This is a list of Italian actresses, including those from other countries who mainly worked in the Italian film industry, and actresses who are of Italian descent. The list includes all actresses from :Italian actresses. Persons are listed alphabetically by surname. __NOTOC__

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* Cele Abba (1906–1992) * Marta Abba (1900–1988) * Laura Adani (1913–1996) * Isabelle Adriani (born 1972) *

Lucilla Agosti Lucilla Agosti (born 8 September 1978 in Poggibonsi, Tuscany) is an Italian radio and television presenter and actress. Biography Born in Poggibonsi, daughter of Edoardo Agosti - radiologist - and of a professor of drawing and art history, Lu ...

(born 1978) * Janet Agren (born 1949) (

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actress who mainly worked in Italy) * Marcella Albani (1901–1959) *

Anna Maria Alberghetti Anna Maria Alberghetti (; born May 15, 1936) is an Italian-American actress and soprano. Biography Born May 15, 1936, in Pesaro, Marche, in central Italy, she starred on Broadway and won a Tony Award in 1962 as Best Actress (Musical) for ''Ca ...

(born 1936) *

Jane Alexander Jane Alexander (née Quigley; born October 28, 1939) is an American actress and author. She is the recipient of two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, and nominations for four Academy Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. From 1993 to 19 ...

(born 1972) * Lydia Alfonsi (1928–2022) * Marisa Allasio (born 1936) * Irene Aloisi (1925–1980) *

Elena Altieri Elena Altieri (born Elena Capucci; 27 July 1916 – 1 May 1997) was an Italian film and stage actress. She appeared in 27 films between 1937 and 1955. She was born in Stresa, the daughter of an Italian father and an English mother. She was mainl ...

(1910–1997) * Lia Amanda (born 1932) *Maria Amato (born 1965) * Adriana Ambesi * Anna Ammirati (born 1979) * Pier Angeli (1932–1971) * Edi Angelillo (born 1961) *

Luciana Angiolillo Luciana Angiolillo (22 December 1925 – 30 November 2014) was an Italian actress and model, known for her career in peplum classic films. Life and career Born Luciana Nevi in Rome, Angiolillo started her career as a runway model. She made he ...

(1925–2014) *

Ambra Angiolini Ambra Angiolini (born 22 April 1977, in Rome) is an Italian actress and singer. She made her film debut in Ferzan Özpetek's '' Saturn in Opposition'' (2007) for which she won the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress as well as the N ...

(born 1977) *Rosè Angione * Rosina Anselmi (1880–1965) *

Laura Antonelli Laura Antonelli ( Antonaz; 28 November 1941 – 22 June 2015) was an Italian film actress who appeared in 45 films between 1964 and 1991. Early years Antonelli was born Laura Antonaz in Pola, Kingdom of Italy (in Croatian, Pula), former cap ...

(1941–2015) (Pola, Italy: now Pula, Croatia) * Manuela Arcuri (born 1977) * Asia Argento (born 1975) *

Alba Arnova Alba Arnova (15 March 1930 – 11 March 2018) was an Italian-Argentine ballerina and film actress. Life and career Born in Buenos Aires as Alba Fossati, daughter of two Italian emigrants, Arnova studied piano at the Conservatory and enrolled ...

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Adriana Asti Adriana Asti (born 30 April 1931) is an Italian stage, film, and voice actress. Biography On stage, she starred in ''Saint Joan'' by George Bernard Shaw, ''Happy Days'' by Samuel Beckett, ''The Mistress of the Inn'' by Carlo Goldoni, and ''Thre ...

(born 1931) *

Antonella Attili Antonella Attili (born 3 April 1963) is an Italian film and television actress. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Attili, Antonella 1963 births Living people Italian film actresses Italian television actre ...

(born 1963) * Serena Autieri (born 1976) *

Mimì Aylmer Mimì Aylmer (1896–1992) was an Italian stage and film actress. Aylmer emerged as a star in the Fascist era, appearing in films such as the drama '' Like the Leaves'' (1935).Landy, Marcia. ''The Folklore of Consensus: Theatricality in the It ...

(1896–1992)

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Margherita Bagni Margherita Bagni (pseudonym of Margherita Maria Bagna; 21 February 1902 – 2 July 1960) was an Italian actress and voice actress. She appeared in 37 films between 1918 and 1959. She was born in Turin, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Daughte ...

(1902–1960) * Virginia Balestrieri (1888–1960) * Raffaella Baracchi (born 1964) *

Paola Barale Paola Barale (born 28 April 1967 in Fossano, Italy) is an Italian TV hostess and actress. She was married to Gianni Sperti. Her television career began by chance, in fact, she desired to become a gymnastics teacher and she had graduated from ...

(born 1967) * Paola Barbara (1912–1989) *

Isa Barzizza Isa Barzizza (born 22 November 1929) is an Italian actress who has appeared in 46 films since 1947. Life and career Early life Born in Sanremo, Barzizza is the daughter of the conductor and composer Pippo Barzizza. Gianfranco Baldazzi. "Isa Ba ...

