Regina Bianchi

Regina Bianchi (1 January 1921 – 5 April 2013) was an Italian stage and film actress.

Regina Bianchi

Life and career

Born in Lecce as Regina D'Antigny, she was the daughter of two theater actors.[1][2] Forced by the fascist phobia of foreign cultures to change her surname, she adopted the surname of her paternal grandmother.[1]

At age 16, she entered the stage company of Raffaele Viviani and, that year, debuted in the comedy play Campagna napoletana, in the leading role of Reginella.[1][2] In 1939, she starred in the drama film Il ponte di vetro; on the film set she became engaged to the director Goffredo Alessandrini, who remained her partner for over 20 years.[2]

After having announced her retirement in 1944, she came back in 1959 with the title role in Eduardo De Filippo's Filumena Marturano.[2] She won two Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress, in 1963 for Nanni Loy's The Four Days of Naples, and in 1996 for Leone Pompucci's Camerieri,[3] and she appeared as Anna, the mother of Mary, in Franco Zeffirelli's television miniseries Jesus of Nazareth in 1977.

In 1996, she was awarded Grand Officer of the Italian Republic for artistic merits. She died at 92 in her home in Rome.[4]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1939Rosa de Sangue '
1939The Silent Partner
1940Bridge of GlassAnna
1940Then We'll Get a DivorceMargaret
1940Then We'll Get a DivorceMargaret
1942I due FoscariLucrezia Contarini
1961The Last Judgment
1961A Day for LionheartsMoglie di Edoardo
1962His Days Are NumberedGiulia
1962A Milanese StoryMadre di Valeria
1962The Four Days of NaplesConcetta CapuozzoUncredited
1966Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't UnderstandRosa Amitrano
1966Il nero
1968Operazione ricchezza
1969Temptation
1977Jesus of NazarethAnna1 episode
1977Dove volano i corvi d'argentoIstevene's mother
1980ZappatoreMaddalena Esposito
1981CarceratoDonna Assunta
1981CelebritàRosa
1982GiuramentoSua madre
1983Stangata napoletanaPalmira
1984KaosMadre di Pirandello(segment "Colloquio con la madre")
1985L'amara scienza
1994Law of CourageMrs. Livatino
1994The Teddy BearNonna Claudia
1995CamerieriSalvatore Azzaro's Wife
1999Il manoscritto di Van Hecken
1999Not registeredTonia
2001E adesso sessoNonna Assunta
2002Sotto gli occhi di tuttiTonia
2008Ci sta un francese, un inglese e un napoletanoMadre Noemi(final film role)

References
  1. F. Cappa; Piero Gelli; Marco Mattarozzi. Dizionario dello spettacolo del '900. Dalai editore, 1998. pp. 123–124. ISBN 8880892959.
  2. Enrico Lancia; Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano - Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. pp. 36–37. ISBN 888440214X.
  3. Enrico Lancia. I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. pp. 233, 249. ISBN 88-7742-221-1.
  4. "Addio a Regina Bianchi, grande interprete del teatro napoletano". La Repubblica. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013.

Further reading
  • Barbara Bulzomì, Regina Bianchi. Regina del palcoscenico, Edizioni Universitarie Romane, 2008; ISBN 9788860220615
  • Maricla Boggio, Vita di Regina. Regina Bianchi si racconta, RAI-ERI, 2012; ISBN 8839715789


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