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Elli Parvo

Italian actress (1915-2010)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ3051468
Source-derived summary

Elli Parvo (born Elvira Gobbo; 17 October 1915 – 19 February 2010) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1934 and 1960.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Elli Parvo” as italian actress (1915-2010). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Elli, Parvo and Italian.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1915, 2010, 1934, 1960—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1914-10-17, 1915-10-17—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Elli, Parvo and Italian providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Elli Parvo”, the useful work is to connect “italian actress (1915-2010)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3051468. VIAF identifies the subject as 173059234. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1915, 2010, 1934 and 1960.

Critical limits

Later biographies can compress uncertainty and repeat inherited reputations, so apparently settled claims may still require comparison. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Elli Parvo”, its source revision and the description used here.
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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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  3. How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
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This entry incorporates text from Elli Parvo” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.