(born 1929) * Luisella Beghi (1922–2006) * Alice Bellagamba (born 1987) * Agostina Belli (born 1949) * Laura Belli (born 1947) * Marisa Belli (born 1933) * Isa Bellini (1922–2021) * Monica Bellucci (born 1964) * Michela Belmonte (1925–1978) * Maria Antonietta Beluzzi (1930–1997) * Vittoria Belvedere (born 1972) * Femi Benussi (born 1945) (born in

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; at the time the Italian city of Rovigno) * Sonia Bergamasco (born 1966) * Gaia Bermani Amaral (born 1980) *

Mara Berni Mara Berni (born 12 June 1932) is an Italian former stage, television and film actress. Life and career Born in Brunate, Como as Mara Bernasconi, Berni debuted on stage as a child actress with the "Compagnia dei Piccoli" directed by Wanda Pet ...

(born 1932) * Marina Berti (1924–2002) * Francesca Bertini (1892–1985) *

Laura Betti Laura Betti ( Trombetti; 1 May 1927 – 31 July 2004) was an Italian actress known particularly for her work with directors Federico Fellini, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Bernardo Bertolucci. She had a long friendship with Pasolini and made a document ...

(1927–2004) * Franca Bettoia (born 1936) * Giulia Bevilacqua (born 1979) * Isabella Biagini (1940–2018) * Daniela Bianchi (born 1942) *

Regina Bianchi Regina Bianchi (1 January 1921 – 5 April 2013) was an Italian stage and film actress. Life and career Born in Lecce as Regina D'Antigny, she was the daughter of two theater actors. Forced by the fascist phobia of foreign cultures to change he ...

(1921–2013) *Adele Bianchi Azzariti (?–?) * Caterina Bianconelli (1665–1716) * Clara Bindi (born 1927) *

Olga Bisera Bisera Vukotić ( sr-Cyrl, Бисера Вукотић; born 26 May 1944), known professionally as Olga Bisera, is a Yugoslav-born Italian film actress and producer. She was born in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She entered the Drama Arts Aca ...

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Erika Blanc Enrica Bianchi Colombatto (born 23 July 1942), usually known by her stagename of Erika Blanc, is an Italian actress. Career Her most notable role was as the first fictional character Emmanuelle in '' Io, Emmanuelle'' (1969). Blanc starred in se ...

(born 1942) *

Delia Boccardo Delia Boccardo (born 29 January 1948) is an Italian film, television and stage actress. Life and career Born in Genoa, Boccardo spent her childhood and adolescence in Nervi, then studied at a Swiss college, at the Poggio Imperiale girls' sch ...

(born 1948) *

Enrica Bonaccorti Enrica Bonaccorti (born 18 November 1949) is an Italian former actress, television and radio presenter, and lyricist. Life and career Born in Savona, Bonaccorti spent her adolescence in several cities, including Sassari and Genoa, because of ...

(born 1949) * Anna Bonaiuto (born 1950) * Luisella Boni (born 1935) * Caterina Boratto (1915–2010) *

Paola Borboni Paola Borboni (1 January 1900 – 9 April 1995) was an Italian stage and film actress whose career spanned nine decades of cinema. Early life Borboni was born on 1 January 1900 in Parma, Italy. Career Borboni made her stage debut in 19 ...

(1900–1995) *

Lyda Borelli Lyda Cini, Countess of Monselice (née Borelli, 22 March 1884 – 2 June 1959) was an Italian actress of cinema and theatre. Her career in theatre started when she was a child, acting on stage with Paola Pezzaglia in the French drama ''I d ...

(1884–1959) * Simona Borioni (born 1971) *

Giulia Boschi Giulia Boschi (born 17 December 1962) is an Italian film and television actress. Life and career Born in Rome, Boschi is the daughter of the television presenter Aba Cercato. She made her film debut in 1984, in Francesca Comencini's '' Pianof ...

(born 1962) * Lucia Bosè (1931–2020) * Liù Bosisio (born 1936) * Silvia Bottini (born 1981) * Brunella Bovo (1932–2017) * Eleonora Brigliadori (born 1960) * Nancy Brilli (born 1964) * Lilla Brignone (1913–1984) *

Mercedes Brignone Mercedes Brignone (18 May 1885 – 24 June 1967) was a Spanish-born Italian stage, film and television actress. She was the daughter of the actor Giuseppe Brignone. She often played divas, and appeared in numerous silent films for Milano Films ...

(1885–1967) * Lidia Broccolino (born 1958) *

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Nicoletta Braschi Nicoletta Braschi (; born 19 April 1960) is an Italian actress and producer, best known for her work with her husband, actor and director Roberto Benigni. Life and career Born in Cesena, Braschi studied in Rome, Rome's Academy of Dramatic Arts ...

(born 1960) * Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (born 1964) * Maria Grazia Buccella (born 1940) * Margherita Buy (born 1962)

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* Clara Calamai (1909–1998) *

Giuliana Calandra Giuliana Calandra (10 February 1936 – 25 November 2018) was an Italian film, television and stage actress, journalist and television hostess. Life and career Born in Moncalieri, Giuliana Calandra debuted in 1963 Pier Paolo Pasolini's '' La r ...

