Acting · geboren 1884-03-22 · Genoa, Liguria, Italy

Lyda Borelli

Lyda Borelli (22 March 1884 - 2 June 1959) was an Italian actress, her career in theatre started in 1902. Between 1913 and 1918 Borelli made 14 films and appeared in 2 documentaries. She often portrayed vamps who end up committing suicide via poison. Her acting was mainly based on excessive gestures, painful expressions and languid gazes. Antonio Gramsci, who, in 1917 worked as a theatre reviewer, criticised her stating she represented a heightened form of sensuality, "a part of a primordial and prehistoric humanity" that had managed to cast a spell on the audience.

Bekannt aus

• Rapsodia Satanica (1917) – Contessa Alba d'Oltrevita
• Aber meine Liebe stirbt nicht (1913) – Elsa Holbein
• Malombra (1917) – Marina di Malombra
• Carnevalesca (1918)
• La valigia dei sogni (1953)
• Madame Tallien (1916) – Madame Tallien
• Diva Dolorosa (1999)
• Fior di Male (1915) – Lyda
• Lyrisches Nitrat (1991) – (archive footage)
• La leggenda di Santa Barbara (1918) – Saint Barbara
• La marcia nuziale (1915) – Grazia di Plessans
• La falena (1916) – Thea di Marlievo
• La donna nuda (1914) – Lolette
• Una Notte a Calcutta (1918)
• Mode in beweging (1991)
• La storia dei tredici (1917)
• La memoria dell'altro (1913) – Lyda