{{Short description|Italian stage, television and film actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Elena Zareschi | image = Elena Zareschi 65.jpg | birth_name = Elina Lazzareschi | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1916|7|23}} | birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1999|7|31|1916|7|23}} | death_place = Lucca, Italy | occupation = Actress }} '''Elena Zareschi''' (23 July 1916 – 31 July 1999) was an Italian stage, television and film actress.
== Life and career == Born '''Elina Lazzareschi''' in Buenos Aires to Italian parents from Lucca, Zareschi moved to Rome in the mid-1930s and enrolled at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, graduating in 1937.<ref name=attr>{{cite book|author1=Enrico Lancia |author2=Roberto Poppi |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano – Le Attrici|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=88-8440-214-X}}</ref><ref name=bio2>{{cite book|author1=Felice Cappa |author2=Piero Gelli |author3=Marco Mattarozzi |title=Dizionario dello spettacolo del '900|publisher=Baldini & Castoldi, 1998|isbn=88-8089-295-9}}</ref> In the same year, she made her film debut in the drama ''L’ultima nemica''.<ref name=attr/><ref name="bio2"/> While she had few opportunities in films, Zareschi was very active on stage, where she debuted in 1939, as well as in television films and series.<ref name=attr/><ref name="bio2"/>
==Partial filmography== {{Div col}} * ''Everybody's Woman'' (1934) * ''The Last Enemy'' (1938) * ''Ultima giovinezza'' (1939) – Yvonne * ''Sei bambine ed il Perseo'' (1940) – Vivalda * ''L'ultima nemica'' (1940) – Isa Fleur * ''Merchant of Slaves'' (1942) – Francesca * ''M.A.S.'' (1942) – L'attrice, amica di Brera * ''Don Giovanni'' (1942) – Elvira * ''Jealousy'' (1942) – Zosima Munoz * ''Rita of Cascia'' (1943) – Rita da Cascia * ''Peccatori'' (1945) * ''I contrabbandieri del mare'' (1948) – Stella * ''The Earth Cries Out'' (1949) – Ada * ''Shadows on the Grand Canal'' (1951) * ''Ulysses'' (1954) – Cassandra * ''Il conte Aquila'' (1955) – Imperatrice Austriaca * ''The Mysteries of Paris'' (1957) – Matilde * ''Herod the Great'' (1959) – Alexandra * ''Le sorprese dell'amore'' (1959) – Carlotta * ''The Cossacks'' (1960) – Patima * ''The Warrior Empress'' (1960) – Sibilla * ''Silver Spoon Set'' (1960) – Actress (uncredited) * ''Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete'' (1960) – Queen Pasifae * ''Invasion 1700'' (1962) – Princess Kinzevich * ''Un colpo al cuore'' (1970) * ''La lunga ombra del lupo'' (1971) – Countess Balestrieri {{div col end}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== Further reading == * {{cite book|author1=Remo Schiavo |author2=Nevio Zanni |title=Elena Zareschi: la grande tragica del teatro italiano|publisher=Accademia Olimpica, 2002}}
== External links == {{Commons category}} *{{IMDb name|133570|Elena Zareschi}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zareschi, Elena}} Category:Actresses from Buenos Aires Category:Italian stage actresses Category:Italian film actresses Category:Italian television actresses Category:1916 births Category:1999 deaths Category:20th-century Italian actresses