Maria Gardena | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1920 |
| Died | 2008 (aged 88) |
| Other name | Herthilde Gabloner |
| Occupations | Actress, architect |
| Years active | 1939–1944 (actress) |
Maria Gardena (born Herthilde Maria Gabloner; 1920 –3 Mar 2008) was an Italian film actress and later architect.
Herthilde Gabloner was the daughter of sculptor Ignaz Gabloner and studied architecture in Rome. During those years had a brief acting career. Her last film was The Children Are Watching Us (1944), directed by Vittorio De Sica.
A short documentary on her life, Herthilde Gabloner/Maria Gardena: La donna che visse due volte (Herthilde Gabloner/Maria Gardena: The Woman Who Lived Twice) by Franco Delli Guanti and Ludovico Maillet was screened at the 36th Bolzano Film Festival Bozen in 2023.[1] The 2005 short documentary, Architette. Racconti di vita e di lavoro di tre pioniere dell'architettura (Women Architects: Stories of the Lives and Work of Three Architectural Pioneers) by Lorenzo Paccagnella, told the life stories of Gabloner, Jolanda Zamolo Dalla Bona, and Helga Ehall-Hofer.[2]
Gabloner published her autobiography Chi tira i fili? Racconto autobiografico di Hertlinde Gabloner, in arte Maria Gardenia (Who's Pulling the Strings? An Autobiographical Story by Hertlinde Gabloner, a.k.a. Maria Gardenia) in 2004.[3] She died on March 3, 2008, in Ritten, Italy.[4]
Filmography
- La mia canzone al vento, directed by Guido Brignone (1939)
- Retroscena (Backstage), directed by Alessandro Blasetti (1939) (uncredited)
- Ho visto brillare le stelle, directed by Enrico Guazzoni (1939)
- L'ultimo addio, directed by Ferruccio Cerio (1942)
- Una volta alla settimana (Once a Week), directed by Ákos Ráthonyi (1942)
- I bambini ci guardano (The Children are Watching Us), directed by Vittorio De Sica (1944)
References
- Colla, Elisabetta (18 Apr 2023). "Bolzano Film Festival Bozen (BFFB): un festival-laboratorio che interroga la realtà" [Bolzano Film Festival Bozen (BFFB): a festival-workshop that questions reality]. NoiDonne (in Italian). Retrieved 8 Apr 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "CinemaItaliano.info - Tutto il nuovo cinema italiano lo trovi qui". www.cinemaitaliano.info (in Italian). Retrieved 2026-04-09.
- Gabloner, Herthilde (2004). Chi tira i fili? Racconto autobiografico di Hertlinde Gabloner, in arte Maria Gardenia (in Italian). Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano. ISBN 978-88-88079-23-3.
- "Herthilde Gabloner | Südtirols größtes Trauerportal". Trauerportal Südtirol (in German). Retrieved 2026-04-09.