1921
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Die Schauspielerin starb mit 66 Jahren, weitgehend vergessen, am 17. Februar 1961 an einem Herzinfarkt. Für ihren Beitrag zur Filmindustrie erhielt Nita Naldi einen Stern auf dem Hollywood Walk of Fame. Der Großteil ihrer Filme ist heute verschollen oder nur fragmentarisch erhalten.
Nita Naldi (born Mary Nonna Dooley; November 13, 1894 – February 17, 1961) was an American stage performer and silent film actress. She was often cast in theatrical and screen productions as a vamp, a type of character first popularized by actress Theda Bara.
Nita Naldi. Actress: The Ten Commandments. Nonna Dooley, the future silent screen star, began her career as a showgirl in a Shubert revue in the Winter Garden, later went on to the famed Ziegfeld Follies. After a successful career on the stage with the Follies, Nita decided to try her hand with films in Hollywood.
Veteran fan magazine writer Herb Howe tells of penning an article about Nita back in the lush, golden days and submitting it to her in fear and trembling for an okay. Nita, always a wit, asked for only one change. She wanted the line “Nita Naldi was born over a...
Nita Naldi was born on November 13, 1894 in a tenement located at 309 E. 114th Street in the then-Irish enclave of Harlem. According to her birth certificate, her parents, Patrick and Julia Cronin Dooley, named her Mary. The 1900 and 1910 U.S. censuses, however, enumerate Mary Dooley as Nonna Dooley. Nita is enumerated twice on the 1910 census ...
Nita gave the best performance of her film career in Blood and Sand, and it is the role for which she is best remembered. Some of her success, however, must be ascribed to problems with the film’s characters and narrative. Valentino’s long-suffering wife, played by Lila Lee, is a tiresome goody two-shoes.
Nita Naldi. Actress: The Ten Commandments. Nonna Dooley, the future silent screen star, began her career as a showgirl in a Shubert revue in the Winter Garden, later went on to the famed Ziegfeld Follies. After a successful career on the stage with the Follies, Nita decided to try her hand with films in Hollywood.
