{"id":2121,"date":"2010-07-12T10:35:21","date_gmt":"2010-07-12T10:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thewildeye.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2121"},"modified":"2010-07-12T10:35:21","modified_gmt":"2010-07-12T10:35:21","slug":"edith-peters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thewildeye.co.uk\/blog\/performers-directors\/black-actors-in-italy\/edith-peters\/","title":{"rendered":"Edith Peters"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Edith Peters in A Policewoman in New York<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

aka Edith Catalano-Peters | Edith Arlene Peters | The Peters-Sisters | Peters Sisters<\/p>\n

Edith Peters was one of the many black performers who complemented their careers in the popular nightclubs and revues of the time with the occassional bit part roles on screen.\u00a0 As one of the three sisters who made up ‘The Peters Sisters’, she’d had a succesful career since the 1930s, appearing in films like Ali Baba Goes to Town<\/strong> and Hi-Di-Ho<\/strong> (47).\u00a0 At some point in the 1950s, she must have come to Europe, and was a popular fixture at Jazz clubs in Rome.<\/p>\n

Her first screen appearences were purely as a singer, but soon she began also having small acting parts, most particularly in peplums such as Robin Hood and the Pirates <\/strong>(60) and Achilles <\/strong>(62).\u00a0 She had quite a busy film career throughout the early sixties, but toward the end of the decade disappeared, before making a late comeback with two comedies, The Taming of the Scoundrel <\/strong>(80) and A Policewoman in New York <\/strong>(81).<\/p>\n

Considering that she was quite an important figure in the music industry – much more so than film – it’s quite amazing that there’s almost no biographical information about her anywhere.<\/p>\n

1957
\nQui\u00e9reme con m\u00fasica<\/strong> (as Peters Sisters)<\/p>\n

1960
\nRobin Hood e i pirati aka Robin Hood and the Pirates<\/strong> …. Palla di Grasso
\nEt mourir de plaisir aka Blood and Roses<\/strong> …. The Cook
\nSotto dieci bandiere<\/strong> aka Under Ten Flags (as Edith Arlene Peters) …. Suora
\nCartagine in fiamme<\/strong> aka Carthage in Flames) …. Sarepta
\nMadri pericolose<\/strong> …. Princess Fatima<\/p>\n

1961
\nOn Thin Ice<\/strong> …. Fr\u00e4ulein Pfeffer
\n5 marines per 100 ragazze<\/strong> …. Cucinera
\nUna vita difficile<\/strong> aka A Difficult Life (as Edith Catalano-Peters) …. Herself<\/p>\n

1962
\nL’ira di Achille<\/strong> aka Achilles …. Nubian slave
\nDie t\u00fcrkischen Gurken<\/strong> …. Mahila, Haremsdame
\nCanzoni a tempo di twist<\/strong><\/p>\n

1963
\nMaskenball bei Scotland Yard – Die Geschichte einer unglaublichen Erfindung<\/strong> (as The Peters-Sisters) …. Herself
\nObiettivo ragazze<\/strong><\/p>\n

1964
\nDue mafiosi nel Far West<\/strong> aka Two Gangsters in the Wild West<\/p>\n

1965
\nGli uomini dal passo pesante<\/strong> aka The Tramplers …. Emma<\/p>\n

1966
\nSe tutte le donne del mondo<\/strong> aka Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die …. Maria<\/p>\n

1969
\nLisa dagli occhi blu<\/strong> …. Cook<\/p>\n

1980
\nIl bisbetico domato<\/strong> aka The Taming of the Scoundrel …. Mamie<\/p>\n

1981
\nLa poliziotta a New York <\/strong>aka A Policewoman in New York …. La cameriera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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