Italian stage, film and television character actress and matriarch of the Gambini family of actors, Vittoria Di Silverio died in Rome, Italy on May 18th, 2014. Her death was just made public recently. Di Silverio was born in Ostia, Rome, Italy on July 3, 1907. She is the mother of actor, master of arms and stuntman Biagio Gambini aka Rodolfo Valadier [1926-1986], the grandmother of stuntwoman, actress and singer Donatella Gambini [1953- ] and the aunt of actress Francesca Romana Coluzzi [1943-2009] and actor Luciano Catenacci [1933-1990]. Her career began as a stage actress in 1917. This was followed by many appearances on Italian television from the mid-1950s until the early 1980s. During this time she would appear in around 10 films from 1957 to 1979. Among her film appearances was one Euro-western “A Man, a Colt” (1967) as Marta.
DI SILVERIO, Vittoria (Maria Vittoria Ghirighini)
Born: 7/3/1907, Ostia, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Died: 5/18/2014, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Vittoria Di Silverio’s western – actress:
A Man, a Colt – 1967 (Marta)