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Lyda Borelli
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.
BODY OF WORK
Lyda Borelli's Filmography
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Diva Dolorosa
No Poster
Lyrical Nitrate
as (archive footage)
No Poster
Fashion in Movement
The Suitcase of Dreams
The Legend of Saint Barbara
as Saint Barbara
Una Notte a Calcutta
Carnevalesca
No Poster
The Thirteenth Man
Satan's Rhapsody
as Contessa Alba d'Oltrevita
Malombra
as Marina di Malombra
Madame Guillotine
as Madame Tallien
La falena
as Thea di Marlievo
The Wedding March
as Grazia di Plessans
Flower of Evil
as Lyda
The Naked Truth
as Lolette
La memoria dell'altro
as Lyda
Love Everlasting
as Elsa Holbein