---
name: "Barbara Pilavin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/barbara-pilavin"
fi1m_id: "barbara-pilavin"
imdb_id: "nm0683340"
tmdb_id: 39468
wikidata_id: "Q26508426"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 September 1923"
died: "2 January 2005"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T17:14:05.643677+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Barbara Pilavin

## Identity

Barbara Pilavin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/barbara-pilavin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** barbara-pilavin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0683340
- **TMDB ID:** 39468
- **Wikidata ID:** Q26508426
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26508426, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0683340/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/39468

Actor. Born 27 September 1923. Died 2 January 2005.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 September 1923
- **Died:** 2 January 2005
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26508426, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0683340/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/39468

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Garden of the Finzi-Continis*](https://film.one/film/the-garden-of-the-finzi-continis.md) (78)

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## Biography

Barbara Pilavin was an Italian actress who later became a naturalised American citizen. She began her screen career in the mid-1960s, appearing in supporting roles in Italian films.

She worked with director Vittorio De Sica on *The Garden of the Finzi-Continis* (1970), playing the mother of the central character Giorgio, and on *The Voyage* (1974). In the early 1980s she moved to the United States, where she continued to act in films and television, often in roles depicting older Italian women or similar character parts.

Her later credits include appearances in *A League of Their Own* (1992), *10 to Midnight* (1983) and *Constantine* (2005). She died in West Hollywood, California, on 2 January 2005.

*Sources: it.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Garden of the Finzi-Continis* (1970), Fi1m 78, as madre di Giorgio — [page](https://film.one/film/the-garden-of-the-finzi-continis.md)

## Complete filmography (47)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Onion Movie* (2008), as Alzheimers Old Lady
- *Constantine* (2005), as Old Woman on Bus (Demon)
- *The Division* (2001), series, as Veronica
- *The Adventures of Young Brave* (1999), as Lila
- *Late Last Night* (1999), as Golfer Woman
- *Life Among the Cannibals* (1999), as Foreign Woman
- *Charmed* (1998), series, as Old Brittany Reynolds
- *Sweet Jane* (1998), as Old Woman Patient
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), series, as Old Woman — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *Just Shoot Me!* (1997), series, as Woman #1
- *Death in Granada* (1996), as Old Woman in 'Yerma'
- *Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman* (1993), series, as Ancient Lois
- *Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence* (1992), as Nora Sullivan
- *A League of Their Own* (1992), as Older Helen — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/a-league-of-their-own.md)
- *Red Shoe Diaries* (1992), series, as Grandmother
- *I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore* (1992), as Grandma Garabaldi
- *Eerie, Indiana* (1991), series, as Old Betty
- *Homer and Eddie* (1989), as Mrs. Lanza
- *Seinfeld* (1989), series, as German Woman — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)
- *Listen to Me* (1989), Actor
- *A Taste of Hemlock* (1989), as Mrs. Dobrowski
- *Beauty and the Beast* (1987), series, as Gypsy Woman
- *Miami Vendetta* (1987), Actor
- *Seduced* (1985), as Lenore Orloff
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Countess
- *Frightmare* (1983), as Etta Radzoff
- *10 to Midnight* (1983), as Mrs. Byrd
- *Good-bye Cruel World* (1982), as Mme. Carnova
- *Vice Squad* (1982), as Derelict Woman
- *The Devil's Game* (1981), series, as Nataniele's mother
- *The Sandman* (1981), as La madre di Nataniele
- *Evita Peron* (1981), as First Actress
- *The Choice* (1981), as Clerk
- *Return of the Saint* (1978), series, as Lucia
- *A Spiral of Mist* (1977), as Mrs. Marinoni
- *The Voyage* (1974), as Adriana's Mother
- *Dirty Weekend* (1973), as Norma
- *Ancora una volta prima di lasciarci* (1973), Actor
- *The Pisciotta Case* (1972), as Rosalia Scauri
- *Magic Carpet* (1972), as Clara Burke
- *The Last Hours of a Virgin* (1972), as Enrico's Mother
- *Maddalena* (1971), Actor
- *Romance* (1971), as Sandro's Mother
- *The Garden of the Finzi-Continis* (1970), as madre di Giorgio — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-garden-of-the-finzi-continis.md)
- *Sierra Maestra* (1969), Actor
- *The Subversives* (1967), as Ermanno's Mother
- *Kill Me Quick, I'm Cold* (1967), Actor

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