Marcella Rovena
Acting
Biography
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Born: January 21, 1908
Place of Birth: Conegliano, Veneto, Italy
Known For
Position Wanted
Maria is a housmaid and she is being engaged to Berto for fifteen years. Berto has not a lasting job so he is waiting for the death of his uncle Matteo to come into an inheritance. In the meantime Maria goes on with her work, first in the house of an unfaithful wife; then for an actor and his wife on the verge of leaving each other and last for Raffaele who wants to marry her. At last uncle Matteo dies...
Day by Day, Desperately
The mental illness affecting young Dario, one of the two sons of the Dominici family living in a council building in Rome, disrupts the lives of all its members.
The Leopard
As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes undermining their way of life. Proud but pragmatic Prince Don Fabrizio Salina allows his war hero nephew, Tancredi, to marry Angelica, the beautiful daughter of gauche, bourgeois Don Calogero, in order to maintain the family's accustomed level of comfort and political clout.
Totòtruffa '62
Antonio, a former variety actor, keeps his daughter in an excellent boarding school by organizing small scams with his friend and colleague Felice. Commissioner Malvasia good-naturedly persecuted him. When their respective unsuspecting children fall in love, the two fathers make peace.
La banda Casaroli
Based on the misdeeds of the criminal group headed by Paolo Casaroli, who were dedicated to robbing banks.
Careless
Emilio Brentani leads a peaceful and uneventful life with his older sister Amalia. Until he meets Angiolina Zarri, a beautiful but fickle, wayward and coquettish young woman. Unfortunately for him, Emilio falls madly in love with her.
Le Notti Bianche
A middle-aged man meets a young woman who is waiting on a canal bridge for her lover's return.
Europe '51
A wealthy, self-absorbed Rome socialite is racked by guilt over the death of her young son. As a way of dealing with her grief and finding meaning in her life, she decides to devote her time and money to the city’s poor and sick. Her newfound, single-minded activism leads to conflicts with her husband and questions about her sanity.
Hell in the City
A young girl comes to prison and experiences the entire prison subculture. The inmates she befriends vary from big tough dangerous dames to smaller submissive ladies who are totally lost in prison life.
The Visit
Carla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she was driven out of town. By her own wit and cunning, she has returned as a multi-millionaire for a visit. The town lays out the red carpet expecting big things from Carla, only to learn that her sole purpose is to see Serge Miller killed...
Filmography
as Salvatore's Wife (uncredited)
as The Maid (segment "5 'La Famiglia', episode 2")
as Mayor's Wife (uncredited)
as Tenant
as Peasant Woman
as Maria Grazia
as Madre di Francesca
as Gabriele's mother
as cartomante
as Signora Luisa
as Franco's mother
as La Padrona della Pensione
as Francesca
as Elvira
as Madre di Camilla
as Luigina, moglie di Roberto
as Nora
as Mrs. Puglisi
as Gianna's mother
as Fudera
as Cesira Caiazzo
as La contessa
as Zingara
as Signora Varelli
as Silvana
as Anna
as Zia Gertrude
as Maria Luisa
as Amica di Adriana
as La donna del tiro a segno
as signora Bàttigo, moglie di Alfredo