Isa Miranda
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Isa Miranda (5 July 1909 – 8 July 1982) was an Italian actress with an international film career. She worked as a typist whilst attending the drama academy in Milan and training as a stage actress. She went on to play bit parts in Italian films in Rome. Success came with Max Ophüls' film La Signora di tutti (Everybody's Woman) (1934) in which she played Gaby Doriot, a famous film star and fascinating adventuress with whom men cannot help falling in love. Having brought several of them to their ruin, she slits her wrists. This was perhaps Miranda's finest screen performance and it brought in its wake several film offers and a Hollywood contract with Paramount Pictures. There, billed as the "Italian Marlene Dietrich", she played several femme fatale roles in such films as Hotel Imperial (1939) and Adventure in Diamonds (1940). She returned to Italy soon after the outbreak of World War II and continued to act on the stage and to make films. In 1949, she starred in René Clément's The Walls of Malapaga, which won an Academy Award for the most outstanding foreign language film of 1950, and for Miranda, the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Another success of that period was La Ronde (1950), also directed by Ophüls. Her career took her to France, Germany and England, where she frequently appeared in TV films, including The Avengers. Other notable film appearances include Siamo donne (1953), a portmanteau film where Miranda shares the screen with three other screen legends, Anna Magnani, Alida Valli and Ingrid Bergman, Summertime (1955), Gli Sbandati (1955), La Noia (The Empty Canvas, 1963), The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964), The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) and Liliana Cavani's Il portiere di notte (The Night Porter, 1974). Miranda was married to the Italian director and producer Alfredo Guarini until his death in 1981. She died in Rome in 1982. Description above from the Wikipedia article Isa Miranda, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Apocalisse di un terremoto
as madre di Maria
Apocalisse di un terremoto
as madre di Maria
Bambina
as Lorè
Bambina
as Lorè
The Night Porter
as Countess Stein
The Night Porter
as Countess Stein
We'll Call Him Andrea
as Teacher
We'll Call Him Andrea
as Teacher
A Bay of Blood
as Countess Federica Donati
A Bay of Blood
as Countess Federica Donati
Marta
as Elena
Marta
as Elena
Dorian Gray
as Mrs. Patricia Ruxton
Dorian Gray
as Mrs. Patricia Ruxton
Red Hot Shot
as Tenutaria bordello
Red Hot Shot
as Tenutaria bordello
He and She
as Mother
He and She
as Mother
La donna a una dimensione
as Elena
La donna a una dimensione
as Elena
The Shoes of the Fisherman
as The Marchesa
The Shoes of the Fisherman
as The Marchesa
Dear Caroline
as La duchesse de Bussez
Dear Caroline
as La duchesse de Bussez
Hell Is Empty
as Isa Grant
Hell Is Empty
as Isa Grant
The Mayfly and the Frog
The Mayfly and the Frog
A Young World
as Une sage-femme
A Young World
as Une sage-femme
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
as Duchesse d'Angoulême
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
as Duchesse d'Angoulême
Do You Know This Voice?
as Rosa Marotta
Do You Know This Voice?
as Rosa Marotta
Dog Eat Dog!
as Madame Benoit
Dog Eat Dog!
as Madame Benoit
The Gallant Musketeer
as Catherine de Medicis
The Gallant Musketeer
as Catherine de Medicis
Una storia di notte
as Moglie di Peppino
Una storia di notte
as Moglie di Peppino
The Empty Canvas
as Cecilia's Mother
The Empty Canvas
as Cecilia's Mother
Corruption
as Mrs. Mattioli
Corruption
as Mrs. Mattioli
The Great Deception
as la tsarine Elisabeth Petrovana de Russie
The Great Deception
as la tsarine Elisabeth Petrovana de Russie
A Kiss for a Killer
as Betty Farnwell
A Kiss for a Killer
as Betty Farnwell
The Dollars Are Coming!
as Caterina Marchetti
The Dollars Are Coming!
as Caterina Marchetti
The Guilty
as Lucia Rossello
The Guilty
as Lucia Rossello
I pinguini ci guardano
I pinguini ci guardano
Rommel's Treasure
as Mrs. Fischer
Rommel's Treasure
as Mrs. Fischer
Abandoned
as Contessa Luisa
Abandoned
as Contessa Luisa
Summertime
as Signora Fiorini
Summertime
as Signora Fiorini
Rasputin
as La tsarine Alexandra
Rasputin
as La tsarine Alexandra
The Secret of Helene Marimon
as Hélène Marimon
The Secret of Helene Marimon
as Hélène Marimon
Before the Deluge
as Françoise Boussard
Before the Deluge
as Françoise Boussard
We, the Women
as Isa (segment "Isa Miranda")
We, the Women
as Isa (segment "Isa Miranda")
The Secret Conclave
as Countess
The Secret Conclave
as Countess
The Seven Deadly Sins
as Mrs. Alvaro (segment "L'Avarice et La Colère")
The Seven Deadly Sins
as Mrs. Alvaro (segment "L'Avarice et La Colère")
Position Wanted
as Angela Leonardi
Position Wanted
as Angela Leonardi
La Ronde
as Charlotte
La Ronde
as Charlotte
Pact with the Devil
as Marta Larocca
Pact with the Devil
as Marta Larocca
The Walls of Malapaga
as Marta Manfredini
The Walls of Malapaga
as Marta Manfredini
Leckerbissen
as Self - film scenes (archive footage)
Leckerbissen
as Self - film scenes (archive footage)
Adventure Starts Tomorrow
as Clarence Holbane
Adventure Starts Tomorrow
as Clarence Holbane
Lo sbaglio di essere vivo
as Maria
Lo sbaglio di essere vivo
as Maria
La carne e l'anima
as Katrin called 'Stella'
La carne e l'anima
as Katrin called 'Stella'
Zazà
as Zazà
Zazà
as Zazà
Document Z-3
as Sandra Morini
Document Z-3
as Sandra Morini
Malombra
as Marina di Malombra
Malombra
as Marina di Malombra
È caduta una donna
as Dina
È caduta una donna
as Dina
Senza cielo
as Regina
Senza cielo
as Regina
Adventure in Diamonds
as Felice Falcon
Adventure in Diamonds
as Felice Falcon
Hotel Imperial
as Anna Warschawska
Hotel Imperial
as Anna Warschawska
The Lie of Nina Petrovna
as Nina Petrovna
The Lie of Nina Petrovna
as Nina Petrovna
Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal
as Velia, a Roman woman
Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal
as Velia, a Roman woman
The Man from Nowhere
as Louise Paleari
The Man from Nowhere
as Louise Paleari
Thou Art My Joy
as Mary Hofer & Bianca Monti
Thou Art My Joy
as Mary Hofer & Bianca Monti
Una donna tra due mondi
as Mira Salviati
Una donna tra due mondi
as Mira Salviati
The Love of the Maharaja
as Mira Salviati
The Love of the Maharaja
as Mira Salviati
Destiny Unknown
as Maria Brunetti
Destiny Unknown
as Maria Brunetti
Like the Leaves
as Nennele
Like the Leaves
as Nennele
Everybody's Woman
as Gabriella Murge, alias Gaby Doriot
Everybody's Woman
as Gabriella Murge, alias Gaby Doriot
Tenebre
as Vera
Tenebre
as Vera
Creature della notte
as Una gigolette
Creature della notte
as Una gigolette
The Haller Case
as La donna cattiva
The Haller Case
as La donna cattiva
Il diario di una donna amata
as Marie Bashkirtseff
Il diario di una donna amata
as Marie Bashkirtseff