# Pina Cei

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{{Short description|Italian actress (1904–2000)}}
{{Infobox person
| image        = Pina cei.jpg
| caption      = Cei in 1969
| name         = Pina Cei
| birth_date   = 13 June 1904
| birth_place  = [San Juan](/source/San_Juan%2C_Puerto_Rico), Puerto Rico
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|2000|2|1|1904|6|13|df=yes}}
| death_place  = [Rome](/source/Rome), Italy
| other_names  =
| occupation   = Actress
| years_active = 1934–1995 
}}

'''Pina Cei''' (born '''Giuseppina Casini'''; 13 June 1904 – 1 February 2000) was an Italian stage, film and television actress. She appeared in more than thirty films from 1933 to 1995.

== Life and career ==
The daughter of the stage actress Luisa Cei, she made her theatrical debut in 1922, in the company of Raffaele Niccoli.<ref name=ATTRICI>{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=888440214X}}</ref> She later worked in several high-profile stage companies, including [Emma Gramatica](/source/Emma_Gramatica)'s and [Ruggero Ruggeri](/source/Ruggero_Ruggeri)'s, until 1942, when she founded her own stage company.<ref name="ATTRICI"/> She made her film debut in 1933, in ''Villafranca'', in which she is credited as '''Pia Torriani''' (from her husband's surname).<ref name="ATTRICI"/> Her younger sister Dory was also an actress.<ref name="ATTRICI"/>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1934|| ''[Villafranca](/source/Villafranca_(film))'' || principessa Clotilde di Savoia ||
|-
|1935|| ''Maestro Landi'' || Sua moglie ||
|-
|1958|| ''Camping'' || Mother of Nino and Valeria ||
|-
|1958|| ''La Gioconda'' || ||
|-
|1968|| ''Il marito è mio e l'ammazzo quando mi pare'' || ||
|-
|1973|| ''[Love and Anarchy](/source/Love_and_Anarchy)'' || Madame Aïda ||
|-
|1974|| ''Nipoti miei diletti'' || Elisabetta's housekeeper ||
|-
|1976|| ''[The Mistress Is Served](/source/The_Mistress_Is_Served)'' || Countess Fanny ||
|-
|1977|| ''[Cara sposa](/source/Cara_sposa)'' || Elvira ||
|-
|1982|| ''[La Traviata](/source/La_Traviata_(1983_film))'' || Annina ||
|-
|1983|| ''[A Joke of Destiny](/source/A_Joke_of_Destiny)'' || Donna Sofia ||
|-
|1985|| ''[Scandalous Gilda](/source/Scandalous_Gilda)'' || Hilda ||
|-
|1986|| ''[Open Sesame](/source/Open_Sesame_(TV_series))'' || || TV series   
|-
|1987|| ''[Dark Eyes](/source/Dark_Eyes_(1987_film))'' || Elisa's Mother ||
|-
|1990|| ''[Tre colonne in cronaca](/source/Tre_colonne_in_cronaca)'' || Margherita ||
|-
|1991|| ''[The Party's Over](/source/The_Party's_Over_(1991_film))'' || Nonna Zaira ||
|-
|1994|| ''Anche i commercialisti hanno un'anima'' || ||
|-
|1994|| ''[OcchioPinocchio](/source/OcchioPinocchio)'' || Colomba ||
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|147870}}

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Category:1904 births
Category:2000 deaths
Category:Actresses from San Juan, Puerto Rico
Category:Italian film actresses
Category:Italian television actresses
Category:Italian stage actresses
Category:20th-century Italian actresses

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