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Lyda Borelli
Genoa, Liguria, Italy
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 documentar…
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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.
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1999
Diva Dolorosa
Movie
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1991
Lyrical Nitrate
Movie (archive footage)
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1991
Fashion in Movement
Movie
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1953
The Suitcase of Dreams
Movie
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1918
The Legend of Saint Barbara
Movie Saint Barbara
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1918
Una Notte a Calcutta
Movie
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1918
Carnevalesca
Movie
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1917
The Thirteenth Man
Movie
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1917
Satan's Rhapsody
Movie Contessa Alba d'Oltrevita
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1917
Malombra
Movie Marina di Malombra
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1916
Madame Guillotine
Movie Madame Tallien
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1916
La falena
Movie Thea di Marlievo
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1915
The Wedding March
Movie Grazia di Plessans
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1915
Flower of Evil
Movie Lyda
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1914
The Naked Truth
Movie Lolette
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1913
La memoria dell'altro
Movie Lyda
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1913
Love Everlasting
Movie Elsa Holbein
