Soligo, Edda

Post by **Johan Melle** » 14/02/2022, 0:23

: Edda Soligo, in La ragazza con la valigia (1961)

Edda Soligo was a small-part character actress who was active in Italian films and television from the mid 1930s and up until her death in 1984.

Edda was born on 17 July 1905 in Florence, Tuscany. Throughout her acting career, she was very active in theater and radio, with her known film career starting in 1934 when she was 29 years old. She spent most of the 1930s and 40s appearing in uncredited bit parts, never quite breaking through and earning any more substantial parts despite her sweet and charming screen presence. In the 1950s, she earned more credited roles, but the parts were still very minor, though there were a few exceptions, such as La legge (1959) in which she plays the cruel mother of Gina Lollobrigida. Highly versatile, she could play everything from kindly nuns to gossiping noblewomen, but she was most frequently cast as maids or nurses.

With the advent of television in mid 1950s, Edda took on work in that medium as well, quickly becoming a dependable actress for small character parts. She seems to have more or less given up on films in the early 1960s, instead devoting herself entirely to radio, theater and television. Her roles were still small, but she was in constant demand and kept on working right up until her death at age 78 on 2 March 1984 in Rome.

Edda's film career looks to be fairly well documented, with numerous uncredited parts listed on ANICA, but I wouldn't be surprised if maybe there are still a few unknown roles out there just waiting to be found.

Filmography

1935

Passaporto rosso .... Variety actress on the ship (uncredited)

1936
L'albero di Adamo …. Gossiping woman at Pupini's house (uncredited)

1937
L'homme de nulle part …. Woman at the roulette table (uncredited)

1938
L'argine …. Nightclub customer (uncredited)
Stasera alle undici …. Shooting booth clerk at the funfair (uncredited)

1939
L'amore si fa così .... Noemi (uncredited)

1940
Il ponte dei sospiri …. Courtesan at the party (uncredited)
Piccolo alpino .... Tobacconist (uncredited)
Una romantica avventura …. Gossiping woman (uncredited)

1941
È caduta una donna .... Fashion house employee (uncredited)
I mariti …. Woman at the gambling table (uncredited)
Il re si diverte …. Friend of Duchess di Cosse (uncredited)
L'amante segreta …. Hotel maid (uncredited)

1942
Acque di primavera …. Nurse (uncredited)
Bengasi …. Gina (uncredited)
Il birichino di papà …. Wife of the man on the phone (uncredited)

1943
Il treno crociato …. Nurse Donati (uncredited)
La vispa Teresa …. Carlo Mari's secretary (uncredited)

1945
Lo sbaglio di essere vivo …. Neighbor who comforts Maria (uncredited)
Nessuno torna indietro …. Vandina (credited as "E. Soligo")

1946
Abbasso la ricchezza! …. Zefira, the cook (uncredited)

1950
È più facile che un cammello... .... Hospital nurse (uncredited)
Taxi di notte …. The Forenti family's maid (credited)

1952
Tre storie proibite .... Hospital nurse (uncredited)

1953
...E Napoli canta! …. Baroness di Consalvo (credited)
Bufere .... Hospital nurse (uncredited)
Frine, cortigiana d'Oriente …. Assirione's wife (uncredited)

1955
La rivale …. Hospital nurse (uncredited)
Le avventure di Giacomo Casanova …. Fulvia's mother (credited)

1956
Casa, dolce casa... …. Signora Rossi (credited)
Giovanni dalle Bande Nere …. Mother of the young recruit (credited)
Il bigamo …. Signora Zaira (uncredited)
L'alfiere (TV mini-series) - ep. 3 …. Donna Rosa (credited)
La sorridente signora Beudet (TV movie) …. Signora Lebas (credited)
Mi permette babbo! …. Theater employee (uncredited)
Noi siamo le colonne …. Copy shop manageress (uncredited)

1957
Il momento più bello …. Nurses' home directress (uncredited)
Jane Eyre (TV mini-series) - eps. 1-5 …. Mary (credited)
La trovatella di Pompei …. Donna Carmela, Maria's adoptive mother (credited)
Orgoglio e pregiudizio (TV mini-series) - ep. 1 …. Mrs. Hill (credited)

1958
Afrodite, dea dell'amore .... Wife of the angry traveller (credited)
Le avventure di Nicola Nickleby (TV mini-series) - ep. 2 .... Miss Knag (credited)

1959
La casa dalle sette torri (TV movie) .... Mrs. Gubbins (credited)
La consegna è di russare (TV movie) .... Sofia Brancaleone (credited)
La legge .... Marietta's mother (credited)
Sigfrido (TV movie) .... Signora Patchkoffer (credited)

1960
Giallo Club - Invito al poliziesco (TV series) - season 3, ep. 2: "Primo premio la morte" …. Dorothea (credited)
Le buone occasioni (TV movie) …. Boarding house proprietress (credited)
Robin Hood e i pirati .... Olga (credited)

1961
Compagno di viaggio (TV movie) …. The mother (credited)
Graziella (TV mini-series) - ep. 4 …. The Marchesa (credited)
I fratelli corsi …. Maid at the Elliott house (uncredited)
Il caso Maurizius (TV mini-series) - ep. 4 .... Signora Schneevogt (credited)
La ragazza con la valigia .... Lorenzo's private teacher (uncredited)

1962
Una tragedia americana (TV mini-series) - eps. 2, 3 & 5 .... Mrs. Gilpin (credited)

1963
Delitto e castigo (TV mini-series) - eps. 2 & 5 …. Amalija (credited)

1964
I miserabili (TV mini-series) - eps. 8 & 9 …. Old woman at the hovel (credited)
La cittadella (TV mini-series) - eps. 5, 6 & 7 …. Nurse Sharp (credited)
La giustizia (TV movie) …. The tall woman (credited)

