Giuliana Lojodice (born 12 August 1940) is an Italian former stage, television and film actress.
Life and career
Born in
Bari, at seven years old Lojodice moved to Rome with her parents and her three brothers, when her father, a lawyer, was appointed general manager of the public company
INAIL.
[Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Marsilio, 2009. .] At fourteen years old she started doing acting auditions, and in 1955 she made her acting debut, chosen by
Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo (; 2 November 1906 – 17 March 1976) was an Italian filmmaker, stage director, and screenwriter. A major figure of Italian art and culture in the mid-20th century, Visconti was one of the ...
for a minor role in the stage play ''Il crogiuolo''.
At 16 years old Lojodice enrolled the
Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico
Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico (translation: Silvio d'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts) is a national drama school in Rome, Italy. Founded in 1936 by the theatrical theorist, critic, and writer Silvio D'Amico, the ac ...
without finishing the course.
In 1958 she debuted in a main role, replacing
Monica Vitti
Monica Vitti (born Maria Luisa Ceciarelli; 3 November 1931 – 2 February 2022) was an Italian actress who starred in several award-winning films directed by Michelangelo Antonioni during the 1960s. After working with Antonioni, Vitti changed fo ...
(who had contrasts with the director Giacomo Vaccari) in the TV-drama ''L’imbroglio''.
After a sentimental relationship with actor-director
Leopoldo Trieste and a failed marriage with stage actor Mario Chiocchio, in the mid-1960s she started with her then husband
Aroldo Tieri
Aroldo Tieri (28 August 1917 – 28 December 2006) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1939 and 1969.
Life and career
Born in Corigliano Calabro, son of the journalist and playwright Vincenzo Tieri, Aroldo Tier ...
a long professional and sentimental relationship which lasted until his death in 2006.
Active in cinema, theatre, television, radio,
fotoromanzi and commercials, Lojodice is also a very active voice actress and dubber; she was the narrator voice during the 2004 tour ''Cattura il sogno'' by
Renato Zero
Renato Fiacchini (born 30 September 1950), known by the stage name Renato Zero (), is an Italian singer, songwriter, producer, dancer and actor whose career spans from the 1960s to the 2020s. Zero is the only artist to have reached the top of th ...
.
She also hosted the 1964 edition 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 annua ...
together with
Mike Bongiorno
Michael Nicholas Salvatore Bongiorno (; May 26, 1924 – September 8, 2009) was an Italian-American television host. After a few experiences in the US, he started working on RAI in the 1950s and was considered to be the most popular host in Ital ...
.
Her sister Leda is a choreographer.
She has two children from her first marriage.
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People from Bari
Italian stage actresses
Italian film actresses
1940 births
20th-century Italian actresses
Italian television actresses
Living people
Italian voice actresses
Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico alumni
Ciak d'oro winners