Rafaela Ottiano
Known for Acting · 38 credits
- Born
- 1888-03-02
- Died
- 1942-08-14
- Place of birth
- Venice, Italy
- Also known as
- Rafaella Ottiano · Rafaelo Ottiano · Rafael Ottiano · Raphaella Ottiano
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rafaela Ottiano (4 March 1888 – 18 August 1942) was an Italian-born American stage and film actress.
Born in Venice, Italy, she emigrated with her parents to the United States, and was processed at Ellis Island, in 1910. Ottiano established herself as a stage actress in Europe before arriving in Hollywood in 1924 and appearing in American motion pictures. Ottiano's first film was in the John L. McCutcheon-directed drama The Law and the Lady (1924) opposite actors Len Leo, Alice Lake, and Tyrone Power, Sr.
Ottiano was part of the original 1928 Broadway cast of the Mae West hit play Diamond Lil and reprised her role as Rita when the play was made into a film as She Done Him Wrong (1933), directed by Lowell Sherman. Throughout the 1930s, Rafaela Ottiano would often specialize in roles as sinister, maleveolent, or spiteful women, such as her role in the Tod Browning-directed horror film The Devil-Doll (1936), opposite Lionel Barrymore and Maureen O'Sullivan.
Other notable film roles for Ottiano include Lena in As You Desire Me (1932) with Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Erich von Stroheim, Owen Moore, and Hedda Hopper; Mrs. Higgins in the Shirley Temple musical-comedy Curly Top (1935); as a matron in the crime-drama Riffraff (1936), starring Jean Harlow and Spencer Tracy; and as Suzette, Greta Garbo's devoted maid, in the Edmund Goulding-directed drama Grand Hotel (1932). When Grand Hotel was turned into a Broadway Musical in 1989, her character was renamed Rafaela Ottiano in honor of the actress.
Known For
Movies (38)
Grand Hotel
1932
as Suzette
Marie Antoinette
1938
as Louise - Marie's Maid (uncredited)
Topper Returns
1941
as Lillian
Anthony Adverse
1936
as Signora Bovino
She Done Him Wrong
1933
as Russian Rita
Suez
1938
as Maria De Teba
Female
1933
as Della, Alison's Maid (Uncredited)
Enchanted April
1935
as Francesca
Bondage
1933
as Miss Trigge
Victory
1940
as Madame Makanoff
Curly Top
1935
as Mrs. Higgins
Ann Vickers
1933
as Mrs. Feldermans
The Devil-Doll
1936
as Malita
Seventh Heaven
1937
as Madame Frisson
The League of Frightened Men
1937
as Dora Chapin
The Long Voyage Home
1940
as Bella
I'll Give a Million
1938
as Barmaid
A Lost Lady
1934
as Rosa
The Lottery Lover
1935
as Gaby's Maid
Great Expectations
1934
as Mrs. Joe
The Florentine Dagger
1935
as Lili Salvatore
The Adventures of Martin Eden
1942
As You Desire Me
1932
as Lena
Remember Last Night?
1935
as Mme. Bouclier
The Last Gentleman
1934
as Retta Barr, Judd's wife
Mad Holiday
1936
as Ning
Paris Honeymoon
1939
as Fluschotska
That Girl from Paris
1936
as Nikki's Personal Maid (uncredited)
Vigil in the Night
1940
as Mrs. Henrietta Sullivan
Night Court
1932
as Evil Tongued Neighbor (uncredited)
Maytime
1937
as Ellen
A Little Bit of Heaven
1940
as Mme. Lupinsky
The Washington Masquerade
1932
as Mona Farrell
Riffraff
1936
as Matron (as Rafaelo Ottiano)
We're Only Human
1935
as Mrs. Anderson
One Frightened Night
1935
as Elvira
Mandalay
1934
as Madame Lacalles
Married?
1926
as Maid
About Rafaela Ottiano
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rafaela Ottiano (4 March 1888 – 18 August 1942) was an Italian-born American stage and film actress. Born in Venice, Italy, she emigrated with her parents to the United States, and was processed at Ellis Island, in 1910. Ottiano established herself as a stage actress in Europe before arriving in Hollywood in 1924 and appearing in American motion pictures. Ottiano's first film was in the John L. McCutcheon-directed drama The Law and the Lady (1924) opposite actors Len Leo, Alice Lake, and Tyrone Power, Sr.… With 38 credits spanning from 1926 to 1942, Rafaela Ottiano has appeared in 38 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Grand Hotel (1932) — as Suzette
- Marie Antoinette (1938) — as Louise - Marie's Maid (uncredited)
- Topper Returns (1941) — as Lillian
- Anthony Adverse (1936) — as Signora Bovino
- She Done Him Wrong (1933) — as Russian Rita
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