Dina Perbellini

Italian actress (1901–1984)

Dina Perbellini

Born	(1901-01-14)14 January 1901 Vicenza, Kingdom of Italy
Died	2 April 1984(1984-04-02) (aged 83) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1934–1969 (film)

Dina Perbellini (14 January, 1901 – 2 April, 1984) was an Italian actress. She appeared in over sixty films and television series between 1934 and 1969 and was also a leading voice actress, dubbing foreign films for release in Italy.^[1]

Career

Born in Vicenza, Perbellini made her acting debut at 20, as a member of the Gualtiero Tumiati's stage company.^[2] She later worked in numerous companies including those led by Aldo Silvani, Emma Gramatica and Antonio Gandusio, before starting her own company together with colleagues Augusto Mastrantoni [it] and Miranda Campa in 1930.^[2] She made her film debut in the 1934 school comedy Seconda B, credited as Dirce Bellini.^[1]^[2] After appearing in numerous other films, she eventually decided to use her real name starting from the late 1930s.^[2] Starting from 1950s she was also active as an acting teacher, and between 1962 and 1968 she taught at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome.^[2] She was also very active as a radio actress and as a dubber.^[2]

Partial filmography

Seconda B (1934) - Professorina Vanni
Three Cornered Hat (1935) - Donna Dolores, moglie del governatore
Le scarpe al sole (1935) - La moglie di Bepo
Ginevra degli Almieri (1936)
Amore (1936) - Luisa
The Castiglioni Brothers (1937) - Berta
It Was I! (1937) - Signora in villeggiatura
The Last Days of Pompeo (1937)
Il conte di Brechard (1938)
La sposa dei re (1938) - La signora Clary
Crispino e la comare (1938) - La comare
The Marquis of Ruvolito (1939) - La contessa Scoperlati
Il barone di Corbò (1939) - Didone
Mad Animals (1939) - La direttrice dell'ospedale degli animali
Il ladro sono io (1940) - Giulia
Alessandro sei grande! (1940) - Olga Dell'Incanto
The Sinner (1940) - Ortensia (uncredited)
Captain Fracasse (1940) - La marchesa Di Bruyeres
Pensaci Giacomino (1940) - (uncredited)
The Happy Ghost (1941) - Zia Giovanna
La compagnia della teppa (1941) - La signora Mellario
The Iron Crown (1941) - La nutrice (uncredited)
Pia de' Tolomei (1941) - Tonia, la guardiana
Yes, Madam (1942) - Signora Bracco-Rinaldi
Short Circuit (1943) - La contessa
Gioco d'azzardo (1943)
The Children Are Watching Us (1944) - Zia Berelli
Chi l'ha visto? (1945)
What a Distinguished Family (1945) - Olga
My Beautiful Daughter (1950) - Mrs. Favarelli
Hearts at Sea (1950) - Madre di Leone
Appointment for Murder (1951) - Signora Rosini
Anna (1951) - Una malata
Porca miseria (1951) - The Pension Owner (uncredited)
Vacation with a Gangster (1952)
The Overcoat (1952)
In Olden Days (1952) - Madre della sposa (segment "Pot-pourri di canzoni")
I figli non si vendono (1952)
Who is Without Sin (1952) - La madre superiora (uncredited)
Perdonami! (1953) - (uncredited)
I Chose Love (1953)
Vortice (1953) - Suora infermiera
Naples Sings (1953) - The Mother Superior
Angels of Darkness (1954) - Woman with a Carnation in her Hands (uncredited)
Schiava del peccato (1954) - La signora Cesira
Camilla (1954)
I cinque dell'Adamello (1954) - Madre di Piero
Friends for Life (1955) - (uncredited)
Giuramento d'amore (1955) - Clara's Aunt
Io piaccio (1955)
Altair (1956)
Incatenata dal destino (1956)
Tempo di villeggiatura (1956) - Silvana's Mother
Il prezzo della gloria (1956) - zia Dora
Saranno uomini (1957)
Husbands in the City (1957) - La cognata (uncredited)
Un amore senza fine (1958)
La cambiale (1959) - The Marquise at the pet shop
Il principe fusto (1960) - Madre di Susan
Le bal des espions (1960)
Madri pericolose (1960) - Countess Federica Ornano1960
Totò, Peppino e... la dolce vita (1961) - Luisa Giovanna
Se necesita chico (1963) - Doña Petra
Il cavaliere inesistente (1969) - (final film role)

References

^ ^a ^b Reich, Jacqueline & Garofalo, Piero. Re-viewing Fascism: Italian Cinema, 1922-1943. Indiana University Press, 2002. p.154.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. "Perbellini, Dina". Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. pp. 284–5. ISBN 888440214X.