Nita Naldi
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1894-11-12 (67 years old)
Deathday
1961-02-17
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also known As
Mary Nonna Dooley
Mary Dooley
Donna Dooley
Nita Naldi
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 time she adopted the name Nita Naldi, which was an homage to a childhood friend named Florence Rinaldi. She continued working on Broadway, and after a...
Acting
1920
as Miss Gina
1923
as Sally Lung - a Eurasian
1920
as Warren's Mistress
1922
as Cicily Varden
1921
as Tula Moliana
1961
as Self (archive footage)
1922
as Doña Sol
1923
as Nita Naldi
1923
as Vivian Hepburn
1922
as Self
1926
as Princesse de Chabrant
1926
as Madame De La Tour
1928
as Rita Rinaldi
1925
as Elise Van Zile
1922
as Countess Rostoff
1924
as Rita Coventry
1924
as Carlotta
1921
as The Widow
1926
as Valette - Tänzerin mit de Larve
1922
as Marie LeGrande
1923
as Ardrita Saneck
1925
as Fifi
1923
as Ursula Gillow
1926
as Beatrice
1924
as Beverly Carlysle
1921
as Temptation
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