[2] Born in Vicenza, Perbellini made her acting debut at 20, as a member of the Gualtiero Tumiati's stage company.

[1] She later worked in numerous companies including those led by Aldo Silvani, Emma Gramatica and Antonio Gandusio, before starting her own company together with colleagues Augusto Mastrantoni [it] and Miranda Campa in 1930.

[1] She made her film debut in the 1934 school comedy Seconda B, credited as Dirce Bellini.

[2][1] After appearing in numerous other films, she eventually decided to use her real name starting from the late 1930s.

[1] Starting from 1950s she was also active as an acting teacher, and between 1962 and 1968 she taught at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome.