Daniela Giordano (7 November 1947– 16 December 2022) was an Italian actress, who is foremost known for her appearances in the Italian exploitation cinema in the late 1960s and in the 1970s. She is not to be confused with the stage actress and director of the same name.

Miss Italia

Daniela Giordano was the winner of local

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s in her hometown Palermo and by the year 1966, as ''Miss Sicily'', won the

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contest. She was in the second place at the

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contest in 1967.Interview with Daniela Giordano
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Film career

Giordano made her cinema debut in 1967 with the

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film '' I barbieri di Sicilia'' by

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. She had been active in a plethora of genres including

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, and Spaghetti Western. Giordano retired from cinema by 1980, temporarily ending her career with ''Secrets d'adolescentes'' by Gérard Loubeau, featuring French porn star

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. Giordano returned to acting in 2015 with roles in Luciano Imperoli's ''Help Me Have No Human Ways'' and Valentina Gebbia's ''Erba Celeste.''

Selected filmography

* '' I barbieri di Sicilia'' (1967) * '' Sexy Susan Sins Again'' (1968) * '' Find a Place to Die'' (1968) * ''

I See Naked ''Vedo nudo'' (internationally released as ''I See Naked'') is a 1969 Italian anthology comedy film directed by Dino Risi. All the episodes have sex as main theme and all star Nino Manfredi, who plays seven different characters. The film repres ...

'' (1969) * '' Have a Good Funeral, My Friend... Sartana Will Pay'' (1970) * ''

Four Times That Night ''Four Times That Night'' ( it, Quante volte... quella notte, "How many times... that night") is a 1971 commedia sexy all'italiana film directed by Mario Bava. Plot Male model John Price encounters Tina Bryant while walking her poodle, "Cool Ru ...

'' (1971) * '' Bloody Friday'' (1972) * ''

Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key ''Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key'' ( it, Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave) is a 1972 ''giallo'' film directed by Sergio Martino. The picture stars Edwige Fenech, Luigi Pistilli, and Anita Strindberg. ...

'' (1972) * ''

Violent Rome ''Violent Rome'' ( it, Roma violenta) is an Italian 1975 ''poliziottesco'' film directed by Marino Girolami It obtained a great commercial success and launched the career of Maurizio Merli. The film has two sequels, '' Violent Naples'' and '' A Spe ...

'' (1975) * ''

Il fidanzamento ''Il fidanzamento'' (''The Engagement'') is a 1975 Italian romantic comedy-drama film directed by Giovanni Grimaldi. It is based on the novel with the same name written by Goffredo Parise. Plot Catania. Luigi Manozzi is a public official who h ...

'' (1975) * ''

Reflections in Black ''Reflections in Black'' ( it, Il vizio ha le calze nere / ''Vice Wears Black Hose'') is a 1975 Italian giallo film directed by the actor Tano Cimarosa, here at his directorial debut. Plot In San Benedetto del Tronto a mysterious murderess k ...

'' (1975) * '' L'adolescente'' (1976) * ''

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'' (1976) * '' La portiera nuda'' (1976) * '' Kara Murat Şeyh Gaffar'a Karşı'' (1976) * '' Batton Story'' (1976) * '' Help Me Have No Human Ways'' (2015) * '' Erba Celeste'' (2015)

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* 1946 births 2022 deaths Italian film actresses Italian beauty pageant winners Actresses from Palermo Models from Sicily 20th-century Italian actresses 21st-century Italian actresses {{Europe-pageant-bio-stub