(1936–2018) * Carla Calò (1926–2019) *

Miranda Campa Miranda Campa (31 January 1914 – 7 May 1989) was a Swiss-born Italian actress and voice actress. Life and career Born Liliana Campa Capodaglio in Geneva, the nephew of actors Pio Campa and Wanda Capodaglio, Campa studied acting at the ...

(1914–1989) * Edy Campagnoli (1934–1995) *

Anna Campori Anna Campori (22 September 1917 – 19 January 2018) was an Italian actress. From 1951 onwards, she appeared in 70 films. Life and career Born in Rome, Italy, after the debut on stage in a small company of prose Campori moved shortly after in ...

(1917–2018) * Gianna Maria Canale (1927–2009) * Elisabetta Canalis (born 1978) * Loredana Cannata (born 1975) * Simona Caparrini (born 1972) * Wanda Capodaglio (1889–1980) *

Cristiana Capotondi Cristiana Capotondi (born 13 September 1980) is an Italian actress. Early life and career Capotondi was born in Rome to an Italian family of mixed Italian Catholic and Italian Jewish background (her maternal grandfather was Jewish). Growing ...

(born 1980) *

Olga Capri Olga Capri (18 May 1883 – 18 December 1961) was a stage and film actress from Italy. She appeared in more than 40 films during her career, generally in supporting roles. She appeared in several of Alessandro Blasetti's early sound films, such a ...

(1883–1961) * Debora Caprioglio (born 1968) *

Anita Caprioli Anita Caprioli (born 11 December 1973) is an Italian theatre and film actress. Biography Born in Vercelli, Piedmont, the daughter of a stage actress, Caprioli made her stage debut in London in 1995 with Andrea Brooks, in an adaptation of Carlo G ...

(born 1973) * Flora Carabella (1926–1999) * Lilli Carati (1956–2014) *

Claudia Cardinale Claude Joséphine Rose "Claudia" Cardinale (; born 15 April 1938) is an Italian actress. She has starred in some of the most iconic European films of the 1960s and 1970s, acting in Italian, French, and English. Born and raised in La Goulette, a ...

(born 1938) (born and raised in Tunis, Tunisia; came to Italy at age 18) * Stefania Careddu (born 1945) * Olimpia Carlisi (born 1946) * Milly Carlucci (born 1954) * Maria Carmi (1880–1957) * Vera Carmi (1914–1969) * Raffaella Carrà (1943–2021) *

Chiara Caselli Chiara Caselli (born 22 December 1967) is an Italian actress. In 1994, Caselli won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress award as well as the David di Donatello for Best Actress award. Caselli has appeared in American films including ''My Own Pr ...

(born 1967) * Maria Caserini (1884–1969) * Maria Pia Casilio (1935–2012) * Stefania Casini (born 1948) * Nadia Cassini (born 1949) * Carla Cassola (1947–2022) * Lina Cavalieri (1875–1944) * Simona Cavallari (born 1971) *

Olimpia Cavalli Olimpia Cavalli (30 August 1930 – 29 March 2012) was an Italian actress. Born in Cadeo, she was mainly active between the late fifties and mid-sixties. After being a star on avanspettacolo alongside Erminio Macario, she made her film debut i ...

(1930–2012) * Valeria Cavalli (born 1959) *

Sandra Ceccarelli Sandra Ceccarelli (born 3 July 1967) is an Italian film actress. Daughter of Franco Ceccarelli, guitarist of the 1960s and 1970s Italian rock group Equipe 84, and Sandra von Glasersfeld (daughter of philosopher Ernst von Glasersfeld), Ceccar ...

(born 1967) * Irene Cefaro (born 1935) *

Elisa Cegani Elisa Cegani (11 June 1911 – 23 February 1996) was an Italian actress. She appeared in 60 films between 1935 and 1983. Partial filmography * ''Aldebaran'' (1935) - Nora Bandi * ''Cavalry'' (1936) - Speranza di Frassineto * ''The Countess ...

(1911–1996) * Pina Cei (1904–2000) *

Rosalinda Celentano Rosalinda Celentano (born 15 July 1968) is an Italian actress. Credited in over twenty films, she is perhaps best known for having played Satan in the movie ''The Passion of the Christ'' (2004). She is the daughter of Adriano Celentano and Clau ...

(born 1968) *

Athina Cenci Athina Cenci (born 13 March 1946), is a Greek-born Italian former actress, stand-up comedian and politician. Life and career Born in Kos, Greece, Cenci was co-founder and member, together with Francesco Nuti and Alessandro Benvenuti, of the ...

(born 1946) *

Valentina Cervi Valentina Cervi (born 13 April 1976) is an Italian film and television actress. Cervi was born in Rome, Italy. She is the daughter of director Tonino Cervi and granddaughter of actor Gino Cervi. Her mother is the Italian producer of Austrian- ...

