Jacobini, Maria (1890–1944)
Jacobini, Maria (1890–1944)
Italian actress. Born in Rome, Italy, on February 17, 1890; died in 1944; niece of Cardinal Jacobini, minister of state to Pope Leo XIII.
Selected films:
Lucrezia Borgia (1910); Beatrice Cenci (1910); La Fugitiva (1912); Vampe di Gelosia (1912); Giovanna d'Arco (1913); La Corsara (1915); Resurrezione (1917); La Signora Arlecchino (1918); Addio Giovinezza (1918); La Vergine Folle (1919); Il Viaggio (1921); Amore rosso (1922); La Vie de Bohème (1923); Orinte (1924); Transatlantico (1926); Il Carnavele di Venezia (1926); Unfug der Liebe (Ger., 1918); Villa Falconieri (Ger., 1928); The Living Corpse (USSR, 1929); Maman Colbiri (Fr., 1929); La Scala (1931); Giuseppe Verdi (1938); Melodie eterne (Eternal Melodies, 1940); La Donna della Montagna (1943).
One of the most revered European stars of her day, Maria Jacobini was born in Rome in 1890 into a distinguished family and studied at Rome's Academy of Dramatic Arts. She made both her stage and screen debuts in 1910 and quickly became one of Italy's leading "divas" of the silent screen. Starring mostly in Italian historical spectacles and social dramas, Jacobini also appeared in German, Austrian, and French productions. In 1920, she performed in Fedor Ozep's Soviet screen adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's The Living Corpse. Jacobini's sisters, Bianca (b. 1888) and Diomira (b. 1896), also appeared in films.