Anna Maria Sandri

Anna Maria Sandri (born 10 August 1936) is an Italian actress, whose notable film career spanned 1940s and 1950s as Mabrouka ben Yussef in The Black Tent.

Anna Maria Materzanini was born on 10 August 1936 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She made her on-screen debut at just six years of age in the 1942 film La morte civile, directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli, playing the young Ada.

After a long hiatus from acting, Sandri returned to the screen in 1952 in Raffaello Matarazzo’s melodrama Chi è senza peccato... (1952). Her most prominent roles followed between 1953 and 1956: La provinciale (1953), Terza liceo (1954), Le Rouge et le Noir (1954), Fortune carrée (1955) and The Black Tent (1956), directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, portraying Mabrouka ben Yussef. She retired from acting in the end of 50s.

Sandri was married to billionaire and Founder of Gaylord Hotels, Edward Gaylord. They had three sons. She lives in San Diego, California.

She has appeared in the following films: