Clara Calamai
Acting
Biography
Clara Calamai was born on September 7, 1909 in Prato, Tuscany, Italy. She was an actress, known for The Adulteress (1946), Deep Red (1975) and Obsession (1943). She was married to Leonardo Bonzi. She died on September 21, 1998 in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Born: September 7, 1909
Place of Birth: Prato, Tuscany, Italy
Known For
Deep Red
An English pianist living in Rome witnesses the brutal murder of his psychic neighbor. With the help of a tenacious young reporter, he tries to discover the killer using very unconventional methods. The two are soon drawn into a shocking web of dementia and violence.
Obsession
Gino, a drifter, begins an affair with inn-owner Giovanna as they plan to get rid of her older husband.
Le Notti Bianche
A middle-aged man meets a young woman who is waiting on a canal bridge for her lover's return.
Aphrodite, Goddess of Love
The construction of great temple dedicated to the goddess Aphrodite, followed by new and high taxes and the arrival of a plague, create discontent in the population, and threatens the love between a sculptor and a slave.
Lovers Without Love
This flashback heavy melodrama is a loose adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s novella The Kreutzer Sonata named after the Beethoven piece. The story concerns marriage, divorce, love, carnal lust and jealousy.
The Adventuress from the Floor Above
A comedy in which a young lawyer, with a very jealous wife, ends up hosting a woman from his building for a night, with strange consequences
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
The story of Italian cinema under Fascism, a sophisticated film industry built around the founding of the Cinecittà studios and the successful birth of a domestic star system, populated by very peculiar artists among whom stood out several beautiful, magnetic, special actresses; a dark story of war, drugs, sex, censorship and tragedy.
Ettore Fieramosca
ETTORE FIERAMOSCA was based on a widely-read literary action epic by Massimo D'Azeglio, published in 1833. Translated to the screen in 1938 by the most important director of the Italian fascist period, Alessandro Blasetti, it was intended to boost current patriotic fervor and pride in the Italian nation, and it contributed to a revival of Italian nationalism.
The Witches
Five short stories loosely dealing with the roles of women in society. A superstar actress travels to a mountain resort, only to evoke jealousy from women and lust from men. A woman offers to take an injured man to the hospital. A widowed father and his son seek for a new wife/mother. A man seeks revenge for a woman's honor. A bored housewife tries to explain to her husband that he's not as romantic as he used to be.
The Jester's Supper
In Florence, at the time of Lorenzo de Medici, known also as Lorenzo the Magnificent, the aristocrat brothers Chiaramantesi rule with an iron fist the streets of the city. Ruthless and fierce, the two brothers have chosen as their special victim the innocent and harmless Giannetto. Even though determined to not react to the cruel pranks of the brothers, Giannetto is forced to take a stand when Ginevra, a beautiful girl that works in the Chiaramantesi household, is dragged into the game. To defend his honor and protect the girl, Giannetto works out a fiendish plot that will end in blood and madness.
Filmography
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
as Ginevra (archive footage)
as Madre di Michele
as Marta
as Ex-Actress (segment "La strega bruciata viva")
as Stenele
as La Prostituta
as Giuditta Ansperti
as Elena Leonardi
as Maria
as Tisbe
as Velca
as Carla
as Gina
as Paola De Marchi
as Giovanna Bragana
as Laura Acquaviva
as Matilde Spina / Frida
as Adriana
as Ginevra
as Biancamaria Rossi
as Ada
as Federica Usticky
as Amelia Gioiosi
as Clara Ferri
as Madonna Giaconella
as Iolanda
as Giannina, falso Boccaccio
as Elena
as Lili
as Olimpia Zeno
as Renata
as Fulvia