Vira Silenti


Vira Silenti was an Italian actress.

Career

Born in Naples as Elvira Giovene, Silenti debuted as child actress at ten years old in Una notte dopo l’opera. She studied law at the university and enrolled at the dance school of Jia Ruskaja, then she left her studies to devote herself to the acting career. One of the most active actresses in the Italian television between fifties and sixties, she slowed her activity after her marriage with the film producer Ermanno Donati, until her retirement in the early 1980s.

Death

Silenti was struck by a car on 31 October 2014 in Rome, Italy. She died the next day from her injuries at the age of 83.

Selected filmography