Evi Maltagliati (1908–1986) was an Italian stage and screen actress, who worked in Italian cinema between the later 1930s and the early 1970s.
Italian postcard by Rizzoli & C., Milano, 1938. Photo: Manenti Film.
Italian postcard by ASER, no. 322. Photo: Vaselli / Juventus Film. Evi Maltagliati in Il nemico/The enemy (Guglielmo Giannini, 1943).
Evi, originally Evelina, Maltagliati was born in Florence on 11 August 1908.
She made her debut on the stage at the age of fifteen in the company of Dina Galli. With a strong dramatic temperament, she also stood out for her eclecticism and worked with the biggest names in the theatre: from Maria Melato to Max Reinhardt.
In 1933, Max Reinhardt entrusted her with the role of Titania in his Italian staging of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' with a.o. Carlo Lombardi, Cele Abba, Giovanni Cimara, Nerio Bernardi, Rina Morelli, Luigi Almirante, and Memo Benassi at the Boboli Gardens in Florence.
On stage, Maltagliati also worked with Gino Cervi, Sergio Tofano, and Carlo Ninchi. She set up a company of young talents: Vittorio Gassman, Tino Buazzelli, and Nino Manfredi.
She often acted in films and later on also for television, playing in several television dramas including Il romanzo di un giovane povero/The novel of a poor young man (Silverio Blasi, 1957) and La figlia del capitano/The captain's daughter (Leonardo Cortese, 1965). She was also active as a voice actress.
Italian postcard by S.A. Grafitalia, Milano (Milan). Photo: Film Lux. Evi Maltagliati as the Nun of Monza in I promessi Sposi/The Spirit and the Flesh (Mario Camerini, 1941), adapted from the classic novel 'I promessi sposi' (The Betrothed) by Alessandro Manzoni.
Italian postcard by S.A. Grafitalia, Milano (Milan), no. 10. Photo: Film Lux. Publicity still for I Promessi Sposi/The Spirit and the Flesh (Mario Camerini, 1941). Dina Sassoli as Lucia Mondella and Eva Maltagliati as the Nun of Monza.
In 1934 Evi Maltagliati debuted on the silver screen in La fanciulla dell'altro mondo/The Girl from the Other World (Gennaro Righelli, 1934).
In Alessandro Blasetti's Aldebaran (1935), she is the frivolous wife of a navy commander (Gino Cervi), who must choose between duty and his wife's jealousy. The film was an attempt by Blasetti to make a more commercial film after the badly received propaganda film Vecchia Guardia.
In I due sergenti/The Two Sergeants (Enrico Guazzoni, 1936), Maltagliati is the British femme fatale who seduces a French soldier (Antonio Centa) to steal an important document from his superior (Gino Cervi).
In Jeanne Doré (Mario Bonnard, 1938), she is a married woman whose lover (Leonardo Cortese) has killed a man for her. In the Manzoni adaptation, I promessi sposi/The Spirit and the Flesh (Mario Camerini, 1941), she played the Nun of Monza.
In Sissignora (Ferdinando Maria Poggioli, 1941), she plays a widow who leaves her child in the custody of a young girl (Maria Denis), not telling her the child has chickenpox, thus infecting the girl, who eventually dies of it.
Italian postcard for the Italian sound film Sissignora (Ferdinando Maria Poggioli, 1941), starring Maria Denis. Here with Evi Maltagliati and Silverio Pisu.
Italian photo. There are a few possibilities here: either this is Evi Maltagliati opposite Filippo Scelzo in 'Cesare' by Gioacchino Forzano in 1939 or 1949.
After the war, Evi Maltagliati, now of mature age, often played mothers in films, e.g. the mother of Milly Vitale in the tearjerker La sepolta viva/Buried Alive (Guido Brignone, 1949), the mother of Yvonne Sanson in Brignone's melodrama Noi peccatori/We sinners (Guido Brignone, 1953), and the mother of Franco Interlenghi in Michelangelo Antonioni's I vinti/The Vanquished (1953),
Later, she was also the mother of Ulysses (Kirk Douglas) in Ulisse/Ulysses (Mario Camerini, 1954), and the mother of Virna Lisi in Il padrone delle ferriere/The master of ironworks (Anton Giulio Majano, 1959).
In the early sixties, Maltagliati was still visible in various films, including a return to her former role of the nun of Monza. However, this time she was the abbess in La monaca di Monza/The Nun of Monza (Carmine Gallone, 1962), while the title role was for Giovanna Ralli.
Maltagliati played her final film role in the French film L'affaire Dominici/The Dominici Affair (Claude Bernard-Aubert, 1972), starring Jean Gabin.
Evi Maltagliati died in Rome in 1986, at the age of 77. She was married to comedian Eugenio Cappabianca.
Italian postcard by Rizzoli & C. Milano, 1937. Photo: Barzacchi.
Italian postcard by Bromostampa, Milano.
