Rafaela Ottiano

Rafaela Ottiano

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1888-03-04
Deathday: 1942-08-15 (54 years old)

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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.


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Filmography

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The Adventures of Martin Eden

The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942)

Movie
Lillian
Topper Returns

Topper Returns (1941)

Movie
2.25
Madame Makanoff
Victory

Victory (1940)

Movie
Bella
The Long Voyage Home

The Long Voyage Home (1940)

Movie
Mme. Lupinsky
A Little Bit of Heaven

A Little Bit of Heaven (1940)

Movie
Mrs. Henrietta Sullivan
Vigil in the Night

Vigil in the Night (1940)

Movie
Fluschotska
Paris Honeymoon

Paris Honeymoon (1939)

Movie
Maria De Teba
Suez

Suez (1938)

Movie
Louise - Marie's Maid (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette (1938)

Movie
Barmaid
I'll Give a Million

I'll Give a Million (1938)

Movie
Dora Chapin
The League of Frightened Men

The League of Frightened Men (1937)

Movie
Ellen
Maytime

Maytime (1937)

Movie
Madame Frisson
Seventh Heaven

Seventh Heaven (1937)

Movie
Nikki's Personal Maid (uncredited)
That Girl from Paris

That Girl from Paris (1936)

Movie
Ning
Mad Holiday

Mad Holiday (1936)

Movie
Signora Bovino
Anthony Adverse

Anthony Adverse (1936)

Movie
Malita
The Devil-Doll

The Devil-Doll (1936)

Movie
Matron (as Rafaelo Ottiano)
Riffraff

Riffraff (1936)

Movie
Mrs. Anderson
We're Only Human

We're Only Human (1935)

Movie
Mme. Bouclier
Remember Last Night?

Remember Last Night? (1935)

Movie
Mrs. Higgins
Curly Top

Curly Top (1935)

Movie
Elvira
One Frightened Night

One Frightened Night (1935)

Movie
Lili Salvatore
The Florentine Dagger

The Florentine Dagger (1935)

Movie
Gaby's Maid
The Lottery Lover

The Lottery Lover (1935)

Movie
Francesca
Enchanted April

Enchanted April (1935)

Movie
Mrs. Joe
Great Expectations

Great Expectations (1934)

Movie
Rosa
A Lost Lady

A Lost Lady (1934)

Movie
Retta Barr, Judd's wife
The Last Gentleman

The Last Gentleman (1934)

Movie
Madame Lacalles
Mandalay

Mandalay (1934)

Movie
Della, Alison's Maid (Uncredited)
Female

Female (1933)

Movie
Mrs. Feldermans
Ann Vickers

Ann Vickers (1933)

Movie
6
Miss Trigge
Bondage

Bondage (1933)

Movie
Russian Rita
She Done Him Wrong

She Done Him Wrong (1933)

Movie
6
Mona Farrell
The Washington Masquerade

The Washington Masquerade (1932)

Movie
Evil Tongued Neighbor (uncredited)
Night Court

Night Court (1932)

Movie
Lena
As You Desire Me

As You Desire Me (1932)

Movie
Suzette
Grand Hotel

Grand Hotel (1932)

Movie
4
Maid
Married?

Married? (1926)

Movie

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Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1888-03-04

Deathday
1942-08-15 (54 years old)

Birth Place
Venice, Italy

Father
Antonio Ottiano

Mother
Maddalena Polcari Ottiano

Citizenships
Kingdom of Italy

Also Known As
Rafaella Ottiano, Rafaelo Ottiano, Rafael Ottiano, Raphaella Ottiano


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