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- Birth nameEleanora Erna Cecilia Gilli
- Maria Carmi was born on March 3, 1880 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. She was an actress, known for The Miracle (1912), Teresa Raquin (1915) and Der Weg des Todes (1917). She was married to Georges V. Matchabelli and Karl Vollmöller. She died on August 4, 1957 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA.
- SpousesGeorges V. Matchabelli(1924 - 1933) (divorced)Karl Vollmöller(1904 - 1920) (divorced)
- When Maria Carmi became a supporter of the Guru Meher Baba the marriage with Prince Matchabelli got divorced. She remained active to the Guru till to her death and lived in poor circumstances in India till she had to return to the USA because of her carcinosis.
- After the war and her divorce from Vollmoeller in 1917 she got married a second time in the same year with Prince George V. Matchabelli and became Princess Norina Matchabelli.
- She began her stage career at Max Reinhardt's acting school and belonged to his company from 1907 to 1909. From 1911 she was also engaged on Italian stages.
- During a guest performance in London she got in contact with the Italian Cines company and varied her engagements between German and Italian productions in the next years.
- Because of her charisma Maria Carmi was like made for the highbrow melodramas "Sperduti nel bulo" (1914) and "Teresa Raquin" (1914).
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