Tecla Scarano

Tecla Scarano (20 August 1894 – 22 December 1978) was an Italian actress and singer. She appeared in more than 30 films between 1937 and 1966.

Tecla Scarano
Born	(1894-08-20)20 August 1894 Naples, Italy
Died	22 December 1978(1978-12-22) (aged 84) Naples, Italy
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1937–1966 (films)

Life and career

Born in Naples, the daughter of tenor Giovanni Moretti and operetta singer Anna Scarano, she started performing as a child actress at 9 years old and as a singer aged 10 years old. At fifteen years old, Scarano was already well known in Naples as a café-chantant singer and actress, specialized in the repertoires of Luisella Viviani [it] and Elvira Donnarumma [it].^[1]

Partial filmography

• When Naples Sings (1926, Documentary short)
• It Was I! (1937) - Fiammetta's mother
• Gli ultimi giorni di Pompeo (1937)
• The Children Are Watching Us (1944) - La signora Resta
• La figlia del peccato (1949) - Anna Jervolino
• L'acqua li portò via (1949)
• Lo zappatore (1950)
• Bellissima (1951) - Tilde Spernanzoni
• Il tallone di Achille (1952) - Stella Piccola
• Naples Sings (1953) - Donna Concetta
• Soli per le strade (1953)
• Balocchi e profumi (1953)
• The Doctor of the Mad (1954) - La moglie di Felice
• Bread, Love and Jealousy (1954) - Teresinella
• An American in Rome (1954) - Spettatrice alla TV (uncredited)
• The Gold of Naples (1954) - Un amico di Peppino (segment "Pizze a credito")
• Scapricciatiello (1955) - Assunta, Renato's servant
• Crime in the Streets (1956) - Step-Mother
• Te stò aspettanno (1956)
• The Lady Doctor (1957) - Zia Ada Barbalunga
• Primo applauso (1957)
• La trovatella di Pompei (1957) - Donna Nunziata
• Perfide.... ma belle (1959) - Donna Tecla
• Solitudine (1961)
• Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963) - Verace's sister (segment "Adelina")
• Marriage Italian Style (1964) - Rosalia
• Letti sbagliati (1965) - (La suocera / segment "Quel porco di Maurizio")
• Made in Italy (1965) - His Mother (segment "5 'La Famiglia', episode 1")
• Te lo leggo negli occhi (1965) - Filomena
• Marcia nuziale (1966)
• A Question of Honour (1966) - Efisio's mother
• I nostri mariti (1966) - Aunt Bice (segment "Il marito di Olga")
• Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand (1966) - Zia Rosa Cimmaruta