- Alda Grimaldi was born on October 6, 1919 in San Pier d'Arena [now Genoa], Liguria, Italy. She was a director and actress, known for Papà investigatore (1968), Vivere ancora (1945) and La signora è servita (1945). She was married to Giovanni Francesco Rubino. She died on December 28, 2023 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy.
- SpouseGiovanni Francesco Rubino(? - April 6, 1997) (his death)
- She was a close friend of the writer and poet Cesare Pavese and the actor Raf Vallone .
- First television director hired by RAI when television was launched in Italy.
- Alda Grimaldi, known as Dada was the first lady director of Italian television, RAI.
- After her beginnings as an actress at Fert, she won in 1955 a competition that guaranteed her a place at Rai (which at the time had its only headquarters in Turin) and a scholarship at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, where she shared courses with future film stars such as Giuseppe De Santis (who coined her nickname Dada) and Michelangelo Antonioni.
- She was chosen by Luchino Visconti, working on "Ossessione", his first film, as an editorial secretary.
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