Rosina Anselmi
Born(1880-07-26)26 July 1880
Caltagirone, Catania, Kingdom of Italy
Died23 May 1965(1965-05-23) (aged 84)
Catania, Italy
OccupationActress

Rosina Anselmi (26 July 1880 – 23 May 1965) was an Italian stage, television and film actress. She was a prominent actress in the Sicilian language theater, especially in the province of Catania.[1]

Life and career

Born in Caltagirone, Catania into a family of stage actors, Anselmi began acting with her father Alessandro, then with Nino Martoglio in some comedies written by him.[1] She then joined the stage company of Mimi Aguglia, another important actress of the Sicilian repertoire, with whom she toured in North America.[1] Anselmi went back to Sicily in 1910, and in 1914 she became the first actress, in spite of her status of a great character actress, alongside Angelo Musco with whom she acted for about thirty years, until Musco's death.[1] Anselmi later continued her stage career next to Michele Abbruzzo, proposing the identical repertoire of Musco, until her death.[1] She was a co-founder of the Teatro Stabile di Catania.[2][3]

Selected filmography

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 888440214X.
  2. ↑ Caterina Napoleone (2007). Enciclopedia della Sicilia. Ricci, 2007. ISBN 978-8897154013.
  3. ↑ Chiara Merli (2007). Il teatro ad iniziativa pubblica in Italia. LED Edizioni Universitarie, 2007. ISBN 978-8879163507.
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