Paola Borboni

Paola Borboni

Paola Borboni in Between Miracles (1971)
Born (1900-01-01)1 January 1900
Golese di Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Died 9 April 1995(1995-04-09) (aged 95)
Bodio Lomnago, Lombardy, Italy
Years active 1916–94

Paola Borboni (1 January 1900 – 9 April 1995) was an Italian film actress whose career spanned nine decades of cinema. She also made a substantial contribution to theatre.

She entered film in 1916 in the silent picture Jacobo Ortis directed by Giuseppe Sterni, and made over 80 film appearances between then and 1990.

Appearing in several silent films before 1921 she was absent from cinema for some 14 years during which time she made numerous stage appearances. She gained notoriety in 1925 when she appeared in a show as a mermaid exposing her breasts which she saw as natural in the role but caused considerable outrage at the time. She returned to the silver screen in 1936 in the Mario Mattoli film L' Uomo che sorride.

She went on to appear in films such as the Carlo Lizzani-directed film Ai margini della metropoli in 1952 in which she appeared alongside the main cast of Massimo Girotti, Marina Berti and Giulietta Masina. Between 1936 and 1956 her career was at its peak and her roles gradually became less numerous in the decades that followed, making a final appearance in the Giorgio Mosa film Blue dolphin - l'avventura continua in 1990.

She died of a stroke aged 95 on 9 April 1995.

Selected filmography

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