Francesca Bertini

1892-04-10 – 1985-10-13 (age 93) Prato, Tuscany, Italy

Biography

Francesca Bertini (born Elena Seracini Vitiello; 5 January 1892 – 13 October 1985) was an Italian silent film actress. She was one of the most successful silent film stars in the first quarter of the twentieth-century.

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Known For

1900

1976

as Sister Desolata

Cabiria

1914

La Femme d'une nuit

1930

as Princess Hélène of Lystrie

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La contessa Sara

1919

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Maddalena Ferat

1921

as Maddalena Ferat

King Lear

1910

as Cordelia

A sud niente di nuovo

1956

The Cinema Machine

1979

The Suitcase of Dreams

1953

Romeo e Giulietta

1912

as Giulietta

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Tristano e Isolda

1911

as Isolda

Odette

1935

as Odette

The Merchant of Venice

1911

as Jessica

Una ragazza di Praga

1971

as Gabriela

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Malìa

1917

as Liliana di Sant’Elmo

Bellissime

2004

as (archive footage)

The Lady of the Camellias

1915

as Margherita Gauthier

The Clemenceau Affair

1917

as Iza

Assunta Spina

1915

as Assunta Spina

Fedora

1916

as Fedora