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Valentina Frascaroli
Valentina Frascaroli
Born	Valentina Carolina Maria Frascaroli; July 29, 1890; Turin, Italy
Died	January 18, 1955 (aged 64); Paris, France
Occupation(s)	actress and comedian
Years active	1908-1922
Partner(s)	Andre Deed ;

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Valentina Frascaroli

Valentina Frascaroli (1890-1955) was an actress and comedian, best known for her roles in Italian silent cinema.

Early Years

Born Valentina Carolina Maria Frascaroli in Turin, little is known about Frascaroli's early life. As well as

Film Career

It is difficult to ascertain exactly when Frascaroli's film career started; actors in early films generally went uncredited, excepting the main comedians (eg Cretinetti, Ridolini etc). The first surviving Cretinetti film in which Frascaroli appears is Le Due Ordinanze (1909).

In 1913, Frascaroli went on a theatrical tour alongside Andre Deed, taking in Latin America and .

In 1916, Valentina Frascaroli played XXX in Giovanni Pastrone's Maciste Alpino, and xxx in Tigre Reale, which launched Pina Menichelli as a major film star and diva. Valentina Frascaroli also played the mother in the war-animation film, La guerra e il sogno di Momi, directed by Segundo de Chomón.

In 1921, Frascaroli played the arch-criminal Mado in Andre Deed's The Mechanical Man. The Mado character bore some similarities to those played by Musidora in Louis Feuillade's crime serials.^[1]

Critical view

Personal Life

Valentina Frascaroli married André Deed in 1918.^[2] The couple had no children.

Selected Filmography

Le due ordinanze (1909) (C)
La Fidanzata di Cretinetti (1909)
Il Natale di Cretinetti (1909)
Le delizie della caccia (1910) (C)
Padre (1912)
Tigre Reale (1916)
La Guerra e il sogno di Momi (1917)
L'Uomo Meccanico (1921)

Bibiliography

Abrate, Piero and Longo, Germano (1997). Cento anni di cinema in Piemonte. Turin: Abacus Edizioni.
Dall'Asta, Monica (ed.) (2008). Non solo dive. Pioniere del Cinema Muto. Bologna: Cineteca di Bologna Edizioni.

References

^ Page 327. Dall'Asta, Monica (ed.) (2008). Non solo dive. Pioniere del Cinema Muto. Bologna: Cineteca di Bologna Edizioni.
^ Abrate, Piero and Longo, Germano (1997). Cento anni di cinema in Piemonte. Turin: Abacus Edizioni. Page 92.

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[1] Page 327. Dall'Asta, Monica (ed.) (2008). Non solo dive. Pioniere del Cinema Muto. Bologna: Cineteca di Bologna Edizioni.

[2] Abrate, Piero and Longo, Germano (1997). Cento anni di cinema in Piemonte. Turin: Abacus Edizioni. Page 92.

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