1965
Le inchieste del commissario Maigret (TV series) - season 1, ep. 2: "L'affare Picpus" (Part 3) …. Concierge (credited)

1966
Il conte di Montecristo (TV mini-series) ep. 1: "Il complotto" …. Wedding guest (credited)
La fabbrica dei soldi - segment: "La morte in affitto" …. Charity lady (credited)
Le avventure di Laura Storm (TV series) - season 2, ep. 3: "I due volti della verità" …. Teresa, Commissioner Ferretti's maid (credited)
Quinta colonna (TV mini-series) - ep. 1 .... Mrs. Dermody (credited)

1967
Breve gloria di mister Miffin (TV mini-series) - eps. 1, 3 & 4 …. Annie Miffin (credited)
La fiera delle vanità (TV mini-series) - eps. 2, 4, 5 & 6 …. Mrs. Clapp (credited)

1968
Le inchieste del commissario Maigret (TV series) - season 3, ep. 2: "Il cadavere scomparso" …. The judge's housekeeper (credited)
Maria Stuarda (TV movie) …. Anna Kennedy, Mary Stuart's nursemaid (credited)

1969
Il segreto di Luca (TV mini-series) - ep.1 …. Assunta (credited)
La casa sulla frontiera (TV movie) …. The mother-in-law (credited)

1970
I ragazzi di padre Tobia (TV series) - ep. 11: "Tutti per uno" …. Ada (credited)

1971
...e le stelle stanno a guardare (TV mini-series) - eps. 1, 2, 3, 6 & 7 …. Gladys (credited)

1972
Blaise Pascal (TV movie) …. Mother superior (uncredited)
Canterbury proibito - segment: "Una storia d'amore" …. Bianca's mother (credited)
La pietra di luna (TV mini-series) eps. 1-6 …. Mrs. Dodds (credited)

1973
Farsa romana: Romani de Roma (TV movie) …. "Prima sigherara" (credited)
Qui squadra mobile (TV series) - season 1, ep. 3: "Un caso ancora aperto" …. Maria (credited)

1974
Anna Karenina (TV mini-series) - ep. 4 .... Housekeeper (credited)
Ho incontrato un'ombra (TV mini-series) - ep. 2 …. Cleaning lady (credited)
Il commissario De Vincenzi (TV series) - season 1, ep. 3: "Il mistero delle tre orchidee" …. The Marchesa, a woman at the fashion show (credited)
L'edera (TV mini-series) - ep. 3 …. Donna Paula (credited)

1975
Ritratto di signora (TV mini-series) - eps. 2 & 4 …. Sister Caterina (credited)

1976
Dov'è Anna? (TV mini-series) - ep. 7 …. Hotel switchboard operator (credited)
Il figlio di due madri (TV mini-series) - ep. 2 .... First woman (credited)

1977
L'ultimo aereo per Venezia (TV mini-series) - ep. 2 …. Boutique manager (credited)

1980
L'eredità della priora (TV mini-series) - eps. 1, 3, 4, 5 & 6 …. Sister Giovanna (credited)

1984
I racconti del maresciallo (TV mini-series) - ep. 6: "La contessa dell'isola" …. Teresa (credited)

Titles to check

La mia vita sei tu (1934) ANICA
Vivere! (1936) ANICA as Woman at the tabarin
Felicita Colombo (1937) ANICA as Gossiping client
Il fu Mattia Pascal (1937) ANICA as Woman at the roulette table (already found in the alternate French-language version)
Chi è più felice di me! (1938) ANICA as Journalist
Nonna Felicita (1938) ANICA as Woman of Rapallo
Tutta la vita in una notte (1938) ANICA
Belle o brutte si sposan tutte... (1939) ANICA
Napoli che non muore (1939) ANICA
Il sogno di tutti (1940) ANICA
Notte di fortuna (1941) ANICA
Le due orfanelle (1942) ANICA
4 ragazze sognano (1943) ANICA as Radio employee
Senza una donna (1943) ANICA as Secretary at beauty institute
I figli non si vendono (1952) ANICA as Patroness
La figlia del diavolo (1952) ANICA as Clotilde
Vestire gli ignudi (1954) ANICA as Boardin house landlady
Adriana Lecouvreur (1955) ANICA
Sacco e Vanzetti (1964, but not broadcast until 1977) (TV mini-series) IMDb
Pianeta Venere (1973) ANICA

No Edda!

Titles where Edda is credited with appearing somewhere online, but cannot be found.

Amo te sola (1936) ANICA lists her with playing a maid, but I couldn't find any maid that looked like Edda, nor could I find her anywhere else in the film, though the print I watched was admittedly not very good.
Il signor Max (1937) ANICA lists her with playing a girl at the ball on the ship, but I was unable to find Edda in this sequence and didn't spot her anywhere else either.

Post by **Johan Melle** » 14/02/2022, 0:25

Passaporto rosso (1935) as Variety actress on the ship

Post by **Johan Melle** » 14/02/2022, 0:26

L'albero di Adamo (1936) as Gossiping woman at Pupini's house

Post by **Johan Melle** » 14/02/2022, 0:33

L'homme de nulle part (1937) as Woman at the roulette table.

As was common during those years, this French/Italian co-production was shot in two versions: this French one, and Italian one called Il fu Mattia Pascal (which is currently unvailable). Pierre Blanchar and Isa Miranda star in both versions, but otherwise the French version substitutes all of the Italian actors with French actors. Edda is one of the very few actors to play the same role in both versions - no doubt because it's such a minor role that it was deemed unnecessary to replace her with a French actress.