Isabella Quaranta

Italian actress (1892-1975)
Isabella Quaranta
Born30 December 1892 
Died3 April 1975  (aged 82)
OccupationSilent film actor 
RelativesLetizia Quaranta, Lidia Quaranta 

Isabella Maria Rosa Teresa Quaranta (30 December 1892 – 3 April 1975) was an Italian silent film actress. She was the sister of actress Lidia Quaranta and the twin sister of actress Letizia Quaranta.[1]

Isabella Quaranta was born on 30 December 1892 in Turin, the daughter of Giuseppe Quaranta and Beatrice Rissoglio.[2]  The sisters began their stage career in the acting company of Dante Testa and transitioned to movies with Itala Film. Isabella appeared in a number of silent films, including Romanticismo (1915), directed by her future brother-in-law Carlo Campogalliani, before retiring in 1917.[3]

Isabella Quaranta died on 3 April 1975 in Milan.[1]

Death and legacy

  • Alza una gamba e balla! (1912)[2]
  • A Who-Pro-Quo (1912)[2]
  • Ho l'onore di chiedere la mano di vostra figlia (1912)[3]
  • May Piu! (1914)[2]
  • L'orrendo blasone (1914)[2]
  • Nudo di Zingava  (1915)[2]
  • Romanticismo (1915)[1][2]
  • Redenzione (1917)[2]
  • Il Pescatore Del Rhone (1917)[2]
  • Tragica Visione (1917)[2]
  • Una Mascherata in Mare (1917)[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Commire, Anne; Klezmer, Deborah; Gale (Firm), eds. (2007). Dictionary of women worldwide: 25,000 women through the ages. Gale eBooks. Detroit, Mich: Gale. ISBN 978-0-7876-7585-1.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Siscot, André (1999). Les Gens du cinéma. ISBN 978-2-930133-31-7.
  3. ^ a b "Le sorelle Quaranta, dive del cinema muto italiano | Rivista Savej". rivistasavej.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-09-22.
  • Isabella Quaranta at IMDb
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