(born 1976) *

Michela Cescon Michela Cescon (born 13 April 1971) is an Italian actress. Her film credits include '' Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy'', ''Salty Air'', '' Viva la libertà'', '' Quando sei nato non puoi più nasconderti'', '' First Love'' and ''Tulpa ...

(born 1971) * Alida Chelli (1943–2012) *

Amelia Chellini Amelia Chellini (16 June 1880 – 31 May 1944), was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 38 films between 1912 and 1944. She was born in Florence, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * '' La segretaria per tutti'' (1933 ...

(1880–1944) *

Laura Chiatti Laura Chiatti (born 15 July 1982, Castiglione del Lago, Italy) is an Italian actress and singer. She is the leading lady in two successful films: ''Ho voglia di te'', alongside Riccardo Scamarcio, and Paolo Sorrentino's third film ''The Family ...

(born 1982) *

Francesca Chillemi Francesca Chillemi (born 25 July 1985) is an Italian actress, model, television personality and beauty pageant titleholder. Early life and career At the age of 18, Francesca Chillemi won the Miss Italia 2003 beauty contest. She subsequently sta ...

(born 1985) * Valeria Ciangottini (born 1945) *

Eloisa Cianni Eloisa Cianni (born 21 June 1932) is an Italian actress, model and beauty pageant winner. Ciani was born in Rome as Aloisa Stukin, with the surname derived from her Polish adoptive father Stanislaus Stukin, who had married her mother Ida Furnace ...

(born 1932) * Gledis Cinque (born 1985) *

Gigliola Cinquetti Gigliola Cinquetti (; born Giliola Cinquetti on 20 December 1947) is an Italian singer, songwriter, and television presenter. Life and career Gigliola Cinquetti was born into a wealthy family in Verona. From the ages of 9 to 13, she studied and ...

(born 1947) *

Silvia Cohen Silvia Cohen (born 24 April 1959) is an Italian actress. Life and career Born in Paris into a family of Jewish origins, at young age Cohen moved with her family to Milan, where she studied acting at the Accademia dei Filodrammatici. She debute ...

(born 1959) *

Giada Colagrande Giada Colagrande (born 16 October 1975) is an Italian film director and actress. Life and career In 2005 Colagrande directed her second feature, ''Before it Had a Name'', which she co-wrote and co-starred in with Willem Dafoe. The two had met on ...

(born 1975) *

Ada Colangeli Ada Colangeli (5 March 1913 – 29 February 1992) was an Italian character actress. Life and career Born in Rome, Colangeli began acting in the early 1940s, and she was mainly cast in roles of women from a low social class. Active for about tw ...

(1913–1992) * Silvia Colloca (born 1977) *

Francesca Romana Coluzzi Francesca Romana Coluzzi (20 May 1943 – 15 July 2009) was an Italian actress. A respected dramatic actress on stage, she is probably best known for her roles in the commedia sexy all'italiana. Life and career Born in Tirana, Albania of Italia ...

(1943–2009) *

Lodovica Comello Lodovica Comello (born 13 April 1990) is an Italian actress, television presenter, singer and dancer who gained international popularity for her role as "Francesca" in the Argentine Disney Channel series '' Violetta''. Early life Comello was b ...

(born 1990) *

Rossella Como Rossella Como (29 January 1939 – 20 December 1986) was an Italian actress and television personality. Life and career Born in Rome, Rossella Como started her career at just 16 years old as a TV presenter, in the RAI show ''Primo applauso''. S ...

(1939–1986) *

Marina Confalone Marina Confalone (born 2 June 1951) is an Italian actress born in Naples. She has appeared in numerous films including ''Così parlò Bellavista'', ''The Second Time'', ''Notes of Love'', '' The Vice of Hope'' for which she won four David di Dona ...

(born 1951) *

Maria Pia Conte Maria Pia Conte (born 10 March 1944) is an Italian former actress. Life and career Born Maria Pia Vaccarezza in Genoa, the daughter of a carpenter, Conte spent her youth in Sestri Levante before moving to Genoa to study classical ballet. After ...

(born 1944) *Chiara Conti (born 1973) *

Nelly Corradi Nelly Corradi (1914–1968) was an Italian opera singer and actress. She made her screen debut in Max Ophüls' 1934 film '' Everybody's Woman''.Bayman p.101 Selected filmography * '' Dimmed Lights'' (1934) * '' Everybody's Woman'' (1934) * '' Il ...

(1914–1968) *

Paola Cortellesi Paola Cortellesi (born 24 November 1973 in Rome) is an Italian actress, singer, voice actress, and presenter. She has starred in about 20 movies as well as a number of theatrical shows, television shows, and radio shows. Biography Cortellesi debut ...

(born 1973) *

Valentina Cortese Valentina Cortese (1 January 1923 – 10 July 2019) was an Italian actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in François Truffaut's ''Day for Night'' (1973). Personal life Cortese was bor ...

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Elena Cotta Elena Cotta (born 19 August 1931) is an Italian stage, film and television actress. Life and career Born in Milan, at a young age Cotta won a scholarship to attend the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico; after just one year ...

