Regina Bianchi
Regina Bianchi (actually Regina d' Antigny; * January 1, 1921 in Lecce, † April 5, 2013 in Rome) was an Italian actress.
Life
Bianchi was born in a theater in Lecce, where their belonging to one originating from France acting dynasty parents appeared and came so early in contact with the stage. After first appearances at the age of eight she was in the season 1938/1939 a first contract with Raffaele Viviani and debuted at the " Teatro Mercadante di Napoli ". In the following two years she established herself as a fixture in the repertoire of the ensemble pieces, but also adopted first film roles. With the director of her second film, Goffredo Alessandrini, they lived together for nearly twenty years and was the mother of two daughters. 1941 Bianchi decided to exclusively devote himself to the theater - she felt the film to be too distant medium for their temperament. With the ensemble of Peppino De Filippo and Titiana she became a prominent figure of the Neapolitan dialect theater since 1940; after the dissolution of the troupe, she devoted herself from 1944 but all the family.
1959 Bianchi returned in Filumena Marturano for Eduardo De Filippo to the stage. Until 1966 it remained as a stage partner at De Filippo; Since 1961, she was now working again for the cinema where they could now excel in more mature roles: for her mother Olle in Nanni Loy's Le quattro giornate di Napoli, she received a Silver Ribbon. The next year, their aging fiancée in Elio Petri's I giorni contati was also praised. In 1966 they increased again the theater work and starred in numerous classics of the modern and the past. In addition to her occasional film work in which roles in neapolitsnischen Schmachtfilmen by Alfonso Brescia also occurred as artistically ambitious works like Kaos, obligations while watching television were more extensive. By 2008, she remained active in original materials and television series; In 1996 she had again received a Silver Ribbon for her performance in Camerieri. 2011 an extensive interview was broadcast to their career. 2012 published an authorized biography.