Renata Vanni

{{Short description|Italian-born American film actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Renata Vanni | image = Renata Vanni in Frontier Uprising (cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = Vanni in [[Frontier Uprising]] | birth_date = {{Birth date text|12 October 1909}} | birth_place = Naples, [[Kingdom of Italy]] | death_date = {{death date and age|19 February 2004|12 October 1909}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California <br> United States | other_names = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1949–1989 (film & TV) }} '''Renata Vanni''' (12 October 1909 – 19 February 2004) was an Italian-born American [[film actress]].<ref>Pitts p.99</ref> She was better known for the films ''[[Pay or Die]]'', ''[[A Patch of Blue]]'' and ''[[Lady in White]]''.

==Filmography== * ''[[El Paso (film)|El Paso]]'' (1949) as Lupita Montez (uncredited) * ''[[The Doctor and the Girl]]'' (1949) as Mrs. Crisani, Tony's Mother (uncredited) * ''[[Stop That Cab]]'' (1951) as Josephine Moscadella * ''[[Strictly Dishonorable (1951 film)|Strictly Dishonorable]]'' (1951) as Mrs. Peccatori (uncredited) * ''[[Westward the Women]]'' (1951) as Mrs. Moroni * ''[[When in Rome (1952 film)|When in Rome]]'' (1952) as Mrs. Maroni (uncredited) * ''[[Trouble Along the Way]]'' (1953) as Maria's Italian Mother (uncredited) * ''[[The Command (1954 film)|The Command]]'' (1954) as Mrs. Pellegrini (uncredited) * ''[[Three Coins in the Fountain (1954 film)|Three Coins in the Fountain]]'' (1954) as Anna (uncredited) * ''[[The Seven Little Foys]]'' (1955) as Ballerina Mistress in Milan (uncredited) * ''[[It's Always Fair Weather]]'' (1955) as Mother (uncredited) * ''[[Hell on Frisco Bay]]'' (1955) as Anna Amato * ''[[Serenade (1956 film)|Serenade]]'' (1956) as Village Woman (uncredited) * ''[[The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit]]'' (1956) as Italian Farmer's Wife (uncredited) * ''[[Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956 film)|Somebody Up There Likes Me]]'' (1956) Minor Role (uncredited) * ''[[Four Girls in Town]]'' (1957) as Rosa (uncredited) * ''[[Ten Thousand Bedrooms]]'' (1957) as Maid (uncredited) * ''[[The Midnight Story]]'' (1957) as Señora Bergatina (uncredited) * ''[[The Hard Man]]'' (1957) as Juanita * ''[[The Walter Winchell File]]'' (1958, TV Series) as Maria * ''[[The Beat Generation]]'' (1959) as Mrs. Rosa Costa (uncredited) * ''[[The Jayhawkers!]]'' (1959) as Indian Woman * ''[[Pay or Die]]'' (1960) as Mom Saulino * ''[[Frontier Uprising]]'' (1961) as Augustina * ''[[The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]'' (1963) (Season 2 Episode 9: "The Dividing Wall") as Woman Customer * ''[[Perry Mason]]'' (1964, S8E6, The Case of the Nautical Knot) as Rosa Martinez * ''[[The Greatest Story Ever Told]]'' (1965) as Weeping Woman (uncredited) * ''[[A Patch of Blue]]'' (1965) as Mrs. Favaloro * ''[[Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice]]'' (1969) as Chianti Woman (uncredited) * ''[[A Dream of Kings (film)|A Dream of Kings]]'' (1969) as Mrs. Falconis * ''[[The Last Porno Flick]]'' (1974) as Concetta * ''[[Murder in the First Person Singular]]'' (1974, TV Movie) as Mrs. Montopollis * ''[[Once Is Not Enough (film)|Once Is Not Enough]]'' (1975) as Maria * ''[[I Will... I Will... For Now]]'' (1976) as Receptionist * ''[[Fatso (1980 film)|Fatso]]'' (1980) as Zi Marie * ''[[The Idolmaker]]'' (1980) as Mrs. Bevaloqua * ''[[Margin for Murder]]'' (1981, TV Movie) as Mama De Fellita * ''[[Frank Nitti: The Enforcer]]'' (1988, TV Movie) * ''[[Lady in White]]'' (1988) as Mama Assunta * ''[[Wait Until Spring, Bandini (film)|Wait Until Spring, Bandini]]'' (1989) as Donna Toscana (final film role)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Pitts, Michael R. ''Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films''. McFarland, 2012.

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0889245}}

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