20th-century Italian actresses

Isa_Pola

Isa Pola (born Maria Luisa Betti di Montesano; 19 December 1909 – 17 December 1984) was an Italian stage and film actress. She appeared in more than 30 films during her career; an early screen role was the female lead in Steel (1933), a realist film set in the steelworking industry.

Gabriella_Pallotta

Gabriella Pallotta (born 6 October 1938) is an Italian film actress. She appeared in 22 films between 1956 and 1974. For the film The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962) she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture.

Laura_Nucci

Laura Nucci (26 February 1913 – 30 January 1994) was an Italian film actress. Nucci was one of the stars of the Fascist era, emerging after she won a competition. Her career was setback by the downfall of Benito Mussolini's regime, but from 1950 she began appearing in films again as a character actress. She also appeared in television, such as the 1957 series Pride and Prejudice.

Agnese_Nano

Agnese Nano (born 5 November 1965) is an Italian film, television and theater actress. Her first appearance was in 1987 but she became famous after her role as the young "Elena Mendola" in Cinema Paradiso by Giuseppe Tornatore, in 1988. Nano felt that playing Elena "was a deeply nurturing experience, crucial for the development of her future career".

Neda_Naldi

Neda Naldi (30 January 1913 – 26 June 1993) was an Italian theatrical actress—also known under her stage name Talia Volpiana—and television and film actress. She was born as Italia Volpiana on 30 January 1913 in Tramutola, Basilicata, Italy. She was an actress and writer, known for La leggenda azzurra (1940), Lacrime di sangue (1944) and Vietato ai minorenni (1944). She was married to Salvo Randone. She died on 26 June 1993 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Lucilla_Morlacchi

Lucilla Morlacchi (29 April 1936 – 13 November 2014) was an Italian film, television and stage actress.
Born in Milan in 1936, Morlacchi studied at the Accademia dei Filodrammatici and made her theatrical debut in 1956 in the comedy play Il maggiore Barbara, with the stage company of Ernesto Calindri and Lina Volonghi.On stage she worked with notable directors such as Luchino Visconti and Sergio Castellitto. In films, she was often cast in character roles, and may be best-remembered as "Concetta" in The Leopard.

Silvia_Monti

Silvia Monti (born 23 January 1946) is an Italian actress.
She is mostly known for the female lead role as a mafioso's sister in the 1969 Gérard Oury caper film The Brain. In the movie she has a scene where she gets down from a balcony using a rope on a song by Caterina Caselli, Cento Giorni.
She stopped her career in 1974.