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Zanetta Farussi (27 August 1707 – 29 November 1776), known as La Buranella ("the woman of Burano "), was an Italian comedic actress. Her eldest son was the famous adventurer Giacomo Casanova .
Zanetta Farussi, pseudonimo di Maria Giovanna Farussi o Farusso detta La Buranella (Venezia, 27 agosto 1707 – Dresda, 29 novembre 1776), è stata un'attrice teatrale italiana, madre di Giacomo Casanova
Aug 27, 2017 · Zanetta Farussi, the comedy actress who was the mother of the notorious adventurer, Casanova, was born on this day in 1707 in Venice. At the age of 17, Zanetta had married the actor Gaetano Casanova, who was 10 years older than her.
Feb 7, 2023 · The actor fell in love with a talented teenaged actress named Zanetta Farussi, who was 11 years younger than he. The two married in February 1724.
Zanetta Farussi – a small, fiery and unconventionally beautiful comedienne, according to contemporary critics – was a stage professional in an age when to be such implied, for a woman, a dual career.
His mother, Zanetta Farussi, an actress at the Teatro San Samuele on the end of the street, rented the home out whilst she travelled across Europe with the theatre, leaving the young Casanova in the care of his grandmother at her home just around the corner on Calle De La Muneghe.
Sep 13, 2017 · Francesco Giuseppe was born in London, where his parents, Zanetta Farussi, an actress, and Gaetano Casanova, an actor and dancer, had a theatrical engagement. It was rumoured that his father was actually the Prince of Wales (who shortly after became King George II); whether for scurrilous motives or publicity is unclear.
