Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
3/2/1888
Place of Birth
Venice, Italy
Also Known As
Rafaella OttianoRafaelo OttianoRafael Ottiano
Rafaela 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 c...
Known For
Curly Top
as Mrs. Higgins
Seventh Heaven
as Madame Frisson
The Long Voyage Home
as Bella
Enchanted April
as Francesca
Ann Vickers
as Mrs. Feldermans
Paris Honeymoon
as Fluschotska
Victory
as Madame Makanoff
Marie Antoinette
as Louise - Marie's Maid (uncredited)
Riffraff
as Matron (as Rafaelo Ottiano)
Mandalay
as Madame Lacalles
Female
as Della, Alison's Maid (Uncredited)
Maytime
as Ellen
Night Court
as Evil Tongued Neighbor (uncredited)
Anthony Adverse
as Signora Bovino
She Done Him Wrong
as Russian Rita
Grand Hotel
as Suzette
Suez
as Maria De Teba
The Washington Masquerade
as Mona Farrell
The Devil-Doll
as Malita
Bondage
as Miss Trigge