Her career experienced some reflected light, conditioned by the great popularity obtained by her older sister,
Marta, muse of
Luigi Pirandello. The second daughter of the merchant Pompeo Abba and Giuseppina Trabucchi, she made her debut on the theatre stage next to her sister who wanted her by her side for the 1927–1928 season in the Pirandelliana Company directed by Pirandello himself.
, run by
Mario Mattoli and in 1930–1931, she performed with
Renzo Ricci,
Irma Gramatica and
Luigi Carini. In the summer of 1931, she performed in the theatrical staging of
Campo di Maggio, written and directed by
Giovacchino Forzano. In the 1932–1933 season she acted with
Ruggero Ruggeri and then in the summer of 1933, she was Ippolita in the cast of
William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream directed by
Max Reinhardt with Carlo Lombardi, Giovanni Cimara, Nerio Bernardi, Rina Morelli, Sarah Ferrati, Cesare Bettarini, Armando Migliari, Ruggero Lupi,
Luigi Almirante, Giuseppe Pierozzi, Memo Benassi, Evi Maltagliati and Eva Magni. The performances were held at the
Boboli Gardens in
Florence. In the 1933–1934 season she played leading actress roles in Aristide Baghetti's company. She lived for several years in
Sanremo, until 1960, when she returned to settle permanently in her hometown of
Milan. ==Selected filmography==