{{Short description|Italian character actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Lina Marengo | image = Lina Marengo.png | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by the blind and visually impaired's speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = Lina Marengo in the movie ''Non ti pago!'' (1942) | birth_date = {{Birth date |df=yes|1911|01|19}} | birth_place = Rome, Kingdom of Italy | death_date = {{death date and age |df=yes|1987|02|06|1911|01|19}} | death_place = Rome, Italy | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = Character actress | years_active = 1935–1953 | known_for = | notable_works = }}
'''Lina Marengo''' (19 January 1911 – 6 February 1987)<ref name="Lancia">{{cite book |author1= Lancia, Enrico |author2= Poppi, Roberto |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano. Le attrici |location=Rome |publisher= Gremese Editore |date=2003 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y_WFEVsGvhYC&q=Vanna+Pegna&pg=PA361 |isbn= 9788884402141 |accessdate=25 March 2016}}</ref> was an Italian character actress. She played in over 30 films, and was most active between 1938 and 1943.
==Biography== Marengo was born in Rome<ref name="Lancia"/> and her film debut was in ''Casta Diva'' (1935), directed by Carmine Gallone.<ref>{{cite web |title=Casta diva |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026188/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2 |website=IMDb.com|accessdate=25 March 2016}}</ref>
Characterized by a slightly hoarse voice, she was mainly active in humorous roles, and was often typecast as a spinster or a gossiping woman.<ref name="Lancia"/> She played Serafina in ''Domani è troppo tardi'' (1950), directed by Léonide Moguy, and starring Vittorio De Sica, Lois Maxwell, Gabrielle Dorziat, and Pier Angeli. The film won Best Italian Film at the Venice Film Festival.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mario Gromo|title=Sullo schermo del Lido|newspaper=La Stampa|date=11 September 1950}}</ref> She was in four films directed by De Sica, including ''Teresa Venerdì'' (1941). Her final film was ''La passeggiata'', directed by Renato Rascel, and starring Renato Rascel, Valentina Cortese, and Paolo Stoppa.
Marengo was also active in theater, though in supporting roles.<ref name="Lancia"/>
She died in Rome.<ref name="Lancia"/>
==Partial filmography== *''Casta Diva'' (1935) * ''Adam's Tree'' (1936) *''La vedova'' (1939) * ''Kean'' (1940) *''Lucrezia Borgia'' (1940) *''Teresa Venerdì'' (1941) *''È caduta una donna'' (1941) *''Non ti pago!'' (1942) *''I due Foscari'' (1942) *''L'ippocampo'' (1943) *''Domani è troppo tardi'' (1950) *''La passeggiata'' (1953)
==References== {{Reflist}}
*{{cite book |title= I film: Tutti i film italiani dal 1930 al 1944 |author1= Chiti, Roberto |author2= Lancia, Enrico |date= 2005 |publisher= Gremese |isbn= 9788884403513 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=UlKjE82BEe4C&q=Vanna+Vanni&pg=PA125 |accessdate=25 March 2016}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0546461}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Marengo, Lina}} Category:1911 births Category:1987 deaths Category:20th-century Italian actresses Category:Actresses from Rome