Evi Maltagliati

Evi Maltagliati (11 August 1908 – 27 April 1986) was an Italian stage, television and film actress.

Life and career Born in Florence as Evelina Maltagliati, she started her career at debuted in the theater just 15 years old, in the Galli-Guasti stage company. Her critical consecration came in 1933 with the role of Titania in a Max Reinhardt's representation of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream staged in Boboli.

She later worked on stage with Eduardo De Filippo, Gino Cervi, Vittorio Gassman, Nino Manfredi, Sergio Tofano among others. While she had few opportunities in films, she was very active on television, in TV dramas and series. Maltagliati was married to comedian Eugenio Cappabianca.

Partial filmography

La fanciulla dell'altro mondo (1934) Aldebaran (1935) – Anna Weiss The Two Sergeants (1936) – Marilyne Gould Jeanne Doré (1938) – Fanny Inventiamo l'amore (1938) – Anna I, His Father (1939) – Eva Il piccolo re (1939) – Lucia The Silent Partner (1939) – La diva Scandalo per bene (1940) – Bianca Alviano The Betrothed (1941) – La monaca di Monza detta "La Signora" Yes, Madam (1942) – La signora Valdata Il nemico (1943) – Silvia Harle Monte Miracolo (1945) – Gianna Fortis Fire Over the Sea (1947) – Dory Jane Daniele Cortis (1947) – Isa Buried Alive (1949) – Elisa La voce del sangue (1952) Noi peccatori (1953) – La madre di Lucia I Vinti (1953) – Claudio's mother Ulysses (1954) – Ulysses' Mother Ultima illusione (1954) A Woman Alone (1956) – Pressenda Adorabili e bugiarde (1958) – Suzy / Suzanne the Costume Designer Sergente d'ispezione (1958) The Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1958, TV series) – Signora Nickleby Il padrone delle ferriere (1959) – Marchesa di Beaulieu Il peccato degli anni verdi (1960) – Paolo Donati's Mother Madri pericolose (1960) – La contessa Alessandra Improta Suleiman the Conqueror (1961) – Anna, la Governante La tragica notte di Assisi (1961) – Ortolana La monaca di Monza (1962) – Badessa Inbeserco Le scorpion (1962) Imperial Venus (1962) – Madame Adelaide Fire Over Rome (1965) – Livia Augusta, Marcus's Mother The Strange Night (1967) The Head of the Family (1967) – Luisa Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence (1969) – Serpieri Catch-22 (1970) – Old Woman Roma Bene (1971) – La madre di Elena This Kind of Love (1972) – madre di Federico The Dominici Affair (1973) – Marie Dominici