Rafaela Ottiano

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. 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. Ottiano's last film was the musical comedy I Married an Angel (1942), starring Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald. During her career in film, she appeared in approximately 45 motion pictures, opposite such actors as Barbara Stanwyck, Conrad Nagel, Peter Lorre, Zasu Pitts, and Katharine Hepburn. Ottiano lived in the Times Square area during the Prohibition Era and never married. She died in 1942 in East Boston, Massachusetts of intestinal cancer at the age of 54. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rafaela Ottiano, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Rafaela Ottiano
  • Popularity: 1.693
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1888-03-02
  • Place of Birth: Venice, Italy
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  • Also Known As: Rafaella Ottiano, Rafaelo Ottiano, Rafael Ottiano, Raphaella Ottiano
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Rafaela Ottiano Movies

  • 1932
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    Grand Hotel

    Grand Hotel

    6.934 1932 HD

    Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache.

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  • 1936
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    The Devil-Doll

    The Devil-Doll

    6.8 1936 HD

    Wrongfully convicted of a robbery and murder, Paul Lavond breaks out of prison with a genius scientist who has devised a way to shrink humans. When...

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  • 1935
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    One Frightened Night

    One Frightened Night

    5.5 1935 HD

    Eccentric tycoon Jasper Whyte hosts a dinner at his mansion and announces that he will divide his money and give each guest a million dollars before...

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    Curly Top

    Curly Top

    6.4 1935 HD

    Wealthy Edward Morgan becomes charmed with a curly-haired orphan and her pretty older sister Mary and arranges to adopt both under the alias of "Mr....

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    The Florentine Dagger

    The Florentine Dagger

    5.7 1935 HD

    A playwright descended from the Borgia family becomes a murder suspect.

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  • 1933
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    She Done Him Wrong

    She Done Him Wrong

    5.75 1933 HD

    New York singer and nightclub owner Lady Lou has more men friends than you can imagine. One of them is a vicious criminal who’s escaped and is...

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    Ann Vickers

    Ann Vickers

    5.9 1933 HD

    After a love affair ending in an abortion, a young prison reformer submerges herself in her work. She then falls for a controversial and married...

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    Remember Last Night?

    Remember Last Night?

    4.6 1935 HD

    After a night of wild partying at a friend's house, a couple wake up to discover the party's host has been murdered in his bed.

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  • 1934
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    The Last Gentleman

    The Last Gentleman

    3 1934 HD

    In New England circa 1933, a niece is reported missing and presumed dead and Cabot Barr (George Arliss) summons his relatives to the family estate...

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    Bondage

    Bondage

    1 1933 HD

    Judy Peters is about to be sentenced after she has pled guilty to her third offense of prostitution, when Dr. Nelson interrupts and tells her story...

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    Enchanted April

    Enchanted April

    5.4 1935 HD

    Mrs. Lotty Wilkins is an unhappily wife whom's life husband and romance have departed. In order to possibly salvage some of the missing elements in...

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    A Lost Lady

    A Lost Lady

    6.1 1934 HD

    A bitter woman who thinks she'll never love again marries, only to fall for a brash young man.

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  • 1939
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    Paris Honeymoon

    Paris Honeymoon

    3 1939 HD

    A Texas millionaire travels to Europe to meet his girlfriend, a European countess. He stops in a rustic mountain village and meets a beautiful...

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  • 1941
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    Topper Returns

    Topper Returns

    6.387 1941 HD

    Topper is once again tormented by a fun-loving spirit. This time, it's Gail Richards, accidentally murdered while vacationing at the home of her...

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  • 1934
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    Mandalay

    Mandalay

    5.9 1934 HD

    Abandoned by her lover, a woman becomes the main "hostess" in a decadent nightclub, but tries to put her past behind her on a steamer to Mandalay.

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  • 1938
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    Suez

    Suez

    5.4 1938 HD

    Ferdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and realizes it's just the place for a canal.

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    We're Only Human

    We're Only Human

    6.5 1935 HD

    A cop, who plays by his own rules, brings down a notorious gangster.

