Nita Naldi
Birthday
1894/11/12
Day of death
1961/02/17 (66 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Mary Nonna Dooley, Mary Dooley, Donna Dooley
Biography
From Wikipedia Nita Naldi (November 13, 1894 – February 17, 1961), born Mary Dooley, was an American silent film actress. She was usually cast in the role of the femme fatale/vamp, a persona first popularized by actress Theda Bara. After first entering vaudeville, Naldi debuted on Broadway in 1918 as a chorus girl at the Winter Garden in The Passing Show of 1918. Her appearance in that production led to more stage jobs. Soon she found herself in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1918 and 1919. At this t...Read more
Acting
(1920) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Miss Gina
(1923) The Ten Commandments
as Sally Lung - a Eurasian
(1920) The Common Sin
as Warren's Mistress
(1922) Channing of the Northwest
as Cicily Varden
(1921) A Divorce of Convenience
as Tula Moliana
(1961) The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
(1922) Blood and Sand
as Doña Sol
(1923) Hollywood
as Nita Naldi
(1923) Lawful Larceny
as Vivian Hepburn
(1922) A Trip to Paramountown
as Self
(1926) The Model From Montmartre
as Princesse de Chabrant
(1926) Clothes Make the Pirate
as Madame De La Tour
(1928) What Price Beauty?
as Rita Rinaldi
(1925) Cobra
as Elise Van Zile
(1922) Anna Ascends
as Countess Rostoff
(1924) Don't Call It Love
as Rita Coventry
(1924) A Sainted Devil
as Carlotta
(1921) The Last Door
as The Widow
(1927) Die Pratermizzi
as Valette - Tänzerin mit de Larve
(1922) The Man from Beyond
as Marie LeGrande
(1923) You Can't Fool Your Wife
as Ardrita Saneck
(1925) The Lady Who Lied
as Fifi
(1923) The Glimpses of the Moon
as Ursula Gillow
(1926) The Mountain Eagle
as Beatrice
(1924) The Breaking Point
as Beverly Carlysle
(1921) Experience
as Temptation
(1957) Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self