Anna Maria Ferrero

Anna Maria Ferrero (18 February 1935 – 21 May 2018) was an Italian actress.
Early life and career
Born Anna Maria Guerra, she changed her last name to Ferrero in honor of the composer Willy Ferrero. Her film debut came at the age of 15 in Il cielo è rosso (1950), and she was soon cast in such films as Il duca di Sant'Elmo (1950) and Il Cristo proibito (1951), the only movie directed by the noted writer Curzio Malaparte.
Later career
Ferrero's career progressed quickly as she worked with prominent directors, such as Michelangelo Antonioni on I vinti, and actors, like Marcello Mastroianni in Carlo Lizzani's award-winning Chronicle of Poor Lovers (1953). She appeared with the popular comedian Totò in Totò e Carolina (1953) and with star Alberto Sordi in Una parigina a Roma (1954).
She appeared with Vittorio Gassman in six films: Lorenzaccio, King Vidor's War and Peace, Kean, which Gassman co-directed, Giovanni dalle bande nere, Le sorprese dell'amore, and Il mattatore.
Her last on-screen appearance was in an episode of the movie Controsesso (1964), directed by Ettore Scola.
Personal life
Ferrero chose to end her career shortly after her 1963 marriage to French actor Jean Sorel, her co-star in two films: Gold of Rome (1961) and Four Days in Naples (1962).
Filmography
The Sky Is Red (Il Cielo è rosso) (1950) as Giulia
Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951) as Giulia
The Forbidden Christ (Il Cristo proibito) (1951) as Maria
Lorenzaccio (1951) as Luisa Strozzi
The Temptress (Le due verità) (1952) as Maria-Luce Carlinet
Finishing School (Fanciulle di lusso) (1953) as Valerie De Beranger
Ragazze da marito (1952) as Anna Maria Mazzillo
Poppy (Lo sai che i papaveri) (1952) as Pierina Zacchi
The Mute of Portici (La Muta di Portici) (1952) as uncredited
Half a Century of Song (Canzoni di mezzo secolo) (1952) as cameo
The Unfaithfuls (Le infedeli) (1953) as Cesarina
Siamo tutti inquilini (1953) as Anna Perrini
Eager to Live (Febbre di vivere) (1953) as Elena
Youth and Perversion (I vinti) (1953) as Marina
Neapolitans in Milan (Napoletani a Milano) (1953) as Nannina
Captain Phantom (Capitan Fantasma) (1953) (uncredited)
It Happened in the Park (1953) as Anna Maria Del Balzo (segment: Pi-greco)
Verdi, the King of Melody (Giuseppe Verdi) (1953) as Margherita Barezzi Verdi
Viva la rivista! (1953) as episode
The Count of Saint Elmo (il Conte di Sant'Elmo) (1953) as Laura Cassano
Chronicle of Poor Lovers (Cronache di poveri amanti) (1954) as Gesuina
Guai ai vinti (1954) as Clara
A Parisian in Rome (1954) as Fiorella
Toto and Carolina (Totò e Carolina) (1955) as Carolina De Vico
The Widow (La vedova X) (1955) as Adriana
The golden falcon (Il falco d'oro) (1955) as Fiammetta
Songs of Italy (1955) as episode
War and Peace (1956) as Mary Bolkonsky
The Violent Patriot (Giovanni dalle bande nere) (1956) as Anna, peasant girl
The Rival (La rivale) (1955) as Barbara Candi
Supreme Confession (Suprema confessione) (1956) as Giovanna Siri
Cime tempestose (1956, TV Mini-Series) as Catherina
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel (Kean) (1956) as Anna Damby
Desert Warrior (Los amantes del desierto) (1957) as uncredited
Captain Falcon (Capitan Fuoco) (1958) as Anna
Questa mia donna (1958, TV Movie) as Maria Luisa
Bad Girls Don't Cry (la notte brava) (1959) as Nicoletta
Surprise of Love (Le sorprese dell'amore) (1959) as Mariarosa
The Employee (L'impiegato) (1960) as Joan
Gastone (1960) as Nannina
Love and Larceny (il mattatore) (1960) as Annalisa Rauseo
Austerlitz (Austerlitz) (1960) as Elisa Bonaparte
Culpables (1960) as Margarita
Silver Spoon Set (I delfini) (1960) as Marina Castelfranco
The Hunchback of Rome (Il gobbo) (1960) as Ninetta
Captain Fracasse (Le Capitaine Fracasse) (1961) as Marquise des Bruyères
A Day for Lionhearts (Un giorno da leoni) (1961) as Ida
Gold of Rome (L'oro di Roma) (1961) as Giulia
Always on Sunday (Una domenica d'estate) (1962) as Milena
The Four Days of Naples (Le quattro giornate di Napoli) (1962) as uncredited
Un marito in condominio (1963) as Giuliana
Countersex (Controsesso) (1964) as Marcella (segment "Cocaina di domenica") (final film role)
References
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1935 births
2018 deaths
Italian film actresses
Actresses from Rome
20th-century Italian actresses