María Denis

María Denis
Born	Maria Esther Beomonte November 22, 1916 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died	April 15, 2004 (aged 87) Rome, Lazio, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1932 - 1954

María Denis (November 22, 1916 – April 15, 2004) was an Argentine-born Italian film actress. Denis moved to Italy in 1932 when she was sixteen, and appeared in her first film there the same year. Denis became a top Italian star between 1936 and 1942 playing girl next door characters.^[1] Denis later appeared in films in several other countries. In 1949 she appeared in the British film Private Angelo.

Her younger sister Michela Belmonte, was also an actress.

Selected filmography

• Tourist Train (1933)
• 1860 (1934)
• Mr. Desire (1934)
• Seconda B (1934)
• Lorenzino de' Medici (1935)
• The Joker King (1935)
• The Countess of Parma (1936)
• The Last Enemy (1938)
• Naples of Olden Times (1938)
• Goodbye Youth (1940)
• Abbandono (1940)
• The Siege of the Alcazar (1940)
• Yes, Madam (1942)
• The Two Orphans (1942)
• La Vie de Bohème (1945)
• Nada (1947)
• Private Angelo (1949)

References

1. Reich & Garofalo p.334

Bibliography

• Reich, Jacqueline & Garofalo, Piero. Re-viewing Fascism: Italian Cinema, 1922-1943. Indiana University Press, 2002.

External links

• María Denis at the Internet Movie Database