Argentina Brunetti
by Andre Soares
Obit: Actress Argentina Brunetti, 98, a founding member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and a supporting player in Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life (1946), died in Rome on Dec. 20. Born in Buenos Aires, Brunetti came to Hollywood in 1937 to dub into Italian the voices of MGM stars Jeanette MacDonald and Norma Shearer. Besides Capra’s sugary fairy tale, Brunetti had roles in dozens of American films, often uncredited, including When in Rome (1952), The Caddy (1953), The Brothers Rico (1957). She also appeared in numerous television shows, among them The Untouchables, Kojak, and Everybody Loves Raymond. Her last film, The 4th Tenor, was released in 2002. According to Brunetti’s website, she was the last surviving adult cast member of It’s a Wonderful Life, which, as per the IMDb, had its initial release on Dec. 20, 1946.
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