanna Pegna)
Il serpente a sonagli (1935) (as Vanna Pegna)
La gondola delle chimere (1936)
Sette giorni all'altro mondo (1936)
L'uomo che sorride (1936)
I fratelli Castiglioni (1937)
Ho perduto mio marito (I've Lost My Husband!) (1937)
Le educande di Saint-Cyr(1939)
L'imprevisto (1940)
Un marito per il mese di aprile (1941)
Se non son matti non li vogliamo (1941)
Non ti pago! (1942)
4 ragazze sognano (1943)
Non Mi Muovo! (1943)
Ti conosco, mascherina! (1943)

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