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  • 1932
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    As You Desire Me

    As You Desire Me

    6.2 1932 HD

    Bar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with novelist Carl Salter. One day, Tony shows up on Salter's...

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    The Washington Masquerade

    The Washington Masquerade

    6.5 1932 HD

    An honest, talented and well respected attorney defeats a corrupt incumbent U.S. Senator. After a very good start he has to face the subtle...

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  • 1940
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    A Little Bit of Heaven

    A Little Bit of Heaven

    1 1940 HD

    A child from the New York tenements sings on a radio quiz show and is eventually hired to a big-bucks contract, which allows her and her family to...

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  • 1938
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    I'll Give a Million

    I'll Give a Million

    5.7 1938 HD

    After saving a tramp from suicide, a millionaire takes his clothing and disappears. Word is out that he will give a million dollars to anyone who is...

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    Victory

    Victory

    1 1940 HD

    A hermit's idyllic life on an island is disturbed by the arrival of a bunch of cutthroats.

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    Vigil in the Night

    Vigil in the Night

    6 1940 HD

    A good nurse ruins her career by covering up for her sister's careless mistake.

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  • 1940
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    The Long Voyage Home

    The Long Voyage Home

    6.5 1940 HD

    The crew of the merchant ship Glencairn hope to survive a transatlantic crossing during World War II. Adapted from four Eugene O'Neill one-act plays.

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  • 1935
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    The Lottery Lover

    The Lottery Lover

    3 1935 HD

    A crew of young military-school cadets are enjoying their first weekend in Paris. Frank Harrington, a girl-shy cadet, wins the lottery which "They"...

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  • 1936
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    That Girl from Paris

    That Girl from Paris

    6.333 1936 HD

    Nikki Martin, a beautiful French opera star, stows away on an ocean liner in hopes of escaping her jealous fiancee. Once aboard, she joins an...

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  • 1926
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    Married?

    Married?

    1 1926 HD

    A couple endure 365 days of marriage in order to inherit money.

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  • 1937
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    Maytime

    Maytime

    6.222 1937 HD

    An aging opera singer looks back on her long life, including her relationships with her vocal teacher and a student.

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  • 1933
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    Female

    Female

    6.3 1933 HD

    Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world of business until she meets an independent design...

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    Anthony Adverse

    Anthony Adverse

    5.732 1936 HD

    Based on the novel by Hervey Allen, this expansive drama follows the many adventures of the eponymous hero, Anthony Adverse. Abandoned at a convent...

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  • 1937
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    Seventh Heaven

    Seventh Heaven

    6.6 1937 HD

    A Parisian sewer worker longs for a rise in status and a beautiful wife. He rescues a girl from the police, lives with her in a barren flat on the...

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    Night Court

    Night Court

    6.3 1932 HD

    A corrupt night court judge tears an innocent young family apart in his efforts to elude a special prosecutor.

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  • 1934
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    Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

    6.2 1934 HD

    A young boy, Pip, encounters an escaped prisoner, Magwitch, and steals food for him. After the convict is captured, Pip meets the reclusive Miss...

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  • 1938
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    Marie Antoinette

    Marie Antoinette

    6.288 1938 HD

    The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the...

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  • 1936
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    Mad Holiday

    Mad Holiday

    6 1936 HD

    A temperamental film star's vacation turns deadly when he uncovers a murder.

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  • 1942
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    The Adventures of Martin Eden

    The Adventures of Martin Eden

    6 1942 HD

    Author writes about his experiences sailing at sea, struggles to get his work published.

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  • 1936
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    Riffraff

    Riffraff

    5 1936 HD

    Fisherman Dutch marries cannery worker Hattie. After he is kicked out of his union and fired from his job he leaves Hattie who steals money for him...

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  • 1937
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    The League of Frightened Men

    The League of Frightened Men

    6 1937 HD

    Nero Wolfe agrees to investigate a series of murders that seem to be tied in with a past Harvard hazing prank that went awry.

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