Mimì Aylmer (29 May 1896 – 20 October 1992) was an Italian stage and film actress. Aylmer emerged as a star in the Fascist era, appearing in films such as the drama Like the Leaves (1935).[1]
Mimì Aylmer | |
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 Mimì Aylmer in 1929 | |
| Born | Eugenia Spadoni 29 May 1896 Rome, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 20 October 1992 (aged 96) Bologna, Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1914–1951 (film) |
Life and career
editBorn Eugenia Spadoni in Rome into a bourgeois Pisan family, she debuted in 1913 at the age of seventeen as a chanteuse and was immediately hired by the Riviste Papa stage company.[2] In 1914 she starred in her first film, Colei che tutto soffre by Amleto Palermi, and was a major star for over twenty years, until 1936.[2] After the war, she appeared in two films in character roles, then she definitely retired from showbusiness in 1959 and in 1964 she moved to Bologna to stay in a rest home for artists.[2]
Selected filmography
edit- The Telephone Operator (1932)
- Two Happy Hearts (1932)
- Like the Leaves (1935)
- Lohengrin (1936)
- Bayonet (1936)
- Hearts at Sea (1950)
- Revenge of the Pirates (1951)
References
editExternal links
edit- Mimì Aylmer at IMDb
