Anita Durante

Anita Durante (28 September 1897 – 2 May 1994) was an Italian actress.

Born Anita Bianchi in Rome into a humble family, after attending a dramatic society for several years Durante made her official debut on stage in 1919, in Ettore Petrolini's Romani de Roma. Married with the actor Checco Durante, she stayed with the Petrolini's stage company nine years, then she formed a company with her husband. Also active in films, where she is best remembered as the Alberto Sordi's mother in An American in Rome, Durante was active on stage until 1992. She died in 1994, aged 96, following an accidental fall from the balcony of her home, while cleaning the windows.

Partial filmography

Scampolo (1941) - La proprietaria della stireria The Last Wagon (1943) - Adele Urbani Peddlin' in Society (1946) - Caterina (uncredited) Fatalità (1947) - Adele Cavalcade of Heroes (1950) The Two Sisters (1950) - Agatina The Ungrateful Heart (1951) - Anna, padrona della pensione Core 'ngrato (1951) Viva il cinema! (1952) - Gambalesta's Maid Vortice (1953) - La portinaia If You Won a Hundred Million (1953) - Pasqua (segment "Il promesso... sposato") Angels of Darkness (1954) Of Life and Love (1954) - (segment "La Patente") Papà Pacifico (1954) - The Porter Orient Express (1954) Guai ai vinti (1954) - Popolana sulla scala (uncredited) An American in Rome (1954) - Madre di Nando Il porto della speranza (1954) Il vetturale del Moncenisio (1954) The Sign of Venus (1955) - Madre di Agnese Bella non piangere (1955) - Zia di Nina A Hero of Our Times (1955) Roman Tales (1955) - La madre di Alvaro Cortile (1955) - Geltrude Processo all'amore (1955) - Nona Mariani The Bigamist (1956) - Amalia The Courier of Moncenisio (1956) - Carmela Il prezzo della gloria (1956) - Aunt Bettina I calunniatori (1956) Saranno uomini (1957) Ladro lui, ladra lei (1958) - Madre di Cencio Adorabili e bugiarde (1958) - The concierge's wife ...And the Wild Wild Women (1959) - Assunta Policarpo (1959) - Mario Marchetti's Mother Genitori in blue-jeans (1960) - The Old Nun (uncredited) Carmen di Trastevere (1962) - Landlady of the Boarding House (uncredited) Adultero lui, adultera lei (1963) - La portinaia Mad Sea (1963) - Rosario Lo Russo - la madre Siamo tutti pomicioni (1963) - Mario's Mother (segment "Le gioie della vita") White Voices (1964) - Agnese - Meo's mother Made in Italy (1965) Why Did I Ever Say Yes Twice? (1969) - (uncredited) Er Più – storia d'amore e di coltello (1971) - Mother of Nino Colpo grosso... grossissimo... anzi probabile (1972) - Monsignore's mother Storia di fifa e di coltello - Er seguito d'er più (1972) - Caterina Granada, addio! (1977) - Peppa I Hate Blondes (1980) Count Tacchia (1982) - Fernanda's Grandmother Giovanni Senzapensieri (1986) - Zia Teresa (final film role)