Virginia Balistrieri

Virginia Balistrieri
Balistrieri in the movie Auguri e figli maschi! (1951)
Born(1888-01-15)15 January 1888
Trapani, Kingdom of Italy
Died7 December 1960(1960-12-07) (aged 72)
Rome, Italy
OccupationActress
Years active1914–1959 (film)

Virginia Balistrieri also credited as Virginia Balestrieri (15 January 1888 – 7 December 1960) was an Italian stage and film actress. She was married to the actor Giovanni Grasso. In 1914 she starred in the silent film Lost in the Dark, seen as a forerunner of Italian neorealism. In the post-Second World War years she worked as a character actress in productions such as the 1950 religious film Margaret of Cortona.