Anna Maria Sandri

Anna Maria Sandri.

Anna Maria Sandri (born 10 August 1936) is an Italian actress, whose film career spanned the 1940s and 1950s. She is notable for her portrayal of Mabrouka ben Yussef in The Black Tent (1956).[1]

Early life and career

Anna Maria Materzanini was born on 10 August 1936 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She made her on-screen debut at six years of age in the 1942 film La morte civile, directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli, playing the young Ada.[2]

Sandri returned to the screen in 1952 in Raffaello Matarazzo’s melodrama Chi è senza peccato... (1952).[3] Her most prominent roles followed between 1953 and 1956: La provinciale (1953), Terza liceo (1954), Le Rouge et le Noir (1954), Fortune carrée (1955)[4] and The Black Tent (1956), directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, portraying Mabrouka ben Yussef. She retired from acting at the end of the 1950s.[5]

Personal life

Sandri was married to billionaire and Founder of Gaylord Hotels, Edward Gaylord.[6] They had three sons. She lives in San Diego, California.

Filmography

References

  1. ^ Gifford, Denis (1 April 2016). British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-74063-6.
  2. ^ Heritage Vintage Movie Poster Signature Auction 2005 Catalog #624. Ivy Press. October 2005. ISBN 978-1-59967-004-1.
  3. ^ The Film Daily Year Book of Motion Pictures. Film Daily. 1959.
  4. ^ Crisp, Colin (10 August 2015). French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 2, 1940–1958. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-01702-4.
  5. ^ Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (7 March 2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-6291-6.
  6. ^ Bristol Virginia-Tennessean, Volume 7, Number 102, 14 February 1956
  7. ^ "The Black Tent". Time Out. 10 September 2012.


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