Paola Pezzaglia

Who was Paola Pezzaglia?

Paola Pezzaglia or Paolina Pezzaglia or Paolina Pezzaglia Greco was an Italian theatre and film actress. Her family name was Pezzaglia, although the variant spelling Pazzaglia is also found in some documents and sources.

Pezzaglia was the only daughter of the VIP hair-stylist Gerolamo Pezzaglia. Her uncle was the actor and "capocomico" Angelo Pezzaglia, who induced her as a small child to start acting on stage. At the age of 4 she already enchanted her public in theatre, and she grew up as a popular actress, with the interpretation of more than 120 theatrical pieces in Italy, Swiss, Tunis and Egypt.

She was first star in the famous Ermete Zacconi's "Compagnia", which was highly successful.

In 1908 she married the actor Antonio Greco, and they had a son, Ruggero. Antonio died in 1913, at 28.

In 1914 Pezzaglia played the character of Sofia in the film Il fornaretto di Venezia, directed by Luigi Maggi. In 1918 she was Biribì in the four-film serial movie Il mistero dei Montfleury. In 1918 she performed also in La capanna dello zio Tom, directed by Riccardo Tolentino, and Le peripezie dell'emulo di Fortunello e compagni, directed by Cesare Zocchi de Collani, playing the character of Madama Girasole.