Anna Maria Sandri

Anna Maria Sandri (born 10 August 1936) is an Italian actress, whose notable film career spanned 1940s and 1950s as Mabrouka ben Yussef in The Black Tent.[1]

Early life and career

Anna Maria Materzanini was born on 10 August 1936 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She made her on-screen debut at just six years of age in the 1942 film La morte civile, directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli, playing the young Ada.[2]

After a long hiatus from acting, Sandri returned to the screen in 1952 in Raffaello Matarazzo’s melodrama Chi è senza peccato... (1952).[3] Her most prominent roles followed between 1953 and 1956: La provinciale (1953), Terza liceo (1954), Le Rouge et le Noir (1954), Fortune carrée (1955)[4] and The Black Tent (1956), directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, portraying Mabrouka ben Yussef. She retired from acting in the end of 50s.[5]

Personal life

Sandri was married to billionaire and Founder of Gaylord Hotels, Edward Gaylord.[6] They had three sons. She lives in San Diego, California.

Filmography

She has appeared in the following films:

References

  1. ^ Gifford, Denis (1 April 2016). British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-74063-6.
  2. ^ Heritage Vintage Movie Poster Signature Auction 2005 Catalog #624. Ivy Press. October 2005. ISBN 978-1-59967-004-1.
  3. ^ The Film Daily Year Book of Motion Pictures. Film Daily. 1959.
  4. ^ Crisp, Colin (10 August 2015). French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 2, 1940–1958. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-01702-4.
  5. ^ Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (7 March 2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-6291-6.
  6. ^ Bristol Virginia-Tennessean, Volume 7, Number 102, 14 February 1956
  7. ^ "The Black Tent". Time Out. 10 September 2012.


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