Portrait of Maria Gambarelli

Maria Gambarelli

Acting

Biography

Maria Gambarelli was an Italian/American dancer and actress. She was one of the greatest dancers to have been trained by the Metropolitan Opera ballet school. Enrolled in the school in 1908 at the age seven, she first appeared in a professional production in the Met's 1914 "Aida" playing a slave girl.

Born: April 7, 1900

Place of Birth: La Spezia, Liguria, Italy

Filmography

1955
Le Amiche

as Clelia's Employer

1937
Il dottor Antonio

as Miss Lucy

1935
Hooray for Love

as Maria Gambarelli