(born 1931) *

Carolina Crescentini Carolina Crescentini (born 18 April 1980 in Rome) is an Italian actress. She is a graduate of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, and star of the box office hit movie Parlami d'amore, directed by Silvio Muccino. She worked with Giuliano ...

(born 1980) *

Maddalena Crippa Maddalena Crippa (born 4 September 1957) is an Italian film, television and stage actress. She won a David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Academy Award nominee '' Three Brothers'' by Francesco Rosi. Life and career ...

(born 1957) *

Paola Tiziana Cruciani Paola Tiziana Cruciani (born 29 May 1958) is an Italian actress, comedian and playwright. Life and career Born in Rome, Cruciani studied acting at the "Laboratorio Teatrale", a theatre workshop directed by Gigi Proietti, graduating in 1981. B ...

(born 1958) *

Lorella Cuccarini Lorella Cuccarini Persili (born August 10, 1965) is an Italian showgirl, television personality, dancer, singer, and actress. Life and career Born in Rome, at nine years old Cuccarini started to attend the dance school of (choreographer and hu ...

(born 1965) *

Maria Grazia Cucinotta Maria Grazia Cucinotta (; born 27 July 1968) is an Italian actress who has featured in films and television series since 1990. She has also worked as a film producer, screenwriter and model. Internationally she is best known for her roles in ' ...

(born 1968) *

Beryl Cunningham Beryl Cunningham (8 August 1946 – 11 December 2020) was a Jamaican actress and model, mainly active in Italian cinema. Life and career Born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, the daughter of a university professor, after the high school graduation Cu ...

(1946–2020) *

Barbara Cupisti Barbara Cupisti is an Italian award-winning documentary director with a long career as film actress. As an actress, she is well known outside of her native country by horror fans, who will most likely recognize her from her films with director ...

(born 1962)

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Milly D'Abbraccio Milly D'Abbraccio (born 3 November 1964) is an Italian actress and pornographic actress. Life and career Born in Avellino, the sister of stage actress Mariangela D'Abbraccio, she started her career in 1978, winning the Miss Teenager Italy pag ...

(born 1964) *

Rubi Dalma Rubi Dalma (24 April 1906 - 7 August 1994) was an Italian actress. Life and career Born Giusta Manca di Villahermosa in Milan, she belonged to an aristocratic family from the Sardinian town of Sassari. After a bit part in the Camillo Mastrocinq ...

(1906–1994) * Francesca D'Aloja (born 1963) *

Mirella D'Angelo Mirella D'Angelo (born 16 August 1956) is an Italian actress. Career Mirella D'Angelo has appeared in more than twenty films since 1974 and acted in television and theatre. She has appeared in a number of notable films including Le Guignolo wit ...

(born 1956) *

Emma Danieli Emma Danieli (born Emma Fretta; 14 October 1936 – 21 June 1998) was an Italian actress and television personality. Life and career Born in Curtatone, Mantua, Danieli started her career at very young age as an actress of commercials. After win ...

(1936–1998) *

Isa Danieli Isa Danieli (born 13 March 1937) is an Italian film actress. She has appeared in 32 films since 1962. Selected filmography * '' Love and Anarchy'' (1973) * ''The Peaceful Age'' (1974) * '' Swept Away'' (1974) * '' Il marsigliese'' (1975) by Gia ...

(born 1937) *

Tosca D'Aquino Tosca D'Aquino (born 10 June 1966) is an Italian actress, comedian and television presenter. Life and career Born in Naples, Tosca D'Aquino started her career at 15 years old, appearing in several local television shows. At nineteen years old ...

(born 1966) *

Cecilia Dazzi Cecilia Dazzi (born 17 October 1969) is an Italian actress, television personality and songwriter. Early life Born in Rome, she is the daughter of film producer Tommaso Dazzi. Career She made her film debut in 1987, in Ettore Scola's '' Th ...

(born 1969) *

Titina De Filippo Titina De Filippo (born Annunziata De Filippo; 27 March 1898 – 26 December 1963) was an Italian actress and playwright.Elsa De Giorgi Elsa De Giorgi (26 January 1914 – 12 September 1997) was an Italian film actress and writer. She appeared in twenty seven films, including '' Captain Fracasse'' (1940). Her 1955 book ''I coetanei'' (The Peers), a diary of Italy during the civ ...

(1914–1997) * Piera Degli Esposti (1938–2021) *

Liana Del Balzo Liana Del Balzo (4 March 1899 – 26 March 1982) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 90 films between 1935 and 1979. She was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and died in Rome, Italy. Even making her film debut quite late, in her fort ...

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Marisa Del Frate Marisa Del Frate (11 March 1931 – 5 February 2015) was an Italian actress, singer, and television personality. Life and career Born in Rome, Del Frate started her career as a model and took part in several beauty contests. In 1957, she succes ...

(1931–2015) * Francesca Dellera (born 1965) *

Carla Del Poggio Carla Del Poggio (2 December 1925 – 14 October 2010) was an Italian cinema, theatre, and television actress. Biography Born Maria Luisa Attanasio in Naples, she was the wife of Italian director Alberto Lattuada for 60 years, from 2 April 1945 ...

