Maria Melato (16 October 1885 â€" 24 August 1950) was an Italian
actress of the stage, screen, and radio.Maria Melato was born in
Reggio Emilia on 16 October 1885, the daughter of Silvio Melato and
Elisa Friggieri. Her father was a fencing master and cavalry officer.
Her mother traveled with Melato during her theatrical career.Melato
began acting as a young woman. She joined the troupe of Irma Gramatica
in about 1905, and found her first acclaim in 1908, substituting for
Gramatica in Milan. From 1909 to 1921 she worked with director
Virgilio Talli in the Compagnia Drammatica Italiana. "She seems to
play as if acting was not the exciting, soul-wracking thing that some
of its critics would have it, but a sober duty and a simple pleasure,"
noted one critic of the day.
actress of the stage, screen, and radio.Maria Melato was born in
Reggio Emilia on 16 October 1885, the daughter of Silvio Melato and
Elisa Friggieri. Her father was a fencing master and cavalry officer.
Her mother traveled with Melato during her theatrical career.Melato
began acting as a young woman. She joined the troupe of Irma Gramatica
in about 1905, and found her first acclaim in 1908, substituting for
Gramatica in Milan. From 1909 to 1921 she worked with director
Virgilio Talli in the Compagnia Drammatica Italiana. "She seems to
play as if acting was not the exciting, soul-wracking thing that some
of its critics would have it, but a sober duty and a simple pleasure,"
noted one critic of the day.
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