Rosina Galli (actress) explained

Rosina Galli
Birth Date:10 August 1906
Birth Place:Venice, Italy
Death Date: (aged 63)
Death Place:Madrid, Spain
Birthname:Rosina Raggozino
Occupation:Actress
Spouse:Augusto Galli
Children:1
Yearsactive:1936–1950

Rosina Fiorini Galli[1] (August 10. 1906  - December 3, 1969) was an Italian film actress in Hollywood.

Early years

Galli was born in Venice and was a member of "a typical Italian theatrical family". She began performing as a child.

Career

Galli was an Italian character actress who worked in Hollywood between the mid-1930s and the mid-1940s, where she performed in about 40 films. She appeared with Clark Gable in They Met in Bombay (1941) and played Christine's maid in The Phantom of the Opera (1943). The actress also portrayed the friendly wife of J. Carrol Naish in Star in the Night (1945), an Academy-Award-winning short film by Don Siegel. Through her accent she frequently played motherly characters of Italian or Spanish descent, mostly in small roles. Afterwards Galli returned to Italy where she also played in three other movies until 1950. She also worked as the Italian dubbing voice for actresses like Joan Crawford, Marie Dressler, and Myrna Loy.[2] Rosina Galli died in Madrid at the age of 63.[3] [4]

On Broadway, Galli portrayed Theresa in Walk into My Parlor (1941).[5]

Personal life

She was married to Augusto Galli.

Partial filmography

Notes and References

  1. Book: Muscio . Giuliana . Napoli/New York/Hollywood: Film between Italy and the United States . 30 October 2018 . Fordham Univ Press . 978-0-8232-7939-5 . December 2, 2020 . en.
  2. [:it:Rosina Galli#Doppiaggio]
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20120725222336/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba4402b90 Rosina Galli at the British Film Institute
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=54XaAgAAQBAJ&dq=rosina+galli+1969&pg=PA382 Silvia Kornberger: Vampire, Monster, irre Wissenschaftler: So viel Europa steckt in Hollywoods goldener Horrorfilmära
  5. Web site: Rosina Galli . Internet Broadway Database . The Broadway League . December 2, 2020 . https://archive.today/20201202023151/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/rosina-galli-41684 . December 2, 2020 . live .
  6. Web site: Fugitive Lady. Turner Classic Movies. Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Atlanta. August 23, 2016.
  7. Book: Disney, Doris Miles. Doris Miles Disney

    . Dark Road. The Crime Club. New York City. 1946. Doris Miles Disney. B003RXSKL8.