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Rafaela Ottiano
Italian-American actress
Rafaela Ottiano | |
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Publicity still of Ottiano for She Done Him Wrong (1933) | |
| Born | (1888-03-04)March 4, 1888 Venice, Veneto, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | August 14, 1942(1942-08-14) (aged 54) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Resting place | St.Biography of Mahatma GandhiMichael's Cemetery, Boston |
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| Years active | 1906–1942 |
Rafaela Ottiano (March 4, 1888 – August 14, 1942) was an Italian-American actress. She was best known for her role as Suzette in Grand Hotel (1932) and as Russian Rita in She Done Him Wrong (1933).
Early life
Ottiano was born on March 4, 1888, in Venice, Italy as the second child and daughter of the six children of Maddalena Polcari, a housewife, and Antonio Ottiano, a musician.[1] Maddalena immigrated to United States in 1880, where she met Antonio who came four years after and married him in 1885.[1] Ottiano was named after her paternal grandmother and older sister.[ Mahatma Gandhi - Wikipedia DYB