Maria Caserini
July 24, 1884 (140 years old) in Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Maria Caserini began acting in stage productions at an early age. Her first film was in 1906 for Cines in Rome, in what is considered the first film adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello, directed by Mario Caserini, her husband. She starred in Romeo and Juliet in 1908 and then in thirteen other films until 1909. One of these films was Macbeth, directed by her husband. From 1910 to 1927 she acted in 65 films, many of them always directed by her husband, such as Lucrezia Borgia, whose performance gave her greater notoriety. She resumed theatrical activity soon after abandoning her film career. She was buried in the Maggiore Cemetery in Milan, where her remains were later interred in a small cell.
Known For
Credits
- 1919 ยทThe Railway Owneras Marchesa di Beaulieu
- 1917 ยทLife and Deathas
- 1916 ยทChristusas
- 1916 ยทMonna Vannaas
- 1914 ยทNero and Agrippinaas Agrippina
- 1913 ยทLove Everlastingas Granduchess of Wallenstein
- 1913 ยทFloretta e Pataponas Bianca Patapon
- 1912 ยทParsifalas Parsifal Mother
- 1911 ยทGabriella di Beaulieuas
- 1911 ยทAgrippinaas
- 1911 ยทRegina per quindici giornias
- 1910 ยทAmletoas
- 1910 ยทAnita Garibaldias
- 1910 ยทL'abbandonataas
- 1909 ยทMacbethas Lady Macbeth
- 1909 ยทBeatrice Cencias
- 1906 ยทOtelloas