Daniela Surina (born 20 September 1942) is an Italian singer, actress and television personality.

Life and career

Born in

Trieste Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into provi ...

, Surina started her professional career in 1965, making her film debut in the comedy film ''

Soldati e caporali ''Soldati e caporali'' (translation: ''Soldiers and Corporals'') is a 1965 Italian "musicarello" comedy military film directed by Mario Amendola starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. Cast * Franco Franchi as Franco * Ciccio Ingrassia as Cic ...

''. During her career she alternated genre films and more ambitious art films. For her performance in

Marco Bellocchio Marco Bellocchio (; born 9 November 1939) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. Life and career Born in Bobbio, near Piacenza, Marco Bellocchio had a strict Catholic upbringing – his father was a lawyer, his mother a schooltea ...

's '' China is Near'' she was nominated to

Nastro d'Argento The Nastro d'Argento, also known by its translated name Silver Ribbon, is an Italian film award awarded each year since 1946 by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (Italian: ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani ...

for Best Supporting Actress and to Grolla d'oro.

Partial filmography

* ''

'' (1965) - Lidia * '' Latin Lovers'' (1965) - (segment "Il telefono consolatore") * '' Me, Me, Me... and the Others'' (1966) * ''È mezzanotte... butta giù il cadavere'' (1966) * '' Kill Me Quick, I'm Cold'' (1967) - Christina * '' China is Near'' (1967) - Giovanna * ''

Death in the Red Jaguar ''Death in the Red Jaguar'' (german: Der Tod im roten Jaguar) is a 1968 West German thriller film directed by Harald Reinl and starring George Nader, Heinz Weiss, and Daniela Surina. It was part of the Jerry Cotton series of films. It was shot ...

'' (1968) - Ria Payne * ''Erzählungen aus der neuen Welt'' (1968) * ''Black Talisman'' (1969) - Sybille Burton * '' Check to the Queen'' (1969) - Dina * ''

Heads or Tails Coin flipping, coin tossing, or heads or tails is the practice of throwing a coin in the air and checking obverse and reverse, which side is showing when it lands, in order to choose between two alternatives, heads or tails, sometimes used to res ...

'' (1969) * ''

Mon oncle Benjamin ''Mon oncle Benjamin'' (''My Uncle Benjamin'') is a 1969 French film directed by Édouard Molinaro, starring Jacques Brel and Claude Jade. The film is based on a once-popular French comic novel ' by Claude Tillier (1842). The 1969 film ''Don't ...

'' (1969) - La marquise de Cambyse * ''

Lettera aperta a un giornale della sera ''Lettera aperta a un giornale della sera'' (internationally released as ''Open Letter to an Evening Daily'' and ''Open Letter to an Evening Newspaper'') is a 1970 Italian drama film directed by Francesco Maselli. It is centered upon the crisis of ...

'' (1970) - Countess Surina * ''

The Dead Are Alive ''The Dead Are Alive'' ( it, L'etrusco uccide ancora / ''The Etruscan Kills Again'') is a 1972 giallo film by Italian director Armando Crispino, with music by Riz Ortolani, and starring Alex Cord, Samantha Eggar and John Marley. It was released i ...

'' (1972) - Irene * ''

Divorce His, Divorce Hers ''Divorce His, Divorce Hers'' is a 1973 British/American made-for-television drama film starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. The film examines the conflicted emotions felt by a couple whose 18-year marriage has frayed beyond repair. The ...

'' (1973) - Franca

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Surina, Daniela Living people Italian stage actresses Italian film actresses Italian television actresses 20th-century Italian actresses 1942 births Musicians from Trieste Actors from Trieste Mass media people from Trieste