Gabriella Farinon (born 17 August 1941) is an Italian television and radio presenter and actress.

Life and career

Born in

Oderzo Oderzo ( la, Opitergium; vec, Oderso) is a ''comune'' with a population of 20,003 in the province of Treviso, Veneto, northern Italy. It lies in the heart of the Venetian plain, about to the northeast of Venice. Oderzo is crossed by the Montican ...

, after appearing in several films, in 1961 Farinon joined

RAI RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana (; commercially styled as Rai since 2000; known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane) is the national public broadcasting company of Italy, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. RAI operates many terr ...

as announcer. Starting from 1968, she presented several programs of various genres, notably several editions of the

Sanremo Music Festival The Sanremo Music Festival, officially the Italian Song Festival () and commonly known as just (), is the most popular Italian song contest and awards ceremony, held annually in the city of Sanremo, Liguria. It is the longest-running annual ...

and of

Un disco per l'estate Un disco per l'estate (translation "A Record for the Summer") was an Italian Summer festival held from 1964 to 2003. It was organized and sponsored by the Italian record industry association, AFI, and by RAI, except for the editions between 1995 ...

. The last program she presented was the 1997

Rai 3 Rai 3 (formerly Rete 3) is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana. It was launched on 15 December 1979 and its programming is centred towards cultural and ...

talk show ''TeleSogni''.Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. ''Enciclopedia della Televisione''. Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. .Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Marsilio, 2009. . Farinon's daughter Barbara Modesti, whom she had with documentarist Dore Modesti, is a RAI journalist. Her sister Luisa married businessman

Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone (; born 1943) is an Italian businessman. He controls the holding company Caltagirone S.p.A. with interests in cement manufacturing, real estate, construction and publishing (with Caltagirone Editore). As of 2015, C ...

Selected filmography

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La cento chilometri LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...

'' (1959) * ''

Blood and Roses ''Blood and Roses'' (french: Et mourir de plaisir, lit=And die of pleasure) is a 1960 erotic horror film directed by Roger Vadim. It is based on the novella ''Carmilla'' (1872) by Irish writer Sheridan Le Fanu, shifting the book's setting in 1 ...

'' (1960) *''

Space-Men ''Space-Men'' (a.k.a. ''Assignment: Outer Space'' in the United States) is a 1960 Italian science fiction film directed by Antonio Margheriti. The film stars Rik Van Nutter and co-stars Gabriella Farinon, David Montresor, Archie Savage, and Alai ...

'' (1960) *'' Anonima cocottes'' (1960) *''

Le ambiziose ''Le Ambiziose '' is a 1961 Italian film, directed by Antonio Amendola. Cast * Marisa Merlini as Letizia Proietti * Memmo Carotenuto as the police marshall * Ave Ninchi as Ines * Raffaele Pisu as Nando Moriconi * Aroldo Tieri as Goffredo Innamo ...

'' (1960) *''

Sword in the Shadows ''Sword in the Shadows'' ( it, Una spada nell'ombra) is a 1961 Italian swashbuckler film directed by Luigi Capuano and starring Tamara Lees and Livio Lorenzon. Plot Cast *Tamara Lees as Countess Ottavia della Rocca *Livio Lorenzon as C ...

'' (1961) *''

Alexander Zwo Alexander Zwo (literally translated "Alexander No. 2") is a German- French-Austrian-Italian TV mini-series directed by Franz Peter Wirth. Synopsis Mike Friedberg (Jean-Claude Bouillon) is a chemist in the United States. When his father dies in a ...

'' (1972, TV miniseries) *'' Più forte sorelle'' (1973) *'' Borsalino & Co.'' (1974) *'' C'è una spia nel mio letto'' (1976) *''

Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen ''Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen'' ( it, Signore e signori, buonanotte, french: Mesdames et messieurs bonsoir) is a 1976 French-Italian satirical comedy anthology film. It comprises twelve episodes on themes of corruption in various Italian in ...

'' (1976)

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* 1941 births Living people People from Oderzo Italian film actresses Italian television actresses Italian television presenters Italian radio presenters 20th-century Italian actresses Italian women radio presenters Italian women television presenters {{italy-tv-actor-stub