Virginia Balistrieri

Virginia Balistrieri also credited as Virginia Balestrieri (15 January 1888 – 7 December 1960) was an Italian stage and film actress.^[1] She was married to the actor Giovanni Grasso. In 1914 she starred in the silent film Lost in the Dark, seen as a forerunner of Italian neorealism. In the post-Second World War years she worked as a character actress in productions such as the 1950 religious film Margaret of Cortona.

Virginia Balistrieri
Balistrieri in the movie Auguri e figli maschi! (1951)
Born	(1888-01-15)15 January 1888 Trapani, Kingdom of Italy
Died	7 December 1960(1960-12-07) (aged 72) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1914–1959 (film)

Selected filmography

• Lost in the Dark (1914)
• No Man's Land (1939)
• Hawk of the Nile (1950)
• The Outlaws (1950)
• Welcome, Reverend! (1950)
• The Cliff of Sin (1950)
• Margaret of Cortona (1950)
• Fatal Desire (1953)
• Mermaid of Naples (1956)

References

1. Paietta p.92

Bibliography

• Ann C. Paietta. Saints, Clergy and Other Religious Figures on Film and Television, 1895-2003. McFarland, 2005.

External links

• Virginia Balistrieri at IMDb