Argentina Brunetti
Actress Argentina Brunetti, 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. She was 98.
Born in Buenos Aires, Brunetti came to Hollywood in 1937 to dub into Italian the voices of MGM stars Jeanette MacDonald and Norma Shearer. She began acting in films about a decade later.
In addition to Capra’s sugary fairy tale, Brunetti had roles in dozens of American productions, often uncredited, including Broken Arrow (1950), When in Rome (1952), The Caddy (1953), and 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 [...]
by Andre Soares | December 25, 2005
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Tags: Argentina Brunetti, Classic Movies, Frank Capra, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, It's a Wonderful Life
