Torrieri, Diana
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Birthname | Angela Torrieri | ||||
born on | 9 August 1913 at 10:00 (= 10:00 AM ) | ||||
Place | Canosa di Puglia, Italy, 41n13, 16e04 | ||||
Timezone | MET h1e (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
Italian actress who worked in theatre, film, television and radio.
Torrieri made her professional debut in 1937, in the stage company led by Paola Borboni, with whom she toured in the United States. During the war, she was a partisan and a member of the Action Party and was wounded during the liberation of Milan. In 1949, she tried to commit suicide by swallowing sleeping pills.
Active on stage until the late 1960s, she worked with the theatrical companies of Giorgio Strehler, Vittorio Gassman, Anton Giulio Bragaglia, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sergio Tofano and Memo Benassi, among others.
She died on 27 March 2007, aged 93, in Rome.
Events
- Other Mental Health 1949 (Attempted suicide)
Source Notes
Grazia Bordoni database, 'entertainment' file quotes Gauquelin.
Categories
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 93)
- Personal : Death : Suicide Attempt
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress (Film, theatre, and television)