Anna Maria Gherardi
Birthday: Born in 1939-10-15 in Bologna, Italy
Deathday: 2014-10-05
Anna Maria Gherardi (15 October 1939 – 5 October 2014) was an Italian actress and voice actress. Born in Bologna, Gherardi formed at the drama school of the Piccolo Teatro in Milan, and debuted on stage in 1960, in Adelchi alongside Vittorio Gassman. She was later active in the avant-garde theatre, and worked with notable directors such as Luca Ronconi and Maurizio Scaparro. In films, she was often cast in character roles, and she worked with Bernardo Bertolucci, Franco Battiato and Pasquale Festa Campanile, among others. She was also active as a voice actress in documentaries and radio dramas, and in dubbing lines in foreign films.
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Le mani sporche
Character: Olga
The story is set in Illyria, fictional central European country, towards the end of World War II. A young man infiltrates into the house of a left-wing politician as his secretary. By order of the Communist party, the young man has to kill the politician, who is suspected of a strategy of compromise with other parties....
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Galileo
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A humble scientist from Padua proves that the Earth revolves and that it is not the center of the universe....
Stealing Beauty
Character: Chiarella Donati
Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a family friend who lives in a beautiful villa. Lucy visited there four years earlier and exchanged a kiss with an Italian boy with whom she hopes to become reacquainted....
Light of My Eyes
Character: Rich woman
Antonio is a fallen angel, a rootless chauffeur in Rome, who relates only to the lonely heroes in the science fiction novels he grew up with. Only through a chance meeting with Maria, a woman struggling to hold onto her daughter and her business, does he discover a hope that's been in his detached existence....
Niente è come sembra
Character: Anna
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La fine dei Greene
Character: Sibilla Greene
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Petomaniac
Character: Misia Edwards
The real story of a French man who was able to control his own farts....
Mother and Daughter
Character: Aunt
In a wealthy Italian home, the daughter of the family is trying to cut her mother's apron strings. Not only is she having difficulty with this, for her mother is extremely protective, but she cannot even cut vegetables skillfully. Despite that, she wants to go out and party, mother or no mother....
1900
Character: Eleonora
The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides....
Morel's Invention
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A castaway arrives on an island. He thinks it's uninhabited, but he sees a palace with also a hidden room. Soon he sees some people walking, dressed with old-fashioned clothes. He is afraid because people don't see him, like a ghost....
The Grand Duel
Character: David Saxon's Wife
A grizzled ex-sheriff helps a man framed for murder to confront the powerful trio of brothers who want him dead....
The Possessed
Character: Servant girl
While visiting his favorite resort village during winter, a writer investigates the apparent suicide of a woman he was infatuated with....
Lost Love
Character: Augusta
Ettore, a young boy in Sicily in the 50's, is surrounded by women and is always surprised by what is happening around him. In Milan a few years later Ettore is once again the center of attention and the hip crowd....