Anna Maria Sandri


Anna Maria Sandri is an Italian actress, whose film career spanned the 1940s and 1950s. She is notable for her portrayal of Mabrouka ben Yussef in The Black Tent.

Early life and career

Anna Maria Materzanini was born on 10 August 1936 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She made her on-screen debut at six years of age in the 1942 film La morte civile, directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli, playing the young Ada.
Sandri returned to the screen in 1952 in Raffaello Matarazzo’s melodrama Chi è senza peccato.... Her most prominent roles followed between 1953 and 1956: La provinciale, Terza liceo, Le Rouge et le Noir, Fortune carrée and The Black Tent, directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, portraying Mabrouka ben Yussef. She retired from acting at the end of the 1950s.

Personal life

Sandri was married to billionaire and Founder of Gaylord Hotels, Edward Gaylord.

Filmography