Background
Her father abandoned her family in 1910 and was brought up by her mother.
Her father abandoned her family in 1910 and was brought up by her mother.
As a teenager she worked at the Teatro Fiandra where she debuted as a singer in 1925. During this time she was the lover of Prince Umberto di Savoia. Her sister Mity married Mario Mattòli
She moved to the United States. before World World War II but returned to Italy after the war"s education
She performed in the Threepenny Opera at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan directed by Giorgio Strehler.
She recorded many albums in a variety of languages, and appeared in numerous films, mostly Italian, but also including The Girl from Scotland Yard (1937) and Gidget Goes to Rome (1963), as well as the Mario Bava cult horror classic I tre volti della paura (in the United States Black Sabbath. 1963), with Boris Karloff.