Eleonora Rossi Drago, born Palmira Omiccioli, (23 September 1925 – 2 December 2007) was an Italian film actress. She was born in Quinto al Mare,

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, and had the leading role in ''

Le amiche ''Le Amiche'' (, lit. "The girlfriends") is a 1955 Italian drama film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and starring Eleonora Rossi Drago, Gabriele Ferzetti, Franco Fabrizi, and Valentina Cortese. Based on Cesare Pavese's 1949 novella ''Tra do ...

''. She appeared in ''

Un maledetto imbroglio ''The Facts of Murder'' (Italian: ''Un maledetto imbroglio'') is a 1959 Italian crime film mystery directed by and starring Pietro Germi with Claudia Cardinale.Moliterno p.150-51 The film is based on the 1957 novel '' That Awful Mess on Via Merul ...

.'' In 1960, for her performance in ''

Estate violenta ''Estate violenta'' (U.S. title: ''Violent Summer'') is a 1961 Italian award-winning black-and-white drama film directed by Valerio Zurlini, depicting a love affair between a prominent Fascist's young draft-dodging son, portrayed by Jean-Louis Tr ...

'', she won the best actress prize of the

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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 ...

. In 1964, she appeared in '' La Cittadella''. She died in Palermo,

Selected filmography

* ''

The Pirates of Capri ''The Pirates of Capri'' ( it, I pirati di Capri), released in the United Kingdom as ''The Masked Pirate'', is a 1949 Italian/American international co-production swashbuckler film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer starring Louis Hayward. It was filmed ...

'' (1949) - Annette * '' Altura'' (1949) - Grazia * ''

Due sorelle amano ''Due sorelle amano'' is a 1950 Italian romantic drama film directed by Jacopo Comin. Cast * Jone Salinas as Maria Pia * Eleonora Rossi Drago as Marilù, Maria Pia's sister * Peter Trent as Tom * Maria Grazia Francia as Other ...

'' (1950) - Marilù, Maria Pia's sister * '' Behind Closed Shutters'' (1951) - Sandra * '' Verginità'' (1951) - Mara Sibilia * '' The Last Sentence'' (1951) - Marisa * ''

Barefoot Savage ''Barefoot Savage'' ( it, Sensualità) is a 1952 Italian melodrama film directed by Clemente Fracassi. Cast * Angelo Binarelli as Marco * Clorindo Cerato as Farm Hand * Francesca Liddi as Nidia * Marcello Mastroianni as Carlo Sartori * Cor ...

'' (1952) - Franca Gabrie * '' Girls Marked Danger'' (1952) - Alda * '' The Flame'' (1952) - Monica * ''

Three Forbidden Stories ''Three Forbidden Stories'' ( it, Tre storie proibite) is a 1952 Italian drama film directed by Augusto Genina. Cast * Lia Amanda as Renata * Antonella Lualdi as Anna Maria * Eleonora Rossi Drago as Gianna Aragona * Isa Pola as Signora Paola, m ...

'' (1952) - Gianna Aragona (Third segment) * '' I sette dell'Orsa maggiore'' (1953) - Marion * '' The Slave'' (1953) - Elena Landa * '' Daughters of Destiny'' (1954) - Angela Ascari / Farmgirl (segment "Elisabeth") * '' Vestire gli ignudi'' (1954) - Ersilia Drei * '' On Trial (L'affaire Maurizius)'' (1954) - Anna Jahn * ''

Le Amiche ''Le Amiche'' (, lit. "The girlfriends") is a 1955 Italian drama film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and starring Eleonora Rossi Drago, Gabriele Ferzetti, Franco Fabrizi, and Valentina Cortese. Based on Cesare Pavese's 1949 novella ''Tra do ...

'' (1955) - Clelia * '' A Woman Alone'' (1956) - Luisa * '' The Awakening'' (1956) - Assunta - madre di Salvatore * ''

Il prezzo della gloria ''Il prezzo della gloria'' is a 1955 Italian war film. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti. Plot The story takes place on the torpedo boat Sparviero and focuses on the disagreement between the unit commander, Alberto Bruni, and his first officer, ...

