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Bice Valerian (born Edvige Maria Valcarenghi, 8 May 1886 – 1969) was an Italian film actress of the silent era. She was the wife of the actor and director Roberto Roberti and the mother of Sergio Leone .
Sergio Leone was born in Rome in 1929 to silent-film star Bice Valerian (Edvige Valcarenghi) and film actor/director Roberto Roberti (Vincenzo Leone). He was no stranger to fascism: His father stood firm in his opinions of Mussolini’s regime, and the family was forced into exile and placed under constant surveillance in Naples when Sergio was ...
- Armin Ebrahimi
- The Last Days of Pompeii
- The Colossus of Rhodes
- Duck, You Sucker!
- A Fistful of Dollars
- For A Few Dollars More
- Once Upon A Time in The West
- Once Upon A Time in America
- The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
1959’s The Last Days of Pompeii marked Sergio Leone’s directorial debut - if unofficially. The credited director, Mario Bonnard, fell ill on the first day of filming, so Leone (having had experience as an assistant director) took over in his absence. Starring Steve “Hercules” Reeves, The Last Days of Pompeiitells the story of Glaucus - a Roman cent...
After proving his talent on The Last Days of Pompeii, Leone made his official directorial debut with The Colossus of Rhodes. Another sword-and-sandal epic, the film improved on his previous uncredited effort - offering greater political intrigue, bigger set-pieces, better effects, and (most importantly) a more charismatic lead. TV and B-movie star ...
An overlooked gem in Leone’s impressive crown, Duck, You Sucker! was the director’s final Spaghetti Western and the second entry in his Once Upon a Time Trilogy. Set in 1913, it tells the story of Juan (a Mexican bandit, played by Rod Steiger) and John (an ex-IRA demolitions expert, played by James Coburn) who unite, intent on robbing a bank, only ...
Leone’s first spaghetti western and the first entry in his Dollars Trilogy, A Fistful of Dollars, was a watershed movie and introduced many elements that would become staples of Leone’s unique style. The narrative is fairly simple, borrowing most of its plot from Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo: The Man With No Name (Clint Eastwood) arrives in a troubled ...
How did Leone improve on A Fistful of Dollars? Three syllables: Lee Van Cleef. A rival bounty hunter and reluctant ally of Eastwood’s returning hero, Van Cleef’s Colonel Mortimer proves the perfect counterpoint, preferring a calm and calculated approach - less rough-and-ready than Eastwood, but equally imposing. In For a Few Dollars More, The pair ...
The first entry in Leone’s Once Upon a Time Trilogy, Once Upon a Time in the West, is a visionary work that luxuriates in its landscape, shows without telling, and isn’t afraid to let its simple story breathe. Set during America’s gentrification, Once Upon a Time in the Westmarked the beginning of Leone’s waning interest in the genre that he’d help...
The final entry in the Once Upon a Time Trilogy and Leone’s last feature film, Once Upon a Time in America saw the director tackle a new genre - crime pictures - with Robert De Niro in tow as Noodles: a former gangster who returns to New York City thirty-five years after he left, forced to confront the sins of his past. Noodles is likely Leone’s mo...
The final entry in Leone’s Dollars Trilogy, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,is quite possibly the coolest movie ever made and the best Western in existence. When three men learn of buried treasure, they race to retrieve it - encountering all manner of obstacles along the way, including the ensuing Civil War. Eli Wallach joins Clint Eastwood and Lee...
Sep 24, 2023 · Bice Valerian (born Edvige Maria Valcarenghi, 8 May 1886 – 1969) was an Italian film actress of the silent era. She was the wife of the actor and director Roberto Roberti and the mother of Sergio Leone.
- "Bice Waleran"
- Rome, Lazio, Italy
- May 08, 1886
Bice Valerian is known for The Mystery of St. Martin's Bridge (1913), The Tower of Terror (1913) and Ipnosi (1912).
- Actress
- Bice Valerian
Bice Valerian. Actress: The Mystery of St. Martin's Bridge. Bice Valerian is known for The Mystery of St. Martin's Bridge (1913), The Tower of Terror (1913) and Ipnosi (1912).
Bice Valerian (mother) Sergio Leone ( Italian: [ˈsɛrdʒo leˈoːne] ; 3 January 1929 – 30 April 1989) was an Italian filmmaker, credited as the pioneer of the spaghetti Western genre. [1] [2] He is widely regarded as one of the most influential directors in the history of cinema.
