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.

Filmography

• What Scoundrels Men Are! (1932)
• The Telephone Operator (1932)
• Non c'è bisogno di denaro (1933)
• My Little One (1933)
• L'impiegata di papà (1933)
• Tourist Train (1933)
• 1860 (1934)
• Villafranca (1934)
• The Matchmaker (1934)
• La mia vita sei tu (1934)
• Creatures of the Night (1934)
• Mr. Desire (1934)
• Seconda B (1934)
• Lorenzino de' Medici (1935)
• The Joker King (1935)
• King of Diamonds (1936)
• God's Will Be Done (1936)
• Joe il rosso (1936)
• The Two Misanthropists (1937)
• Abandon All Hope (1937)
• Ballerine (1938)
• Departure (1938)
• They've Kidnapped a Man (1938)
• The Countess of Parma (1938)
• The Last Enemy (1938)
• Naples of Olden Times (1938)
• The Two Mothers (1938)
• Who Are You? (1939)
• The Document (1939)
• Pretty or Plain They All Get Married (1939)
• Goodbye Youth (1940)
• Abbandono (1940)
• Two on a Vacation (1940)
• Fortuna (1940)
• The Siege of the Alcazar (1940)
• La compagnia della teppa (1941)
• L'amore canta (1941)
• Yes, Madam (1942)
• The Two Orphans (1942)
• I sette peccati (1942)
• La maestrina (1942)
• Canal grande (1943)
• Responsibility Comes Back (1945)
• La Vie de Bohème (1945)
• Malìa (1946)
• Crime News (1947)
• Nada (1947)
• Four Women (1947)
• The Dance of Death (1948)
• The Flame That Will Not Die (1949)
• Private Angelo (1949)
• A Slice of Life (1954)

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