(1925–2010) *

Lorella De Luca Lorella De Luca (17 September 1940 – 9 January 2014) was an Italian film, television, and voice actress. One of the most recognized ingenues of Italian cinema during the mid-to-late 1950s, she is best known for having played naive young girls ...

(1940–2014) *

Valentine Demy Valentine Demy (born 24 January 1963) is an Italian mainstream and pornographic actress. Born as Marisa Parra in Pisa, Demy started her film career in the late 1980s, appearing often in main roles in several genre films, mainly of erotic genre ...

(born 1963) *

Barbara De Rossi Barbara De Rossi (born 9 August 1960) is an Italian actress who has combined a career in international cinema with longstanding popularity in Italian television. Biography Barbara De Rossi was born in 1960 in Rome to an Italian wine importer and ...

(born 1960) *

Tina De Mola Ernesta De Mola, best known as Tina De Mola (28 October 1923 – 18 April 2012), was an Italian actress, singer and television personality. Life and career Born in Milan, De Mola was the daughter of a barber. After winning a contest for new ...

(1923–2012) *

Cinzia De Ponti Cinzia Fiordeponti, best known as Cinzia De Ponti (born 3 October 1960), is an Italian actress, model, television personality and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Italia 1979 and second runner-up to Miss Universe 1982. Life and ...

(born 1960) *

Dina De Santis Dina De Santis (born 21 December 1943) is an Italian former actress. Life and career Born Carlotta Provin in Vicenza, as a child De Santis won a beauty contest and at young age she started working for the advertising industry and on stage. ...

(born 1943) *

Orchidea De Santis Orchidea De Santis (born 20 December 1948, Bari) is an Italian television and film actress. Biography Orchidea De Santis is an Italian actress in cinema, theatre and television. Her films include '' Il Vizio di Famiglia'' directed by Mariano ...

(born 1948) *

Francesca De Sapio Francesca De Sapio (16 August 1945) is an Italian actress and acting coach, best-known as the young Carmela Corleone in ''The Godfather Part II'' (1974). The daughter of an architect, she was born in Rome. After her father's work took him to th ...

(born 1945) *

Giuliana De Sio Giuliana De Sio (born 2 April 1956) is an Italian actress, the younger sister of pop-folk singer Teresa De Sio. She won two David di Donatello for Best Actress and different Silver Ribbons for Best Actress. Biography and career Giuliana De Si ...

(born 1956) *

Rosemary Dexter Rosemarie Dexter (19 July 1944 – 8 September 2010), best known as Rosemary Dexter, was a British film actress who worked in Italy. Life and career Born in Quetta to a British father and an Anglo-Burmese mother, Dexter entered the film ind ...

(1944–2010) *

Ida Di Benedetto Ida Di Benedetto (born 3 June 1945)Giorgio Dell'Arti, Massimo Parrini, ''Catalogo dei viventi 2009'' - voce Di Benedetto Ida, Venezia, Marsilio Editori, 2008, is an Italian actress and film producer. Biography Di Benedetto appeared in more tha ...

(born 1945) *

Dalila Di Lazzaro Dalila Di Lazzaro (born 29 January 1953) is an Italian model, actress and writer. Life and career Born in Udine, Di Lazzaro started as a fashion model and was the subject of famous photographers such as Andy Warhol. She then gained attention i ...

(born 1953) *

Irasema Dilián Irasema Dilián (born Eva Irasema Warschalowska; May 27, 1924 – April 16, 1996) was an actress. Born in Brazil to Polish parents, she began her film career in Italy, and appeared in Italian, Spanish and Mexican films. Biography Irasema Dili ...

(1924–1996) (

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...

actress born in

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

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Rossana Di Lorenzo Rossana Di Lorenzo (4 March 1938 – 13 August 2022) was an Italian film actress. Life and career Born in Rome, the sister of actor Maurizio Arena, she debuted in a main role in 1970, playing Alberto Sordi's wife in a segment of the antholo ...

(1938–2022) * Matilde Di Marzio *

Silvia Dionisio Silvia Dionisio (born 28 September 1951) is an Italian actress who appeared in several movies in the 1970s. Born in Rome, Dionisio made her debut in the world of cinema when she was only 14 years old in the movie ''Darling''. Her career followe ...

(born 1951) * Miria Di San Servolo (1923–1991) *

Valeria D'Obici Valeria D'Obici (born 17 April 1952) is an Italian film and television actress. Born in Lerici, Valeria D'Obici debuted in 1974 in the "poliziottesco" '' La polizia ha le mani legate''. Her breakout role was the ugly Fosca in Ettore Scola's '' ...

(born 1952) *

Franca Dominici Franca Dominici (June 25, 1907 – October 14, 1999) was an Italian actress and voice actress. Biography Born in Bologna, the daughter of the actor Enrico, after studying at the Istituto Tecnico Dominici began her career on stage in her early tw ...

(1907–1999) *

Ada Dondini Ada Dondini (18 March 1883 – 3 January 1958) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 48 films between 1916 and 1954. She was born in Cosenza, Italy and died in Chieti, Italy. Selected filmography * '' The Charmer'' (1931) * ''Just ...

