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Leonora Ruffo
Leonora Ruffo (13 January 1935 – 25 May 2007) was an Italian film actress. Career Born in Rome as Bruna Bovi, the daughter of Angelo Bovi, basketball coach of Ginnastica Roma, Italian Championship pluri-winner, Ruffo failed to obtain the main roles in '' Cielo sulla palude'' by Augusto Genina and '' Tomorrow Is Another Day'' by Léonide Moguy due to the opposition of her family. She eventually debuted in 1951 in ''Gli amanti di Ravello'' by Francesco De Robertis. She was almost entirely active in peplum and adventure films; an exception is her role as the sensible Sandra Rubini in Federico Fellini's ''I Vitelloni''. She retired from acting in the late 1960s. Ruffo also starred in a number of fotoromanzi, usually being credited as Bruna Falchi or with the stage name Ingrid Swenson. She was married to Italian producer Ermanno Curti, and had two sons Stefano and Gianluca. She was the aunt of Claudia Mori. Filmography }) , , Elena , , , - , 1952, , ''The Wonderful Advent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
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The Wonderful Adventures Of Guerrin Meschino
''The Wonderful Adventures of Guerrin Meschino'' ( it, Le Meravigliose avventure di Guerrin Meschino) is a 1952 Italian adventure film directed by Pietro Francisci. It is based in part on the 1410 chivalric romance ''Il Guerrin Meschino''. Cast * Gino Leurini as Guerrin Meschino * Leonora Ruffo as Elisenda * Tamara Lees as Maga Alcina * Aldo Fiorelli as Alessandro * Anna Di Leo as Costanza * Cesare Fantoni as King Murad * Sergio Fantoni as Selim * Antonio Amendola as Brunello * Giacomo Giuradei as Pinamonte * Gian Paolo Rosmino as The Magician * Camillo Pilotto * Ugo Sasso * Franco Silva Franco Silva (18 February 1920 – 10 November 1995) was an Italian actor. Born in Genoa as Francesco Vistarini, Silva moved in Rome to attend the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, from which he graduated in 1938; the following year he made ... References External links * 1952 films 1952 adventure films Italian adventure films 1950s Italian-language films Films direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Television Actresses
Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Italian, regional variants of the Italian language ** Languages of Italy, languages and dialects spoken in Italy ** Italian culture, cultural features of Italy ** Italian cuisine, traditional foods ** Folklore of Italy, the folklore and urban legends of Italy ** Mythology of Italy, traditional religion and beliefs Other uses * Italian dressing, a vinaigrette-type salad dressing or marinade * Italian or Italian-A, alternative names for the Ping-Pong virus, an extinct computer virus See also * * * Italia (other) * Italic (other) * Italo (other) * The Italian (other) * Italian people (other) Italian people may refer to: * in terms of ethnicity: all ethnic Italians, in and outside of Italy * i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Film Actresses
Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Italian, regional variants of the Italian language ** Languages of Italy, languages and dialects spoken in Italy ** Italian culture, cultural features of Italy ** Italian cuisine, traditional foods ** Folklore of Italy, the folklore and urban legends of Italy ** Mythology of Italy, traditional religion and beliefs Other uses * Italian dressing, a vinaigrette-type salad dressing or marinade * Italian or Italian-A, alternative names for the Ping-Pong virus, an extinct computer virus See also * * * Italia (other) * Italic (other) * Italo (other) * The Italian (other) * Italian people (other) Italian people may refer to: * in terms of ethnicity: all ethnic Italians, in and outside of Italy * i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1935 Births
Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to successfully complete a solo flight from Hawaii to California, a distance of 2,408 miles. * January 13 – A plebiscite in the Saar (League of Nations), Territory of the Saar Basin shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Germany. * January 24 – The first canned beer is sold in Richmond, Virginia, United States, by Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company. February * February 6 – Parker Brothers begins selling the board game Monopoly (game), Monopoly in the United States. * February 13 – Richard Hauptmann is convicted and sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. in the United States. * February 15 – The discovery and clinical development of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Woman On Fire
''A Woman on Fire'' ( it, Brucia, ragazzo, brucia, also known as ''Burn, Boy, Burn'') is a 1969 Italian erotic-drama film written and directed by Fernando Di Leo. It gained a great commercial success and launched the career of Di Leo as director. Cast * Gianni Macchia: Giancarlo *Françoise Prévost: Clara Frisotti *Michel Bardinet: Silvio Frisotti *Monica Strebel: Marina *Danika La Loggia (as Danika) : Aunt Bice * Anna Pagano : Monica * Ettore Geri * Franca Sciutto * Miriam Alex : Swiss Woman *Leonora Ruffo Leonora Ruffo (13 January 1935 – 25 May 2007) was an Italian film actress. Career Born in Rome as Bruna Bovi, the daughter of Angelo Bovi, basketball coach of Ginnastica Roma, Italian Championship pluri-winner, Ruffo failed to obtain the main ... References External links * 1969 films 1969 romantic drama films Films directed by Fernando Di Leo Italian romantic drama films 1960s erotic drama films Italian erotic drama films 1960s Italian-language films 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Pilot
