Elena Zareschi

Elena Zareschi (23 July 1916 – 31 July 1999) was an Italian stage, television and film actress.

Life and career Born Elina Lazzareschi in Buenos Aires to Italian parents from Lucca, Zareschi moved to Rome in the mid-1930s and enrolled at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, graduating in 1937. In the same year, she made her film debut in the drama L’ultima nemica. While she had few opportunities in films, Zareschi was very active on stage, where she debuted in 1939, as well as in television films and series.

Partial filmography

Everybody's Woman (1934) The Last Enemy (1938) Ultima giovinezza (1939) – Yvonne Sei bambine ed il Perseo (1940) – Vivalda L'ultima nemica (1940) – Isa Fleur Merchant of Slaves (1942) – Francesca M.A.S. (1942) – L'attrice, amica di Brera Don Giovanni (1942) – Elvira Jealousy (1942) – Zosima Munoz Rita of Cascia (1943) – Rita da Cascia Peccatori (1945) I contrabbandieri del mare (1948) – Stella The Earth Cries Out (1949) – Ada Shadows on the Grand Canal (1951) Ulysses (1954) – Cassandra Il conte Aquila (1955) – Imperatrice Austriaca The Mysteries of Paris (1957) – Matilde Herod the Great (1959) – Alexandra Le sorprese dell'amore (1959) – Carlotta The Cossacks (1960) – Patima The Warrior Empress (1960) – Sibilla Silver Spoon Set (1960) – Actress (uncredited) Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete (1960) – Queen Pasifae Invasion 1700 (1962) – Princess Kinzevich Un colpo al cuore (1970) La lunga ombra del lupo (1971) – Countess Balestrieri