Lyda Borelli
Born: 1884-03-22 in Genoa, Liguria, Italy
Died: 1959-06-02
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1999
1991
- Fashion in Movement
- Lyrical Nitrate as (archive footage)
1918
- Carnevalesca
- Una Notte a Calcutta
- The Legend of Saint Barbara as Saint Barbara
1917
- Satan's Rhapsody as Contessa Alba d'Oltrevita
- Malombra as Marina di Malombra
- The Thirteenth Man
1916
- La falena as Thea di Marlievo
- Madame Guillotine as Madame Tallien
1915
- Flower of Evil as Lyda
- The Wedding March as Grazia di Plessans
1914
- The Naked Truth as Lolette
1913
- La memoria dell'altro as Lyda
- Love Everlasting as Elsa Holbein