Emma Baron

Emma Baron (19 October 1904 ) was an Italian stage and film actress.

Life and career Born Emma Bardon in Treviso, after getting an arts degree she began her career on stage in the 1920s, entering the theatrical companies of Maria Melato and Marta Abba. Baron made her film debut in 1935, playing a leading role in Freccia d'oro; in this film she knew the actor Ennio Cerlesi, who one year later became her husband as well as a frequent partner on stage. Starting from the 1940s, Baron started an intense film career as a character actress, specializing in roles of mothers.

Partial filmography Baron appeared in the following films:

1935: Golden Arrow (C. D'Errico and P. Ballerini) - Contessa Sonia Larman 1936: Un bacio a fior d'acqua (G. Guarino) - Wally 1936: The Anonymous Roylott (R. Matarazzo) 1938: Il suo destino (E. Guazzoni) - La moglie di Andrea 1941: The Betrothed (M. Camerini) - La madre di Cecilia (uncredited) 1942: Love Story (M. Camerini) - L'infermiera della clinica 1942: Wedding Day (R. Matarazzo) 1948: Lost Youth (P. Germi) - La signora Manfredi (uncredited) 1950: The Accusation (G. Gentilomo) - Signora Pacetti 1950: Devotion (A. Genina) - Donna Francesca 1951: Miracles Only Happen Once (Y. Allégret) - La patronne de l'hôtel 1951: Four Ways Out (P. Germi) - La madre di Alberto 1951: The Ungrateful Heart (G. Brignone) 1951: The Last Sentence (M. Bonnard) - Madre di Piero 1951: Quo vadis (M. LeRoy) 1952: Viva il cinema! (G. Baldaccini and E. Trapani) 1952: Red Shirts (G. Alessandrini) - La signora Guiccioli 1952: Falsehood (U.M. Del Colle) - Maddalena 1952: Don Lorenzo (C.L. Bragaglia) 1952: One Hundred Little Mothers (G. Morelli) 1953: Perdonami! (M. Costa) - Marisa 1953: Legione straniera (B. Franchina) - Madre superiora 1953: The Story of William Tell (J. Cardiff) - Max's wife 1953: Cavallina storna (G. Morelli) - Caterina Pascoli moglie di Ruggero 1954: Disonorata senza colpa (G.W. Chili) - Suor Maria 1954: Avanzi di galera (V. Cottafavi) 1954: The Shadow (G. Bianchi) - Luisa 1954: Modern Virgin (M. Pagliero) 1954: Canzone d'amore (G.C. Simonelli) 1955: Le signorine dello 04 (G. Franciolini) - Head of Switchboard Operators (uncredited) 1955: Bella, non piangere! (D. Carbonari) - Madre di Enrico 1955: The Lost City (M. Alexandre and R.M. Torrecilla) - Madre de Rafael 1955: Disowned (G.W. Chili) 1955: The Song of the Heart (C. Campogalliani) 1955: Giuramento d'amore (R. Bianchi Montero) - La madre di Paolo 1955: Io piaccio (G. Bianchi) - Doriana Paris' Assistant (uncredited) 1955: I quattro del getto tonante (F. Cerchio) - Madre di Montanari 1955: Un palco all'opera (S. Marcellini) 1955: Desperate Farewell (L. De Felice) - Maurizio Mancini's Mother (uncredited) 1956: The Awakening (M. Camerini) - Una monaca all'aeroporto (uncredited) 1956: The Violent Patriot (S. Grieco) - madre di Emma 1956: Una voce, una chitarra e un po' di luna (G. Gentilomo) - Signora Romoli 1956: Te sto aspettanno (A. Fizzarotti) 1956: Difendo il mio amore (G. Macchi) 1957: Operazione notte (G. Bennati) 1957: Fathers and Sons (M. Monicelli) - Missis Bacci 1957: Saranno uomini (S. Siano) 1957: La canzone del destino (M. Girolami) 1957: Malafemmena (A. Fizzarotti) 1958: Anna of Brooklyn (C. Lastricati and R. Denbam) 1958: Un amore senza fine (L. Knaut and M. Terribile) 1958: The Sky Burns (G. Masini) 1958: Slave Women of Corinth (M. Bonnard) - Onoria 1958: Il bacio del sole / Don Vesuvio (S. Marcellini) - La madre di Vincenzo 1958: Love and Troubles (A. Dorigo) - Signora Renata 1959: First Love (M. Camerini) - Maria Lojacono 1959: Ben-Hur - Jewish Woman (uncredited) 1960: David and Goliath (R. Pottier and F. Baldi) - Anna - mother of David 1960: Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete (S. Amadio) - Madre - Addottiva di Arianna 1960: Two Women (V. De Sica) - Maria 1960: La garçonnière (G. De Santis) 1961: The Lovemakers (M. Bolognini) - Giovanna 1961: The Prisoner of the Iron Mask (F. De Feo) 1961: Goliath and the Vampires (G. Gentilomo and S. Corbucci) - Maciste's mother 1961: Barabbas (R. Fleischer) - Maria (uncredited) 1962: Ten Italians for One German (F.W. Ratti) - Mariella's Mother 1962: Pontius Pilate (G.P. Callegari and I. Rapper) - Dirce 1962: Disorder (F. Brusati) - Mario's old mother 1962: Duel of Fire (U. Lenzi) 1962: Le due leggi (E. Mulargia) 1963: Mafia alla sbarra (O. Palella) 1963: Gli invincibili sette (A. De Martino) - Mother 1964: The Thursday (D. Risi) - Giulia Versini 1964: Dark Purpose (G. Marshall and V. Sala) - Gregoria 1964: Amore mio (R. Matarazzo) - Ottavia 1965: The Agony and the Ecstasy (C. Reed) 1966: Arizona Colt (M. Lupo) 1968: A Long Ride from Hell (A. Burts (C. Bazzoni)) - Mrs. Sturges 1969: Shoot Twice (N. Cicero) - Mrs. Barret 1970: Angeli senza paradiso (E.M. Fizzarotti) - Mother of Marta 1971: Nights and Loves of Don Juan (A. Bradley [A. Brescia]) - Madre superiore (uncredited) (final film role)