# Renata Vanni > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Renata_Vanni > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Renata_Vanni.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renata_Vanni > Source revision: 1357197077 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Italian-born American film actress Renata Vanni Vanni in Frontier Uprising Born 12 October 1909 (1909-10-12) Naples, Kingdom of Italy Died 19 February 2004(2004-02-19) (aged 94) Los Angeles, California United States Occupation Actress Years active 1949–1989 (film & TV) **Renata Vanni** (12 October 1909 – 19 February 2004) was an Italian-born American [film actress](/source/Film_actress).[1] She was better known for the films *[Pay or Die](/source/Pay_or_Die)*, *[A Patch of Blue](/source/A_Patch_of_Blue)* and *[Lady in White](/source/Lady_in_White)*. ## Filmography - *[El Paso](/source/El_Paso_(film))* (1949) as Lupita Montez (uncredited) - *[The Doctor and the Girl](/source/The_Doctor_and_the_Girl)* (1949) as Mrs. Crisani, Tony's Mother (uncredited) - *[Stop That Cab](/source/Stop_That_Cab)* (1951) as Josephine Moscadella - *[Strictly Dishonorable](/source/Strictly_Dishonorable_(1951_film))* (1951) as Mrs. Peccatori (uncredited) - *[Westward the Women](/source/Westward_the_Women)* (1951) as Mrs. Moroni - *[When in Rome](/source/When_in_Rome_(1952_film))* (1952) as Mrs. Maroni (uncredited) - *[Trouble Along the Way](/source/Trouble_Along_the_Way)* (1953) as Maria's Italian Mother (uncredited) - *[The Command](/source/The_Command_(1954_film))* (1954) as Mrs. Pellegrini (uncredited) - *[Three Coins in the Fountain](/source/Three_Coins_in_the_Fountain_(1954_film))* (1954) as Anna (uncredited) - *[The Seven Little Foys](/source/The_Seven_Little_Foys)* (1955) as Ballerina Mistress in Milan (uncredited) - *[It's Always Fair Weather](/source/It's_Always_Fair_Weather)* (1955) as Mother (uncredited) - *[Hell on Frisco Bay](/source/Hell_on_Frisco_Bay)* (1955) as Anna Amato - *[Serenade](/source/Serenade_(1956_film))* (1956) as Village Woman (uncredited) - *[The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit](/source/The_Man_in_the_Gray_Flannel_Suit)* (1956) as Italian Farmer's Wife (uncredited) - *[Somebody Up There Likes Me](/source/Somebody_Up_There_Likes_Me_(1956_film))* (1956) Minor Role (uncredited) - *[Four Girls in Town](/source/Four_Girls_in_Town)* (1957) as Rosa (uncredited) - *[Ten Thousand Bedrooms](/source/Ten_Thousand_Bedrooms)* (1957) as Maid (uncredited) - *[The Midnight Story](/source/The_Midnight_Story)* (1957) as Señora Bergatina (uncredited) - *[The Hard Man](/source/The_Hard_Man)* (1957) as Juanita - *[The Walter Winchell File](/source/The_Walter_Winchell_File)* (1958, TV Series) as Maria - *[The Beat Generation](/source/The_Beat_Generation)* (1959) as Mrs. Rosa Costa (uncredited) - *[The Jayhawkers!](/source/The_Jayhawkers!)* (1959) as Indian Woman - *[Pay or Die](/source/Pay_or_Die)* (1960) as Mom Saulino - *[Frontier Uprising](/source/Frontier_Uprising)* (1961) as Augustina - *[The Alfred Hitchcock Hour](/source/The_Alfred_Hitchcock_Hour)* (1963) (Season 2 Episode 9: "The Dividing Wall") as Woman Customer - *[Perry Mason](/source/Perry_Mason)* (1964, S8E6, The Case of the Nautical Knot) as Rosa Martinez - *[The Greatest Story Ever Told](/source/The_Greatest_Story_Ever_Told)* (1965) as Weeping Woman (uncredited) - *[A Patch of Blue](/source/A_Patch_of_Blue)* (1965) as Mrs. Favaloro - *[Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice](/source/Bob_%26_Carol_%26_Ted_%26_Alice)* (1969) as Chianti Woman (uncredited) - *[A Dream of Kings](/source/A_Dream_of_Kings_(film))* (1969) as Mrs. Falconis - *[The Last Porno Flick](/source/The_Last_Porno_Flick)* (1974) as Concetta - *[Murder in the First Person Singular](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murder_in_the_First_Person_Singular&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1974, TV Movie) as Mrs. Montopollis - *[Once Is Not Enough](/source/Once_Is_Not_Enough_(film))* (1975) as Maria - *[I Will... I Will... For Now](/source/I_Will..._I_Will..._For_Now)* (1976) as Receptionist - *[Fatso](/source/Fatso_(1980_film))* (1980) as Zi Marie - *[The Idolmaker](/source/The_Idolmaker)* (1980) as Mrs. Bevaloqua - *[Margin for Murder](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Margin_for_Murder&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1981, TV Movie) as Mama De Fellita - *[Frank Nitti: The Enforcer](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frank_Nitti:_The_Enforcer&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1988, TV Movie) - *[Lady in White](/source/Lady_in_White)* (1988) as Mama Assunta - *[Wait Until Spring, Bandini](/source/Wait_Until_Spring%2C_Bandini_(film))* (1989) as Donna Toscana (final film role) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Pitts p.99 ## Bibliography - Pitts, Michael R. *Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films*. McFarland, 2012. ## External links - [Renata Vanni](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0889245/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) Authority control databases International VIAF WorldCat National United States This article about an Italian film actor born in the 1900s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Italy-film-actor-1900s-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3AItaly-film-actor-1900s-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Italy-film-actor-1900s-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Renata Vanni](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renata_Vanni) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renata_Vanni?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.