Oreste Bilancia
Oreste Bilancia (24 September 1881 – 31 October 1945) was an Italian film actor. Oreste Bilancia was born in Catania, Sicily, he was a star of Italian films during the silent era. He also worked during the 1920s in Weimar Germany, which had the then largest European film industry of the era.
Oreste Bilancia

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- Name
- Oreste Bilancia
- Born
- 24 September 1881
- Birthplace
- Catania, Sicily, Italy
- Died
- 31 October 1945
- Place of death
- Rome, Italy
- Occupation
- actor
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Italy
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Oreste Bilancia (24 September 1881 – 31 October 1945) was an Italian film actor. Oreste Bilancia was born in Catania, Sicily, he was a star of Italian films during the silent era. He also worked during the 1920s in Weimar Germany, which had the then largest European film industry of the era.
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He appeared in 134 films between 1915 and his death in 1945.

Oreste Bilancia in a scene of the film Fermo con le mani
Gero Zambuto / Otello Martelli · Italian film Fermo con le mani, 1937, directed by Gero Zambuto.

Oreste Bilancia in a scene of the film Fermo con le mani
Gero Zambuto / Otello Martelli · Italian film Fermo con le mani, 1937, directed by Gero Zambuto.
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Key facts
• Name — Oreste Bilancia • Born — 24 September 1881 • Birthplace — Catania, Sicily, Italy • Died — 31 October 1945 • Place of death — Rome, Italy • Occupation — actor • Years Active — 1915—1944
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Lucciola (1917) • Il trono e la seggiola (1918) • Goodbye Youth (1918) • Hedda Gabler (1920) • Red Love (1921) • Chief Saetta (1924) • Pleasure Train (1924) • Maciste's American Nephew (1924) • The Girl with a Patron (1925) • One Minute to Twelve (1925) • Letters Which Never Reached Him (1925) • Women You Rarely Greet (1925) • Nick, King of the Chauffeurs (1925) • The Flight in the Night (1926) • One Does Not Play with Love (1926) • The Pink Diamond (1926) • The Queen of the Baths (1926) • Department Store Princess (1926) • The Bank Crash of Unter den Linden (1926) • The White Slave (1927) • A Serious Case (1927) • When the Young Wine Blossoms (1927) • The Eighteen Year Old (1927) • The Csardas Princess (1927) • Floretta and Patapon (1927) • Folly of Love (1928) • The Case of Prosecutor M (1928) • Two Red Roses (1928) • Only a Viennese Woman Kisses Like That (1928) • The Last Performance of the Circus Wolfson (1928) • Suzy Saxophone (1928) • The Story of a Little Parisian (1928) • Pawns of Passion (1928) • Love's Masquerade (1928) • Villa Falconieri (1928) • Tempo! Tempo! (1929) • The Hero of Every Girl's Dream (1929) • The Girl with the Whip (1929) • The Doctor's Secret (1931) • Queen of the Night (1931) • Paradise (1932) • Five to Nil (1932) • Zaganella and the Cavalier (1932) • Sailor's Song (1932) • The Gift of the Morning (1932) • The Wedding March (1934) • A Woman Between Two Worlds (1936) • Bayonet (1936) • The Ambassador (1936) • Thirty Seconds of Love (1936) • Hands Off Me! (1937) • For Men Only (1938) • Red Tavern (1940) • The Palace on the River (1940) • Saint John, the Beheaded (1940) • The King's Jester (1941) • Four Steps in the Clouds (1942) • Two Hearts Among the Beasts (1943)
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Oreste Bilancia died on 31 October 1945.
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