Clara Bindi (1 November 1927 – 24 February 2022) was an Italian actress.

Biography

Born in Naples on 1 November 1927, Bindi joined the Eduardo De Filippo theater company in the 1947-48 season and in 1948 made her film debut as Giulietta Del Bello in Machine to Kill Bad People, directed by Roberto Rossellini. She was a member of the De Filippo company for several years, even appearing in numerous television adaptations of his plays.

Bindi was in over fifty films between 1948 and 2013 and is best known for her work in the films, Black Sunday (1960), The Family Friend (2006), and Miss F (2007). Starting from the 1990s, she specialized in roles of mother and grandmother. Outside her film and television appearances, Bindi was essentially a revue and dialect theater actress. She was also active as a voice actress and a dubber.

Described as full of temperament and highly communicative, she was married to actor Aldo Bufi Landi, with whom she often worked on stage.

Bindi died in Rome on 24 February 2022, at the age of 94.

Selected filmography

YearTitleRole
1952The Machine to Kill Bad PeopleGiulietta Del Bello
1958Avventura a CapriCarmelina
1960Black Sundayinnkeeper
1963The Monk of Monza
1966Fumo di Londrawife
1968Bandits in Romewoman in jewels
1970Ma chi t'ha dato la patente?
2006The Family FriendGeremia's mother
2007Miss FGrandmother Martano
2008Villa AmaliaMarion

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External links

  • at IMDb
  • . British Film Institute. Archived from on 20 December 2016.
  • . TCM. Archived from on 26 March 2013.