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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 22, 1884
Died
June 2, 1959
Place of Birth
Genoa, Liguria, Italy
Also Known As
- Lyda Cini
- Countess of Monselice
Lyda Borelli
0.1 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.5
Diva Dolorosa
1999
🎬
7.0
(archive footage)
Lyrical Nitrate
1991
0.0
Fashion in Movement
1991
6.7
The Suitcase of Dreams
1953
0.0
Saint Barbara
The Legend of Saint Barbara
1918
0.0
Una Notte a Calcutta
1918
5.9
Carnevalesca
1918
0.0
The Thirteenth Man
1917
6.4
Contessa Alba d'Oltrevita
Satan's Rhapsody
1917
5.2
Marina di Malombra
Malombra
1917
Credits
Diva Dolorosa
1999
6.5
🎬
Lyrical Nitrate
as (archive footage)
1991
7.0
Fashion in Movement
1991
0.0
The Suitcase of Dreams
1953
6.7
The Legend of Saint Barbara
as Saint Barbara
1918
0.0
Una Notte a Calcutta
1918
0.0
Carnevalesca
1918
5.9
The Thirteenth Man
1917
0.0
Satan's Rhapsody
as Contessa Alba d'Oltrevita
1917
6.4
Malombra
as Marina di Malombra
1917
5.2
Madame Guillotine
as Madame Tallien
1916
5.0
La falena
as Thea di Marlievo
1916
0.0
The Wedding March
as Grazia di Plessans
1915
0.0
Flower of Evil
as Lyda
1915
4.2
The Naked Truth
as Lolette
1914
6.0
La memoria dell'altro
as Lyda
1913
0.0
Love Everlasting
as Elsa Holbein
1913
5.8