Carolina "Lina" Gennari (22 March 1911 – 11 October 1997) was an Italian actress and operetta singer.
Born in Bologna, she made her debut in the early 1920s in the Schwarz stage company, and she had her first role as prima donna in the operetta Al cavallino bianco. She achieved great success on stage in 1939 with the revue Se un'idea mi porta fortuna and then in 1940 with 's Vicino alle stelle. She appeared in several films between 1933 and 1955, notably playing the greedy landlady in Vittorio De Sica's Umberto D..
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1933 Tourist Train Lina 1935 Naples in Green and Blue 1937 It Was I! Fiammetta 1944 In cerca di felicità 1946 Eugenia Grandet Marquise D'Aubrion 1952 Umberto D. Antonia Belloni 1955 The Sign of Venus Signora Pina 1955 Il padrone sono me (final film role)
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