Actresses And Models_33_1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s

Wanda Osiris (aka la Wandissima), Italian revue star.


Gino Boccasile's artwork for the revue show Follie D'America (Follies of America, 1938-1939), starring Wanda Osiris (as Vanda Osiri) and Macario.

Nelly Corradi, Italian opera singer (soprano) and movie actress.


Poster of the movie version of Gaetano Donizetti's Lucia Di Lammermoor (1835), directed by Piero Ballerini in 1946.

Chiaretta Gelli, Italian classic vocal pop singer and comedy actress.


Movie poster for Raffaello Matarazzo's Il Birichino Di Papà (Daddy's rascal, 1943), a comedy starring Chiaretta Gelli.

Vera Carmi, Italian movie actress.


Movie poster of Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia's Il Fidanzato Di Mia Moglie (My wife's fiancè, 1943), a comedy starring Vera Carmi and Leonardo Cortese.

Marisa Vernati, Italian revue and comedy actress.


Movie poster for Gian Paolo Rosmini's Le Signorine Della Villa Accanto (The girls next villa, 1942), a comedy starring Marisa Vernati, Antonio Ganduso and Peppino De Filippo.

Adriana Serra, Italian movie actress. Winner of the national beauty contest 5000 Lire Per Un Sorriso (5000 liras for a smile) in 1941.

Elli Parvo, Italian movie actress.


Picture from Roberto Rossellini and Marcello Pagliero's Desiderio (Desire), a drama starring Elli Parvo, Massimo Girotti and Roswita Schmidt. The movie was filmed in 1943 and released in 1946. In the first edition, it included a topless sequence played by Elli Parvo. For this reason, the movie was censored and re-released in 1947.






Elli Parvo (left) and Roswita Schmidt.


Elli Parvo and Massimo Girotti.


U.S. ad for Roberto Rossellini and Marcello Pagliero's Desiderio (U.S. title: Woman, circa 1950).