Lyda Borelli
An image from Love Everlasting, one of the productions that also features Lyda Borelli.
Lyda Borelli

Lyda Borelli

March 22, 1884 — Genoa, Liguria, Italy

Lyda Borelli (22 March 1884 - 2 June 1959) was an Italian actress, her career in theatre started in 1902.

Between 1913 and 1918 Borelli made 14 films and appeared in 2 documentaries. She often portrayed vamps who end up committing suicide via poison. Her acting was mainly based on excessive gestures, painful expressions and languid gazes. Antonio Gramsci, who, in 1917 worked as a theatre reviewer, criticised her stating she represented a heightened form of sensuality, "a part of a primordial and prehistoric humanity" that had managed to cast a spell on the audience.

Satan's Rhapsody

Satan's Rhapsody

1917

Love Everlasting

Love Everlasting

1913

Malombra

Malombra

1917

Carnevalesca

Carnevalesca

1918

Diva Dolorosa

Diva Dolorosa

1999

Madame Guillotine

Madame Guillotine

1916

Flower of Evil

Flower of Evil

1915

Lyrical Nitrate

1991