Person
Lyda Borelli
Acting · 1884–1959 · Genoa, Liguria, Italy
Biography
Lyda Borelli (22 March 1884 - 2 June 1959) was an Italian actress, her career in theatre started in 1902. Between 1913 and 1918 Borelli made 14 films and appeared in 2 documentaries. She often portrayed vamps who end up committing suicide via poison. Her acting was mainly based on excessive gestures, painful expressions and languid gazes. Antonio Gramsci, who, in 1917 worked as a theatre reviewer, criticised her stating she represented a heightened form of sensuality, "a part of a primordial and prehistoric humanity" that had managed to cast a spell on the audience.
Known for
Fashion in Movement
1991
La falena
Thea di Marlievo
Satan's Rhapsody
Contessa Alba d'Oltrevita
Diva Dolorosa
1999
The Naked Truth
Lolette
The Thirteenth Man
1917
Malombra
Marina di Malombra
Lyrical Nitrate
(archive footage)
Carnevalesca
1918
La memoria dell'altro
Lyda
Filmography
- 1999Diva Dolorosa
- 1991Lyrical Nitrate(archive footage)
- 1991Fashion in Movement
- 1953The Suitcase of Dreams
- 1918The Legend of Saint BarbaraSaint Barbara
- 1918Una Notte a Calcutta
- 1918Carnevalesca
- 1917The Thirteenth Man
- 1917Satan's RhapsodyContessa Alba d'Oltrevita
- 1917MalombraMarina di Malombra
- 1916Madame GuillotineMadame Tallien
- 1916La falenaThea di Marlievo
- 1915The Wedding MarchGrazia di Plessans
- 1915Flower of EvilLyda
- 1914The Naked TruthLolette
- 1913La memoria dell'altroLyda
- 1913Love EverlastingElsa Holbein
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