{{Short description|Italian actress (1927–2022)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Clara Bindi | image = Clara Bindi 52.jpg | image_size = | caption = Bindi in 1952 | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1927|11|01}} | birth_place = Naples, Kingdom of Italy | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2022|02|24|1927|11|01}} | death_place = Rome, Italy | other_names = | occupation = Actress | spouse = Aldo Bufi Landi | years_active = 1948–2013 (film) }}

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

==Biography== Born in Naples on 1 November 1927,<ref name="Lancia">{{cite book |author1=Lancia, Enrico |author2=Poppi, Roberto |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano. Le attrici |year=2003 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y_WFEVsGvhYC&q=Clara+Bindi&pg=PA37 |publisher=Gremese Editore |page=37 |isbn=978-8884402141 |accessdate=6 December 2016}}</ref> Bindi joined the Eduardo De Filippo theater company in the 1947-48 season<ref name="Lancia"/> and in 1948 made her film debut as Giulietta Del Bello in ''Machine to Kill Bad People'', directed by Roberto Rossellini.<ref group=note>Filmed in 1948 but not released until 1952</ref> She was a member of the De Filippo company for several years, even appearing in numerous television adaptations of his plays.<ref name="Lancia"/><ref name="mymov">{{cite news|last1=Fabio Secchi Frau|title=Clara Bindi: Chiamami mamma o nonna|url=http://www.mymovies.it/biografia/?a=17162|accessdate=7 December 2016|work=MyMovies}}</ref>

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.<ref name="mymov"/> Outside her film and television appearances, Bindi was essentially a revue and dialect theater actress.<ref name="Lancia"/> She was also active as a voice actress and a dubber.<ref>{{cite web|title=La pagina di Clara Bindi|website=Il mondo dei doppiatori|url=http://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/voci/vocicbin.htm|accessdate=7 December 2016}}</ref>

Described as full of temperament and highly communicative, she was married to actor Aldo Bufi Landi, with whom she often worked on stage.<ref name="Lancia"/><ref name="mymov"/>

Bindi died in Rome on 24 February 2022, at the age of 94.<ref>{{cite web |title=Clara Bindi |url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/379611182665828/permalink/1218196032140668/ |website=Associazione Culturale on Facebook |access-date=22 June 2023}}</ref>

==Selected filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role |- | 1952 | ''The Machine to Kill Bad People'' | Giulietta Del Bello |- | 1958 | ''Avventura a Capri'' | Carmelina |- | 1960 | ''Black Sunday'' | innkeeper |- | 1963 | ''The Monk of Monza'' | |- | 1966 | ''Fumo di Londra'' | wife |- | 1968 | ''Bandits in Rome'' | woman in jewels |- | 1970 | ''Ma chi t'ha dato la patente?'' | |- | 2006 | ''The Family Friend'' | Geremia's mother |- | 2007 | ''Miss F'' | Grandmother Martano |- | 2008 | ''Villa Amalia'' | Marion

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== External links == * {{IMDb name|name=Clara Bindi|id=nm0082825}} * {{cite web |title=Clara Bindi |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba5b289cf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220182204/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba5b289cf |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 December 2016 |publisher= British Film Institute}} * {{cite web |title=Clara Bindi |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/16267%7C32257/Clara-Bindi/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130326015047/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/16267%7C32257/Clara-Bindi/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 March 2013 |publisher=TCM}}

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