---
name: "Maria Zanoli"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/maria-zanoli"
fi1m_id: "maria-zanoli"
imdb_id: "nm0953088"
tmdb_id: 126559
wikidata_id: "Q3847593"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 October 1896"
died: "15 November 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T06:42:22.770487+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."
---

# Maria Zanoli

## Identity

Maria Zanoli

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/maria-zanoli
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** maria-zanoli
- **IMDb ID:** nm0953088
- **TMDB ID:** 126559
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3847593
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Zanoli, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3847593, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0953088/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/126559

Actor. Born 26 October 1896 in Milano, Italy. Died 15 November 1977.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 October 1896, Milano, Italy
- **Died:** 15 November 1977
- **Active:** 1952–1954
- **Also known as:** Maria Zanolli
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Zanoli, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3847593, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0953088/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/126559

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Europa '51*](https://film.one/film/europa-51.md) (80)

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## Biography

Maria Zanoli (also credited as Maria Zanolli) was an Italian actress. She was born on 26 October 1896 in Milan, where she died on 15 November 1977.

Attracted to the stage from childhood, she began in small theatre parts and later joined companies including Giorgio Strehler's Piccolo Teatro di Milano after the Second World War. She worked with directors such as Guido Salvini and appeared in radio plays and early television dramas. Zanoli made her film debut in Renato Castellani's *Zazà* (1944) and appeared in around 45–60 films until 1961, often in supporting roles.

Her screen credits include *Quo Vadis* (1951), *Europa '51* (1952) as Mrs. Galli, *The Barefoot Contessa* (1954), *The Swindle* (1955), *White Nights* (1957) and *Barabbas* (1961).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Barefoot Contessa* (1954), Fi1m 74, as Maria's Mother — [page](https://film.one/film/the-barefoot-contessa.md)
- *Europa '51* (1952), Fi1m 80, as Mrs. Galli — [page](https://film.one/film/europa-51.md)

## Complete filmography (38)

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

- *Piccoli borghesi* (1968), as Stiepanida
- *Tartarino sulle Alpi* (1968), series, Actor
- *I miserabili* (1964), series, as la vecchia
- *Barabbas* (1961), as Beggar Woman
- *Love and Troubles* (1958), as madre di Liliana
- *Revenge* (1958), as Mother
- *Il gallo canta a mezzanotte* (1958), as La signora De Manni
- *White Nights* (1957), as La Domestica
- *The Tanks of El Alamein* (1957), as Madre di Antonio
- *An Eye for an Eye* (1957), Actor
- *Incatenata dal destino* (1956), as Cameriera di Stella
- *Le souffle de la liberté* (1955), as Governante de la casa Chénier
- *L'ultimo amante* (1955), as Una sorvegliante (uncredited)
- *The Swindle* (1955), as Stella Florina
- *Black Dossier* (1955), as Marthe
- *Spring, Autumn and Love* (1955), as Anaïs, gossip
- *The Young Ladies of 04* (1955), Actor
- *The Barefoot Contessa* (1954), as Maria's Mother — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-barefoot-contessa.md)
- *Love song* (1954), Actor
- *Passionately* (1954), Actor
- *Before the Deluge* (1954), as Madame Dutoit
- *Barrier of the Law* (1954), as Contadina
- *Farewell, My Beautiful Lady!* (1953), as governante
- *Fermi tutti... arrivo io!* (1953), as signora coi cagnolini
- *The Age of Indiscretion* (1953), as (uncredited)
- *Noi peccatori* (1953), as Un' altra guardiana del carcere (uncredited)
- *Rivalità* (1953), as La madre di Franca
- *Il romanzo della mia vita* (1952), as Maddalena
- *Europa '51* (1952), as Mrs. Galli — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/europa-51.md)
- *Processo contro ignoti* (1952), as La signora Maria
- *Sensualità* (1952), as Cameriera
- *Quo Vadis* (1951), as Woman (uncredited) — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/quo-vadis.md)
- *Tragic Spell* (1951), as La bruja
- *Il nido di falasco* (1950), Actor
- *Il sentiero dell'odio* (1950), as Rosa Pietramala
- *The Za-Bum Circus* (1949), as (segment "Galop finale al circo")
- *Giudicatemi!* (1948), Actor
- *Incontri di notte* (1943), Actor

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