Anna Maria Ferrero

Anna Maria Ferrero (18 February 1935 – 21 May 2018) was an Italian actress.

Early life and career Born Anna Maria Guerra, she changed her last name to Ferrero in honor of the composer Willy Ferrero. Her film debut came at the age of 15 in The Sky Is Red (1950), and she was soon cast in such films as Il conte di Sant'Elmo (1950) and The Forbidden Christ (1951), the only movie directed by the noted writer Curzio Malaparte.

Later career Ferrero's career progressed quickly as she worked with prominent directors, such as Michelangelo Antonioni on I vinti, and actors, like Marcello Mastroianni in Carlo Lizzani's award-winning Chronicle of Poor Lovers (1953). She appeared with the popular comedian Totò in Totò e Carolina (1953) and with star Alberto Sordi in Una parigina a Roma (1954).

She appeared with Vittorio Gassman in six films: Lorenzaccio, King Vidor's War and Peace, Kean, which Gassman co-directed, Giovanni dalle bande nere, Le sorprese dell'amore, and Il mattatore.

Her last on-screen appearance was as a housewife who accidentally ingests cocaine in a comic episode of the anthology film Controsesso (1964), directed by Franco Rossi.

Personal life Ferrero chose to end her career shortly after her 1963 marriage to French actor Jean Sorel, her co-star in two films: Gold of Rome (1961) and Four Days in Naples (1962).

Filmography

The Sky Is Red (Il Cielo è rosso) (1950) as Giulia Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951) as Giulia The Forbidden Christ (Il Cristo proibito) (1951) as Maria Lorenzaccio (1951) as Luisa Strozzi The Temptress (Le due verità) (1952) as Maria-Luce Carlinet Finishing School (Fanciulle di lusso) (1953) as Valerie De Beranger Ragazze da marito (1952) as Anna Maria Mazzillo Poppy (Lo sai che i papaveri) (1952) as Pierina Zacchi The Mute of Portici (La Muta di Portici) (1952) as uncredited Half a Century of Song (Canzoni di mezzo secolo) (1952) as cameo The Unfaithfuls (Le infedeli) (1953) as Cesarina Siamo tutti inquilini (1953) as Anna Perrini Eager to Live (Febbre di vivere) (1953) as Elena Youth and Perversion (I vinti) (1953) as Marina Neapolitans in Milan (Napoletani a Milano) (1953) as Nannina Captain Phantom (Capitan Fantasma) (1953) (uncredited) It Happened in the Park (1953) as Anna Maria Del Balzo (segment: Pi-greco) Verdi, the King of Melody (Giuseppe Verdi) (1953) as Margherita Barezzi Verdi Viva la rivista! (1953) as episode The Count of Saint Elmo (il Conte di Sant'Elmo) (1953) as Laura Cassano Chronicle of Poor Lovers (Cronache di poveri amanti) (1954) as Gesuina Guai ai vinti (1954) as Clara A Parisian in Rome (1954) as Fiorella Toto and Carolina (Totò e Carolina) (1955) as Carolina De Vico The Widow (La vedova X) (1955) as Adriana The golden falcon (Il falco d'oro) (1955) as Fiammetta Songs of Italy (1955) as episode War and Peace (1956) as Mary Bolkonsky The Violent Patriot (Giovanni dalle bande nere) (1956) as Anna, peasant girl The Rival (La rivale) (1955) as Barbara Candi Supreme Confession (Suprema confessione) (1956) as Giovanna Siri Cime tempestose (1956, TV Mini-Series) as Catherina Kean: Genius or Scoundrel (Kean) (1956) as Anna Damby Desert Warrior (Los amantes del desierto) (1957) as uncredited Captain Falcon (Capitan Fuoco) (1958) as Anna Questa mia donna (1958, TV Movie) as Maria Luisa Bad Girls Don't Cry (la notte brava) (1959) as Nicoletta Surprise of Love (Le sorprese dell'amore) (1959) as Mariarosa The Employee (L'impiegato) (1960) as Joan Gastone (1960) as Nannina Love and Larceny (il mattatore) (1960) as Annalisa Rauseo Austerlitz (Austerlitz) (1960) as Elisa Bonaparte Culpables (1960) as Margarita Silver Spoon Set (I delfini) (1960) as Marina Castelfranco The Hunchback of Rome (Il gobbo) (1960) as Ninetta Captain Fracasse (Le Capitaine Fracasse) (1961) as Marquise des Bruyères A Day for Lionhearts (Un giorno da leoni) (1961) as Ida Gold of Rome (L'oro di Roma) (1961) as Giulia Always on Sunday (Una domenica d'estate) (1962) as Milena The Four Days of Naples (Le quattro giornate di Napoli) (1962) as uncredited Un marito in condominio (1963) as Giuliana Countersex (Controsesso) (1964) as Marcella (segment "Cocaina di domenica") (final film role)