Vivi Gioi

{{Short description|Italian actress (1917-1975)}} {{More citations needed|date=June 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Vivi Gioi | image = Vivi Gioi Aser.JPG | caption = | birth_name = Vivienne Trumpy | birth_date = {{birth date|1917|1|2|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Livorno]], Kingdom of Italy | death_date = {{death date and age|1975|7|12|1917|1|2|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Fregene]], Italy | occupation = Actress | yearsactive = | othername = | website = }}

'''Vivi Gioi''' (born '''Vivienne Trumpy'''; 2 January 1917 – 12 July 1975) was an Italian actress. Her alternative professional last name Diesca was an anagram of De Sica, the famous actor and director with whom she was in love. She is remembered for ''[[Il signor Max]]'', starring [[Vittorio De Sica]], an actor with whom she worked again in ''[[Red Roses (film)|Red Roses]]'' (1940). She won a [[Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress]] for her performance in [[Giuseppe De Santis]]' film ''[[Tragic Hunt]]''. She was the daughter of an Italian mother and a Norwegian father.<ref>[https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/vivi-gioi_%28Enciclopedia-del-Cinema%29/ ''GIOI, Vivi''] treccani.it</ref><ref>[https://www.lanazione.it/pisa/cronaca/amarcord-degli-studios-pisorno-a-tirrenia-la-prima-cinecitta-ditalia-sul-set-le-dive-loren-duranti-e-gioi-0b3084b6''GIOI, Vivi''] lanazione.it</ref>

==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1936|| ''[[But It's Nothing Serious]]'' || Matilde || |- |1937|| ''[[Il signor Max]]'' || Dolly || Uncredited |- |1939|| ''Bionda sotto chiave'' || Vivetta || |- |1939|| ''[[Frenzy (1939 film)|Frenzy]]'' || Daniela || |- |1939|| ''[[Mille chilometri al minuto!]]'' || Figlia del scienziato || |- |1940|| ''Vento di milioni'' || Lucy Davies || |- |1940|| ''[[Red Roses (1940 film)|Red Roses]]'' || Clara || |- |1940|| ''Alessandro sei grande!'' || Lucy, attrice di varietà || |- |1940|| ''Cento lettere d'amore'' || La moglie del segretario || |- |1940|| ''[[Then We'll Get a Divorce]]'' || Grace Peterson || |- |1940|| ''La canzone rubata'' || Anna Berti || |- |1941|| ''Il pozzo dei miracoli'' || Clara Tolnay || |- |1941|| ''[[The Actor Who Disappeared]]'' || L'attrice || |- |1941|| ''[[The Secret Lover]]'' || Diana Ponzio || |- |1941|| ''[[First Love (1941 film)|First Love]]'' || Jane Blue || |- |1942|| ''Giungla'' || La dottoressa Virginia Larsen || |- |1942|| ''[[Bengasi (film)|Bengasi]]'' || Giuliana || |- |1942|| ''[[Seven Years of Good Luck]]'' || Ella Jüttner || |- |1942|| ''Piazza San Sepolcro'' || La spia inglese || |- |1943|| ''Lascia cantare il cuore'' || Lisa "Lissy" Rossi || |- |1943|| ''[[Short Circuit (1943 film)|Short Circuit]]'' || Cristina Redy || |- |1943|| ''[[Harlem (film)|Harlem]]'' || Muriel || |- |1943|| ''[[Seven Years of Happiness]]'' || Frau Lissy Müller || |- |1944|| ''[[Night Shift (1944 film)|Night Shift]]'' || Hélène Jansen || |- |1945|| ''[[The Whole City Sings]]'' || Pepita || |- |1945|| ''La casa senza tempo'' || Anna Mendes / Marta || |- |1947|| ''[[Tragic Hunt]]'' || Daniela 'Lili Marlene' || |- |1949|| ''[[The Earth Cries Out]]'' || Judith || |- |1950|| ''[[Mistress of the Mountains]]'' || Teresa, la maestrina || |- |1950|| ''[[Women Without Names (1950 film)|Women Without Names]]'' || Hilda von Schwartzendorf the Nazi || |- |1950|| ''[[The Bread Peddler (1950 film)|The Bread Peddler]]'' || Jeanne Fortier aka Lise Perrin || |- |1951|| ''[[Without a Flag]]'' || Helga Grueber || |- |1956|| ''[[Rice Girl]]'' || Maria Nardi || |- |1963|| ''[[The Verona Trial]]'' || Donna Rachele || |- |1967|| ''[[Kill the Wicked!]]'' || Molly Verner || |- |1974|| ''[[The Silkworm (film)|The Silkworm]]'' || Costa's ex lover || (final film role) |}

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==External links== * {{IMDb name | id = 0320221| name = Vivi Gioi}}

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