(1883–1958) *

Bianca Doria Bianca Doria (22 September 1915 – 2 February 1985) was an Italian actress. She appeared in more than forty films during her career. She appeared in the 1963 peplum ''Hercules Against the Mongols''.Hughes, Howard. ''Cinema Italiano: The Com ...

(1915–1985) *

Dori Dorika Dori Dorika ( 1 October 1913 – 1 January 1996) was a Russian-born Italian actress. She was sometimes credited as Dory Dorika. Life and career Born Dorotea Massa in Odessa, the daughter of a Russian mother and a Neapolitan father, she moved ...

(1913–1996) *

Anita Durante Anita Durante (28 September 1897 – 2 May 1994) was an Italian actress. Born Anita Bianchi in Rome into a humble family, after attending a dramatic society for several years Durante made her official debut on stage in 1919, in Ettore Petro ...

(1897–1994) *

Doris Duranti Doris Duranti (25 April 1917 – 10 March 1995) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 43 films between 1935 and 1975. She had a years-long affair with Alessandro Pavolini, a Fascist politician who in 1945 was executed by Italian parti ...

(1917–1995) *

Barbara D'Urso Barbara D'Urso (born Maria Carmela D'Urso; 7 May 1957) is an Italian television personality, television host, actress and writer. Career D'Urso was born in Naples, Campania. Her father was from Laurenzana (died in 1996), and her mother, who ...

(born 1957) *

Eleonora Duse Eleonora Giulia Amalia Duse ( , ; 3 October 185821 April 1924), often known simply as Duse, was an Italian actress, rated by many as the greatest of her time. She performed in many countries, notably in the plays of Gabriele d'Annunzio and Hen ...

(1858–1924)

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* Laura Efrikian (born 1940) * Antonella Elia (born 1963) *

Maria Giovanna Elmi Maria Giovanna Elmi (born 25 August 1940) is an Italian former television announcer, presenter, journalist, actress and singer. Born in Rome, Elmi attended the faculty of letter at the university, then in 1968 she was employed by RAI TV as an ann ...

(born 1940)

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Elena Fabrizi Elena Fabrizi (; born Elena Fabbrizi; 17 June 1915 – 9 August 1993), popularly known as sora Lella ("Mrs. Lella" in Romanesco), was an Italian stage, television and film actress, and a television personality. Life and career Born in Rome, th ...

(1915–1993) *

Valeria Fabrizi Valeria Fabrizi (born 20 October 1936) is an Italian actress, singer and television personality. Life and career Born in Verona, in 1936 Fabrizi made her acting debut in the revue ''Campione senza valore''. The same year, she had her first lead ...

(born 1936) *

Anna Falchi Anna Falchi (; born Anna Kristiina Palomäki; 22 April 1972) is a Finnish-Italian model and film actress. Career Anna Kristiina Palomäki was born in Tampere, Finland, the daughter of an Italian father, Benito (Tito) Falchi, and Finnish moth ...

(born 1972) (born in

Tampere Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population o ...

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

) * Tea Falco (born 1986) * Franca Faldini (1931–2016) *

Rossella Falk Rossella Falk (10 November 1926 – 5 May 2013) was an Italian actress. She had a long career and is possibly best known for appearing in ''8½'' by Federico Fellini in 1963. Life and career Born in Rome as Rosa Antonia Falzacappa, Falk grad ...

(1926–2013) *

Manuela Falorni Manuela Falorni (born 20 May 1959), best known as Venere Bianca (literally: White Venus), is an Italian model, pornographic actress and author. Career Born in Fucecchio, Falorni started her career in 1979, entering the Miss Italia pageant in whi ...

(born 1959) *

Leonora Fani Leonora Fani (born 18 February 1954) is an Italian former film actress. Career Born in Crocetta del Montello, province of Treviso, as Eleonora Cristofani, Leonora Fani was launched in 1971 by winning the " Miss Teenager" pageant. Then she had a ...

(born 1954) * Gabriella Farinon (born 1941) *

Anita Farra Anita Farra (15 July 1905 – 4 August 2008) was an Italian stage and film actress. She appeared in around forty films during her career, generally in small or supporting roles such as that in '' The Siege of the Alcazar'' (1940).Cardullo p.21 ...

(1905–2008) *

Sarah Felberbaum Sarah Felberbaum is an Italian actress. Life and career Born in London to a British mother and an American father of German Jewish descent, Felberbaum moved to Italy with her family when she was a year old. At 15 she started working as a model ...

(born 1980) * Maddalena Fellini (1929–2004) *

Edwige Fenech Edwige Fenech (, ; born 24 December 1948) is an Algerian-born Maltese-Sicilian actress and film producer. She is mostly known as the star of a series of ''commedia sexy all'italiana'' and ''giallo'' films released in the 1970s, which turned her ...

(born 1948) *

Luisa Ferida Luisa Ferida, real surname Manfrini, (18 March 1914 – 30 April 1945) was an Italian stage and film actress. She was one of divas in Italian cinema during decade 1935-1945 and she was the highest paid movie star of that period. The actress w ...