Sources: Wikipedia (Italian), and IMDb.
Italian postcard by Rizzoli & C., Milano, 1938. Photo: Manenti Film.
Italian postcard by ASER, no. 322. Photo: Vaselli / Juventus Film. Evi Maltagliati in Il nemico/The enemy (Guglielmo Giannini, 1943).
A midsummer night's dream
Evi, originally Evelina, Maltagliati was born in Florence on 11 August 1908.
She made her debut on the stage at the age of fifteen in the company of Dina Galli. With a strong dramatic temperament, she also stood out for her eclecticism and worked with the biggest names in the theatre: from Maria Melato to Max Reinhardt.
In 1933, Max Reinhardt entrusted her with the role of Titania in his Italian staging of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' with a.o. Carlo Lombardi, Cele Abba, Giovanni Cimara, Nerio Bernardi, Rina Morelli, Luigi Almirante, and Memo Benassi at the Boboli Gardens in Florence.
On stage, Maltagliati also worked with Gino Cervi, Sergio Tofano, and Carlo Ninchi. She set up a company of young talents: Vittorio Gassman, Tino Buazzelli, and Nino Manfredi.
She often acted in films and later on also for television, playing in several television dramas including Il romanzo di un giovane povero/The novel of a poor young man (Silverio Blasi, 1957) and La figlia del capitano/The captain's daughter (Leonardo Cortese, 1965). She was also active as a voice actress.
Italian postcard by S.A. Grafitalia, Milano (Milan). Photo: Film Lux. Evi Maltagliati as the Nun of Monza in I promessi Sposi/The Spirit and the Flesh (Mario Camerini, 1941), adapted from the classic novel 'I promessi sposi' (The Betrothed) by Alessandro Manzoni.
Italian postcard by S.A. Grafitalia, Milano (Milan), no. 10. Photo: Film Lux. Publicity still for I Promessi Sposi/The Spirit and the Flesh (Mario Camerini, 1941). Dina Sassoli as Lucia Mondella and Eva Maltagliati as the Nun of Monza.
The nun of Monza
In 1934 Evi Maltagliati debuted on the silver screen in La fanciulla dell'altro mondo/The Girl from the Other World (Gennaro Righelli, 1934).
In Alessandro Blasetti's Aldebaran (1935), she is the frivolous wife of a navy commander (Gino Cervi), who must choose between duty and his wife's jealousy. The film was an attempt by Blasetti to make a more commercial film after the badly received propaganda film Vecchia Guardia.
In I due sergenti/The Two Sergeants (Enrico Guazzoni, 1936), Maltagliati is the British femme fatale who seduces a French soldier (Antonio Centa) to steal an important document from his superior (Gino Cervi).
In Jeanne Doré (Mario Bonnard, 1938), she is a married woman whose lover (Leonardo Cortese) has killed a man for her. In the Manzoni adaptation, I promessi sposi/The Spirit and the Flesh (Mario Camerini, 1941), she played the Nun of Monza.
In Sissignora (Ferdinando Maria Poggioli, 1941), she plays a widow who leaves her child in the custody of a young girl (Maria Denis), not telling her the child has chickenpox, thus infecting the girl, who eventually dies of it.
Italian postcard for the Italian sound film Sissignora (Ferdinando Maria Poggioli, 1941), starring Maria Denis. Here with Evi Maltagliati and Silverio Pisu.
Italian photo. There are a few possibilities here: either this is Evi Maltagliati opposite Filippo Scelzo in 'Cesare' by Gioacchino Forzano in 1939 or 1949.
Buried alive
After the war, Evi Maltagliati, now of mature age, often played mothers in films, e.g. the mother of Milly Vitale in the tearjerker La sepolta viva/Buried Alive (Guido Brignone, 1949), the mother of Yvonne Sanson in Brignone's melodrama Noi peccatori/We sinners (Guido Brignone, 1953), and the mother of Franco Interlenghi in Michelangelo Antonioni's I vinti/The Vanquished (1953),
Later, she was also the mother of Ulysses (Kirk Douglas) in Ulisse/Ulysses (Mario Camerini, 1954), and the mother of Virna Lisi in Il padrone delle ferriere/The master of ironworks (Anton Giulio Majano, 1959).
In the early sixties, Maltagliati was still visible in various films, including a return to her former role of the nun of Monza. However, this time she was the abbess in La monaca di Monza/The Nun of Monza (Carmine Gallone, 1962), while the title role was for Giovanna Ralli.
Maltagliati played her final film role in the French film L'affaire Dominici/The Dominici Affair (Claude Bernard-Aubert, 1972), starring Jean Gabin.
Evi Maltagliati died in Rome in 1986, at the age of 77. She was married to comedian Eugenio Cappabianca.
Italian postcard by Rizzoli & C. Milano, 1937. Photo: Barzacchi.
Italian postcard by Bromostampa, Milano.
Sources: Wikipedia (Italian), and IMDb.
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