Olga Solbelli

Olga Solbelli (11 May 1898 – 8 September 1976) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 81 films between 1939 and 1967. She was born in Verghereto and died in Bologna Solbelli began her career in the theatre after the First World War, but she made her mark in the 1930s with the theatre company of her husband since 1928, Pietro Meda. She then joined the troupes of Annibale Betrone, the Galli - Ruggeri, and finally formed in 1938-39, the Solbelli- Calò - Bernardi company which took the name of Compagnia degli spettacoli gialli. In cinema, Olga Solbelli was active from 1936, in the feature film L'anonima Roylott by Raffaello Matarazzo. Between 1936 and 1967, she appeared in more than 80 films. From the 1950s she worked as a genre actress in the photo novels of the magazines Sogno, Luna Park and Cine Illustrato and from 1962 to 1967 for the photo novels of the publishing house Lancio. Olga Sorbelli retired to the Lyda Borelli artists' rest home in Bologna, where she died in 1976.