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- Laura Antonelli was born on 28 November 1941 in Pola, Istria, Italy [now Pula, Istria, Croatia]. She was an actress, known for Passion of Love (1981), Malicious (1973) and The Innocent (1976). She was married to Enrico Piacentini. She died on 22 June 2015 in Ladispoli, Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Actress
- Director
- Writer
Enigmatic, dark-haired foreign import Alida Valli was dubbed "The Next Garbo" but didn't live up to postwar expectations despite her cool, patrician beauty, remote allure and significant talent. Born in Pola, Italy (now Croatia), on May 3, 1921, the daughter of a Tridentine journalist and professor and an Istrian homemaker, she studied dramatics as a teen at the Motion Picture Academy of Rome and Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia before snaring bit roles in such films as Il cappello a tre punte (1935) ["The Three-Cornered Hat"] and I due sergenti (1936) ["The Two Sergeants"]. She made a name for herself in Italy during WWII playing the title role in Manon Lescaut (1940), won a Venice Film Festival award for Piccolo mondo antico (1941) ["Little Old World"] and was a critical sensation in We the Living (1942) ["We the Living"]. She briefly abandoned her career, however, in 1943, refusing to appear in what she considered fascist propaganda, and was forced into hiding. The next year she married surrealist painter/pianist/composer Oscar De Mejo. They had two children, and one of them, Carlo De Mejo, became an actor. She divorced in 1955, then she came back to Italy,
Following her potent, award-winning work in the title role of Eugenie Grandet (1946), she was discovered and contracted by David O. Selznick to play the murder suspect Maddalena Paradine in Alfred Hitchcock's The Paradine Case (1947). She was billed during her Hollywood years simply as "Valli," and Selznick also gave her top femme female billing in Carol Reed's classic film noir The Third Man (1949), but for every successful film--such as the ones previously mentioned--she experienced such failures as The Miracle of the Bells (1948), and audiences stayed away. In 1951 she bid farewell to Hollywood and returned to her beloved Italy. In Europe again, she was sought after by the best directors. Her countess in Luchino Visconti's Senso (1954) was widely heralded, and she moved easily from ingénue to vivid character roles. Later standout films encompassed costume dramas as well as shockers and had her playing everything from baronesses to grandmothers in such films as Eyes Without a Face (1960) ["Eyes Without a Face"], Le gigolo (1960), Oedipus Rex (1967) ["Oedipus Rex"], The Big Scare (1974), 1900 (1976), Suspiria (1977), Luna (1979), Inferno (1980), Aspern (1982), A Month by the Lake (1995) and, her most recent, Angel of Death (2001).- Frank Braña was born on 24 February 1934 in Pola de Allande, Asturias, Spain. He was an actor, known for Pieces (1982), Slugs (1988) and Where Time Began (1977). He died on 13 February 2012 in Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.
- Erminia Motika was born on 23 January 1921 in Pola, Istria, Italy [now Pula, Republic of Croatia]. She was married to Franco Motika (Matticchio). She died on 14 February 2021 in Queens, New York, USA.
- Susy Andersen was born on 20 April 1940 in Pola, Istria, Italy [now Pula, Istria, Croatia]. She is an actress, known for The Warrior Empress (1960), War of the Zombies (1964) and Black Sabbath (1963).
- Director
- Editor
- Cinematographer
Gunther von Fritsch was born on 15 July 1906 in Pola, Küstenland, Austria-Hungary [now Pula, Istria, Croatia]. He was a director and editor, known for The Curse of the Cat People (1944), Flash Gordon (1954) and Cigarette Girl (1947). He was married to Bunny Beatty. He died on 27 August 1988 in Pasadena, California, USA.- Giovanni Arpino was born on 27 January 1927 in Pola, Istria, Italy [now Pula, Istria, Croatia]. He was a writer, known for Scent of a Woman (1992), The Young Nun (1964) and Boccaccio '70 (1962). He was married to Caterina Brero. He died on 10 December 1987 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy.
- Actor
- Director
Harry Hardt was born on 4 August 1899 in Pola, Küstenland, Austria-Hungary [now Pula, Istria, Croatia]. He was an actor and director, known for It Happened on July 20th (1955), The Making of a King (1935) and Merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck (1973). He died on 14 November 1980 in Vienna, Austria.- Actor
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Sergio Endrigo was born on 15 June 1933 in Pola, Istria, Italy [now Pula, Istria, Croatia]. He was an actor and composer, known for Massacre Time (1966), The Reunion (1963) and The Next Victim (1995). He was married to Maria Giulia Bartolocci. He died on 7 September 2005 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Francisco Marán was born on 11 April 1889 in Pola, Istria, Italy. He is known for Alas sobre El Chaco (1935), We're in the Legion Now (1936) and Escape to Paradise (1939).
- Director
- Producer
Jalo Miklos Horthy was born on 14 February 1907 in Póla, Austria-Hungary [now Pula, Croatia]. Jalo Miklos was a director and producer, known for The Hookers (1967). Jalo Miklos died on 28 March 1993 in Lissabon, Portugal.- Renato Corazza was born on 20 September 1929 in Pola, Istria, Italy [now Pula, Istria, Croatia]. He died on 9 July 2002.
- István Horthy was born on 9 December 1904 in Pola, Istria, Austria-Hungary [now Croatia]. He died on 20 August 1942 in Alekszejevka, USSR.
- Costume Designer
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Gianna Gissi was born on 5 February 1943 in Pola, Istria, Italy. She is a costume designer, known for Il marchese del Grillo (1981), Open Doors (1990) and The Postman (1994).- Lilia Dale was born on 18 July 1919 in Pola, Istria, Italy [now Pula, Istria, Croatia]. She was an actress, known for Il signor Max (1937), Eravamo 7 sorelle (1939) and Taverna rossa (1940). She died on 3 December 1991 in Padova, Italy.
- Actor
Gabriel Canzona was born on 25 July 1894 in Pola, Istria, Italy.