'' (1956) - Anna * '' Kean: Genius or Scoundrel'' (1957) - Contessa Elena Koefeld * '' Anyone Can Kill Me'' (1957) - Odette - la femme du directeur * ''

La Tour, prends garde ! ''La Tour, prends garde !'' (''La Tour, watch out!'') is a 1958 French adventure drama film directed by Georges Lampin, written by Claude Accursi, starring Jean Marais. The film was known under the title "King on Horseback" (USA), "Des Königs ...

'' (1958) - La comtesse Malvina d'Amalfi * ''

The Road a Year Long ''The Road a Year Long'' ( it, La strada lunga un anno, sh, Cesta duga godinu dana) is a 1958 film directed by Giuseppe De Santis. A Yugoslavian-Italian co-production, it was Yugoslavia's first ever submission for the Academy Award for Best Fore ...

'' (1958) - Susanna * ''

Winter Holidays ''Winter Holidays'' ( it, Vacanze d'inverno) is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque and Giuliano Carnimeo (collaborating director), based on story by Oreste Biancoli. The music score is by Armando Trovajoli. Cast *Albert ...

'' (1959) - La comtesse Paola Parioli * ''

The Employee ''The Employee'' ( it, L'impiegato) is a List of Italian films of 1959, 1959 Cinema of Italy, Italian comedy film directed by Gianni Puccini. The film is loosely inspired by ''The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947 film), The Secret Life of Walter ...

'' (1959) - Marina * '' Dagli Appennini alle Ande'' (1959) - Marco's mother * '' The Facts of Murder'' (1959) - L'Assassinata * ''

Estate Violenta ''Estate violenta'' (U.S. title: ''Violent Summer'') is a 1961 Italian award-winning black-and-white drama film directed by Valerio Zurlini, depicting a love affair between a prominent Fascist's young draft-dodging son, portrayed by Jean-Louis Tr ...

'' (1959) - Roberta Parmesan * ''

'' (1960) - Maria Jacobetti * ''

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'' (1960) - Merab * ''

Under Ten Flags ''Under Ten Flags'' ( it, Sotto dieci bandiere) is a 1960 Italian-American war film directed by Duilio Coletti and starring Van Heflin, Charles Laughton, and Mylène Demongeot. It was entered into the 10th Berlin International Film Festival. ...

'' (1960) - Elsa * ''

La garçonnière ''La garçonnière'' ("The bachelor apartment") is a 1960 Italian romance-drama film written and directed by Giuseppe De Santis. Plot A building constructor repeatedly betrays his wife in an apartment he rented in a popular neighborhood. She paw ...

'' (1960) - Giulia Fiorini * ''

The Red Hand ''The Red Hand'' (German: ''Die rote Hand'') is a 1960 West German crime thriller film directed by Kurt Meisel and starring Paul Hubschmid, Hannes Messemer and Eleonora Rossi Drago.Bock & Bergfelder p.219 The film's sets were designed by the ar ...

'' (1960) - Violetta Scotoni * ''

Final Accord ''Final Accord'' or ''Final Chord'' (German: ''Schlußakkord'') is a 1960 drama film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Christian Marquand, Eleonora Rossi Drago and Viktor de Kowa. It was made as a co-production between France, Italy a ...

'' (1960) - Linda Valore * '' Sword of the Conqueror'' (1961) - Rosmunda * '' Pigeon Shoot'' (1961) - Anna * ''

Caccia all'uomo ''Caccia all'uomo'' (translation: "Manhunt") is a 1961 Italian crime-drama film directed by Riccardo Freda and starring Eleonora Rossi Drago, Yvonne Furneaux and Umberto Orsini. Plot Commissioner Nardelli is charged with capturing the dangerous ...

'' (1961) - Clara Ducci * '' Love at Twenty'' (1962) - Valentina * ''The Carpet of Horror'' (1962) - Mabel Hughes * '' Anima nera'' (1962) - Alessandra * ''le tueur a la Rose Rouge'' (1962) * ''Hypnosis'' (1962) - Magda Berger * ''

I Don Giovanni della Costa Azzurra ''I Don Giovanni della Costa Azzurra'' ("Don Juan of the French Riviera"), released in English-speaking countries as ''Beach Casanova'', is a 1962 Italian film, directed by Vittorio Sala. It stars Curd Jürgens, Annette Stroyberg, Martine Carol ...

