Sonia Balabin

Post by **Johan Melle** » 24/03/2019, 3:22

Sonia Balabin in La dolce vita (1960)

Alias: Nadia Balabine

Sonia Balabin is a generica who was active in the 1950s and 60s, appearing in everything from Totò comedies to Hollywood movies shot in Italy, and at least four Fellini films.
Apparently, her only credited role was in the fotoromanzo "Anime senza luce", published in the magazine Tipo in 1951.

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FILMOGRAPHY

1945

La freccia nel fianco (uncredited) .... Audience member at the concert

1948
Il barone Carlo Mazza (uncredited) .... Audience member at the performance

1950
Totò cerca moglie (uncredited) .... Party guest

1952
Totò e le donne (uncredited) .... Café customer

1954
Peccato che sia una canaglia (uncredited) .... Bus passenger
The Barefoot Contessa (uncredited) .... Roulette player

1955
I pappagalli (uncredited) .... Audience member at the concert

1956
Helen of Troy (uncredited) .... Spectator at the fight
La fortuna di essere donna (uncredited) .... Woman at the Grand Hotel
Totò lascia o raddoppia? (uncredited) .... Audience member

1957
Kean: Genio e sregolatezza (uncredited) .... Audience member at the theater
Totò, Vittorio e la dottoressa (uncredited) .... Restaurant client

1958
The Naked Maja (uncredited) .... Woman at the recital
Totò e Marcellino (uncredited) .... Wedding guest

1960
La dolce vita (uncredited) .... Journalist at the press conference
Letto a tre piazze (uncredited) .... Wedding reception guest
Via Margutta (uncredited) .... Audience member at the nightclub

1962
Boccaccio '70 - segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio" (uncredited) .... Woman in church

1963
8½ (uncredited) .... Priest-teacher
La noia (uncredited) .... Party guest

1965
Gli amanti latini - segment "Il telefono consolatore" (uncredited) .... Woman at the meeting

1966
Scusi, lei è favorevole o contrario? (uncredited) .... Party guest

1967
Peggio per me... meglio per te (uncredited) .... Choir singer

1968
Italian secret service (uncredited) .... Old woman on the plane

1969
Fellini Satyricon (uncredited) .... Old woman at the nymphomaniac's tent

FOTOROMANZI

"Anime senza luce" (Published in Tipo from March to September 1951) - credited
"Eterna canzone" (Published in Sogno from October 1952 to February 1953)

Post by **Johan Melle** » 24/03/2019, 3:26

Apparently, Sonia's only credited role is in the fotoromanzo "Anime senza luce", published in 29 parts in the magazine Tipo from March to September 1951

Post by **Johan Melle** » 24/03/2019, 3:30

And now the movie roles, starting with one of her numerous films with Totò: Totò cerca moglie (1950) as Party guest

Peccato che sia una canaglia (1954) as Bus passenger

I pappagalli (1955) as Audience member at the concert

Totò lascia o raddoppia? (1956) as Audience member

Post by **Johan Melle** » 24/03/2019, 3:33

She also shows up in several Hollywood productions shot in Italy:

The Barefoot Contessa (1954) as Roulette player

Helen of Troy (1956) as Spectator at the fight

The Naked Maja (1958) as Woman at the recital

Post by **Johan Melle** » 24/03/2019, 3:37

Thanks to her characteristic face, Sonia was also cast in some of Fellini's most famous films:

La dolce vita (1960) as Journalist at the press conference

Although she is uncredited in the actual film, numerous film encyclopedias credit a Nadia Balabine as playing one of the journalists at the press conference. Here's the cast list printed in the book "I film di Federico Fellini" (1995)