Jone Morino

Jone Morino
Morino in the movie Before the Postman (1942)
Born
Jone Nicola Morino

(1896-04-28)28 April 1896
Died14 September 1978(1978-09-14) (aged 82)
Rome, Italy
OccupationActress

Jone Morino (28 April 1896 – 14 September 1978)[1] was an Italian film and stage actress.

Life and career

Born in Rome, at young age Morino started working on stage alongside her sister Maria, best known as 'Mariola'.[2] She worked in important theatrical companies, including those by Eleonora Duse, Ruggero Ruggeri, Peppino De Filippo and Giorgio Strehler.[2] In cinema, she started being active in the 1920s, appearing in a few silent films, and after a long pause reprised her film career in the late 1930s, specializing in comedic character roles.[2] Between 1954 and 1969, she served as an acting teacher at the Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico.[2] In 1978, while living in a nursing home and battling depression, she committed suicide by jumping into the Tiber.[2]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ "Immagine 129 / Image 129 [Birth certificate no 2116 serial C" (in Italian). Archivio di Stato di Roma / States Archives in Rome > Antenati: Gli Archivi per la Ricerca Anagrafica / Ancestors: Archives for Research Registry. 2 May 1896. Retrieved 4 November 2016. Birth name Jone Nicola Morino.
  2. ^ a b c d e Poppi, Roberto (2003). "Morino, Jone". Dizionario del cinema italiano: Le Attrici. Gremese Editore. pp. 243–4. ISBN 888440214X.