'' (1962) - Jasmine * '' Storm Over Ceylon'' (1963) - Maharani from Tungala * ''Wounds of Hunger'' (1963) - The Widow * ''Il treno del sabato'' (1964) - Rosy Pallante * '' La Cittadella'' (1964, TV Mini-Series) - Francis Lawrence * ''

Let's Talk About Women ''Se permettete parliamo di donne'' (internationally released as ''Let's Talk About Women'') is a 1964 Italian comedy film. It represents the directorial debut of Ettore Scola. The film consists of nine segments, all played by Vittorio Gassman ...

'' (1964) - Indolent Lady * ''Amore facile'' (1964) - Lisa Bollati (segment "Il vedovo bianco") * ''

Love and Marriage "Love and Marriage" is a 1955 song with lyrics by Sammy Cahn and music by Jimmy Van Heusen. It is published by Barton Music Corporation ( ASCAP). Frank Sinatra versions "Love and Marriage" was introduced by Frank Sinatra in the 1955 televi ...

'' (1964) - (segment "Ultima carta, L'") * ''

Il disco volante ''Il disco volante'' is a 1964 Italian comic science fiction film with mockumentary elements directed by Tinto Brass and starring Alberto Sordi. The film features the renowned comedian in four distinct roles as a dim-witted Carabinieri '' brigadier ...

'' (1964) - Clelia * '' El Diablo también llora'' (1965) - Ana Sandoval * ''

I Kill, You Kill ''I Kill, You Kill'' or ''Io uccido, tu uccidi'' is a 1965 Italian comedy film directed by Gianni Puccini starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. Cast * Franco Franchi as Franco (segment "Cavalleria Rusticana, oggi") * Ciccio Ingrassia as Tur ...

'' (1965) - Vera (segment "Il Plenilunio") * ''

Uncle Tom's Cabin ''Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly'' is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in two volumes in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U ...

'' (1965) - Mrs. Saint-Claire * '' Su e giù'' (1965) - Violante Persici (segment " Il Colpo Del Leone") * ''

Assassination in Rome ''Assassination in Rome'' ( it, Assassinio made in Italy, link=no) is a 1965 Italian thriller film of the giallo genre directed by Silvio Amadio. Cast *Hugh O'Brian ... Dick Sherman *Cyd Charisse ... Shelley North *Eleonora Rossi Drago ... Er ...

'' (1965) - Erika Tiller * '' The Bible: In the Beginning...'' (1966) - Lot's Wife * ''Mano di velluto'' (1966) * ''El último sábado'' (1967) * '' Love Problems'' (1968) - Countess * ''

Camille 2000 ''Camille 2000'' is a 1969 film based on the 1848 novel and 1852 play ''La Dame aux Camélias'' by Alexandre Dumas, ''fils''. It was adapted by Michael DeForrest and directed by Radley Metzger. It stars Danièle Gaubert and Nino Castelnuovo with ...

'' (1969) - Prudence * ''Gli angeli del 2000'' (1969) - Dory * ''

Dorian Gray ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' is a philosophical novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde. A shorter novella-length version was published in the July 1890 issue of the American periodical '' Lippincott's Monthly Magazine''.''The Picture of Dorian G ...

'' (1970) - Esther Clouston * ''

In the Folds of the Flesh In the Folds of the Flesh ( it, Nelle pieghe della carne) is a 1970 Italian / Spanish giallo film produced and directed by Sergio Bergonzelli. The screenplay was co-written by Fabio De Agostini and Bergonzelli, from a story outline by Mario Caiano. ...

'' (1970) - Lucille / housekeeper (final film role)

References

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* * Italian film actresses 20th-century Italian actresses 1925 births 2007 deaths Actors from Genoa Nastro d'Argento winners {{Italy-actor-stub