Dria Paola

Dria Paola
Born	21 November 1909 Rovigo, Italy
Died	12 November 1993 (aged 83) Rome, Italy
Other names	Etra Pitteo
Occupation	Film actor Stage actor
Years active	1926 - 1942 (film)

Dria Paola (1909–1993) was an Italian stage and film actress. She played the female lead in Alessandro Blasetti's late silent Sun (1929).^[1] In 1930 she starred in the first Italian sound film The Song of Love.^[2]

Selected filmography

• Sun (1929)
• The Song of Love (1930)
• The Man with the Claw (1931)
• Lowered Sails (1931)
• Medico per forza (1931)
• Fanny (1933)
• Mr. Desire (1934)
• The Blind Woman of Sorrento (1934)
• Adam's Tree (1936)
• My Song to the Wind (1939)
• The Knight of San Marco (1939)

References

1. Reich & Garofalo p.235
2. Forgacs & Gundle p.159

Bibliography

• Forgacs, David & Gundle, Stephen. Mass Culture and Italian Society from Fascism to the Cold War. Indiana University Press, 2007.
• Reich, Jacqueline & Garofalo, Piero. Re-Viewing Fascism: Italian Cinema, 1922 to 1943. Indiana University Press, 2002.

External links

• Dria Paola at the Internet Movie Database