''Star Pilot'' ( it, 2+5: Missione Hydra) is a 1966 Italian science-fiction film directed by Pietro Francisci. It stars Leonora Ruffo as Chaena Plot Chaena is the commander of a spaceship from the constellation Hydra, which has crashed on the island of Sardinia. An Earth scientist, some technicians, their companions, and some Chinese agents are abducted by the aliens and forced to repair the ship. With the ship repaired, the aliens decide to take the humans to Hydra for the purpose of genetic research, but while in flight, the humans mutiny. Cast * Leonora Ruffo as Kaela * Mario Novelli (credited as Anthony Freeman) as Paolo Bardi * Roland Lesaffre as Prof. Solmi * Kirk Morris as Belsy * Alfio Caltabiano as Artie * Leontine Snell as Luisa Solmi * Nando Angelini as Morelli * Giovanni De Angelis as Giulio * John Sun as Dr. Chang * Antonio Ho as Chinese Secret Agent * John Chen as Chinese Secret Agent * Gordon Mitchell as Murdu Reception TV Guide found the movie poorly pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hercules In The Haunted World
''Hercules in the Haunted World'' (Italian: ''Ercole al centro della terra'', lit. "Hercules at the Center of the Earth") is a 1961 Italian sword-and-sandal film directed by Mario Bava. British bodybuilder Reg Park plays Hercules while British actor Christopher Lee appears as Hercules' nemesis Lico. Shooting at Cinecittà, director Mario Bava used some of the same sets from the earlier ''Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis'' which also stars Park. Plot Upon his return to Italy from his many adventures, the great warrior Hercules learns that his lover, Princess Deianira, has lost her senses. According to the oracle Medea (Gaia Germani), Daianara's only hope is the Stone of Forgetfulness which lies deep in the realm of Hades. Hercules, with two companions, Theseus and Telemachus, embarks on a dangerous quest for the stone, while he is unaware that Deianira‘s guardian, King Lico, is the one responsible for her condition and plots to have the girl for himself as his bride upon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maciste Contro Il Vampiro
''Goliath and the Vampires'' ( it, Maciste contro il vampiro) is a 1961 Italian ''peplum'' film directed by Sergio Corbucci and Giacomo Gentilomo. Plot Set in the ancient world, this film follows a powerful muscular man out to battle a vampire and his forces that go from village to village taking slaves and female victims. Cast * Gordon Scott: Maciste * Gianna Maria Canale: Astra * Jacques Sernas: Kurtick * Leonora Ruffo: Guja * Annabella Incontrera: Magda * Mario Feliciani: Omar Production Both Giacomo Gentilomo and Sergio Corbucci are credited as directors of the film. Barry Atkinson stated Corbucci's input to the film was minimal. Release ''Goliath and the Vampires'' was released theatrically in Italy as ''Maciste control il vampiro'' on 21 August 1961. It was released theatrically in the United States in April 1964. American International Television released the film to television as part of its 1968 ''Young Adult Theatre'' package as ''The Vampires''. The film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goliath And The Dragon
''Goliath and the Dragon'' ( it, La vendetta di Ercole, lit=Revenge of Hercules) is a 1960 international co-production sword-and-sandal filmKinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476662916. starring Mark Forest and Broderick Crawford. The name of the main character was changed from Hercules to Emilius (known in the film as Goliath) for release in North America by American International Pictures to sell it as a sequel to their earlier '' Goliath and the Barbarians'' (1959). American International Pictures had announced plans to create a "sequel" to '' Goliath and the Barbarians'' called ''Goliath and the Dragon'' based on a script by Lou Rusoff for star Debra Paget, but the project fell through, so they bought the rights to an already-made Italian film called '' Revenge of Hercules'' and retitled it ''Goliath and the Dragon''. American International Pictures changed the hero's name from "Hercules" to "Emilius" ("Goliath" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Vedovo
''Il Vedovo'' (The Widower) is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi. Plot Alberto Nardi (Alberto Sordi) is a Roman businessman who fancies himself a man of great capabilities, but whose factory (producing lifts and elevators) teeters perennially on the brink of catastrophe. Alberto is married to a rich and successful businesswoman from Milan, Elvira Almiraghi (Franca Valeri) who has a no-nonsense attitude and barely tolerates the attempts of her husband to keep his factory afloat with her money. Alberto tries to "keep up" with his wife and her rich and successful friends but he only manages to ridicule himself. Amused by his antics Elvira publicly treats her husband as a silly clown, confident that he'll never leave her in the hope of profiting from her fortune. One day a train on which Elvira was supposed to be traveling (to pay visit to her old mother) suffers a horrible accident falling off a bridge and no survivors are reported. Alberto is overjoyed and in a ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby
''The Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby'' (Italian: ''Le avventure di Nicola Nickleby'') is an Italian television series which first aired on RAI 1 in 1958. It is based on the novel ''Nicholas Nickleby'' by Charles Dickens.Hollington p.679 Main cast * Antonio Cifariello as Nicola Nickleby (6 episodes) * Leonora Ruffo as Caterina Nickleby (6 episodes) * Elisa Cegani as Signorina La Creevy 6 episodes) * Evi Maltagliati as Signora Nickleby (6 episodes) * Carlo D'Angelo as Newman Noggs (6 episodes) * Aroldo Tieri as Wackford Squeers (6 episodes) * Enrico Glori as Arturo Gride (6 episodes) * Maria Grazia Spina as Maddalena Bray (6 episodes) * Arnoldo Foà as Rodolfo Nickleby (5 episodes) * Alberto Lupo Alberto Lupo (byname of Alberto Zoboli; 19 December 1924 – 13 August 1984) was an Italian film and television actor best known for his roles in swash-buckling and actions films of the 1960s. Lupo starred in films such as ''A 008, operazione ... as Walter Bray (5 episodes) Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