(1914–1945) *

Sabrina Ferilli Sabrina Ferilli (born 28 June 1964) is an Italian theater and film actress. Listed among the best Italian actress, she has won five Nastro d'Argento (including a special award in 2016 for civil engagement for her performance in ''Me, Myself and ...

(born 1964) *

Isabella Ferrari Isabella Ferrari (born 31 March 1964), better known by her stage name of Isabella Fogliazza, is an Italian actress of television, theatre and the cinema. She is best known as the protagonist, ''Commissioner Giovanna Scalise'' in the police dram ...

(born 1964) *

Anna Maria Ferrero Anna Maria Ferrero (18 February 1935 – 21 May 2018) was an Italian actress. Early life and career Born Anna Maria Guerra, she changed her last name to Ferrero in honor of the composer :it:Willy Ferrero, Willy Ferrero. Her film debut came at t ...

(1935–2018) *

Irene Ferri Irene Ferri (born 29 March 1972) is an Italian actress and television presenter. Born in Rome, Ferri studied acting at Actors Studio in New York, with Susan Strasberg as tutor, and later at Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. She debuted as ...

(born 1972) *

Jole Fierro Jole Fierro (22 November 1926 – 27 March 1988) was an Italian actress. Born in Salerno, Fierro made her debut in the early 1950s in the Neapolitan dialect theater, and shortly later she made her first appearances in films. In June 1954, she a ...

(1926–1988) *

Camilla Filippi Camilla Filippi (born 13 October 1979) is an Italian film, stage and television actress. Life and career Born in Brescia, Filippi started her career, when she was a teenager, appearing in a series of Barilla commercials. She made her acting de ...

(born 1979) *

Angela Finocchiaro Angela Finocchiaro (born 20 November 1955, in Milan) is an Italian actress. She won the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress in 2006 for her performance in ''The Beast in the Heart'' and in 2007 for her role of Amelia Benassi in '' ...

(born 1955) *

Donatella Finocchiaro Donatella Finocchiaro (born 16 November 1970) is an Italian actress. She has appeared in more than 20 films since 2002. She starred in ''The Wedding Director'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. ...

(born 1970) *

Elena Fiore Elena Fiore (26 July 1928 – September 26, 1999) was an Italian film actress, best known for her roles in Lina Wertmüller films. Born in Naples, Fiore debuted in 1972 in the role Amalia Finocchiaro, an overweight, middle-aged woman full of sexu ...

(1928–1999) *

Maria Fiore Maria Fiore (1 October 1935 – 28 October 2004) was an Italian film and television actress. She appeared in 50 films between 1952 and 1999. Life and career Born Jolanda Di Fiore in Rome, in spite of a non-professional acting background, sh ...

(1935–2004) *

Oretta Fiume Oretta Fiume (6 June 1919 – 22 April 1994) was an Italian actress who became a star during the Fascist era after winning a competition.Gundle p.111 One of her final screen roles was in ''La Dolce Vita'' (1960). She was born in Fiume (now Ri ...

(1919–1994) *

Diane Fleri Diane Fleri (born 13 July 1983), is a French-born Italian actress. Early life Fleri was born in Quimper, Brittany, France, to an Italian father, Marino Fleri, a diplomat of Estonian and Maltese origins, and a French mother of Vietnamese origin ...

(born 1983) *

Anna Foglietta Anna Foglietta (born 3 April 1979) is an Italian actress. She has appeared in the films '' Escort in Love'' and '' Ex – Amici come prima!''. She has also appeared in several television series such as '' Distretto di Polizia'' and '' The Mafia ...

(born 1979) *

Iaia Forte Iaia Forte (born 16 March 1962) is an Italian actress. She is probably best known for the Maurizio Nichetti's comedy film '' Luna e l'altra'', for which she won a Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress, a Globo d'oro for Best Actress and she was nom ...

(born 1962) * Anna Fougez (1894–1966) *Federica Fracassi (born 1971) *

Lia Franca Lia Franca (1912–1988) was an Italian film actress. She was sometimes credited as Lya Franca and Libia Franca. Life and career Born Livia Caterina Petra Penso in Trieste, Franca started her career winning a beauty contest, "Miss Trieste", in ...

(1912–1988) *

Rina Franchetti Rina Franchetti (23 December 1907 – 18 August 2010) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 50 films between 1932 and 1990. Selected filmography * ''Two Happy Hearts'' (1932) * ''La segretaria per tutti'' (1933) * ''The Peddler and th ...

(1907–2010) *Eleonora Franchi (born 1984) *

Teresa Franchini Teresa Franchini (19 September 1877 – 11 August 1972) was an Italian stage and film actress. She was a leading lady of the theatre in her youth, appearing in the first Italian staging of Oscar Wilde's '' Lady Windermere's Fan'' in 1905. Beginni ...

(1877–1972) *

Chiara Francini Chiara Francini (born 20 December 1976 in Florence)Maria Grazia Francia Maria Grazia Francia (17 September 1931 – 4 March 2021) was an Italian actress of classic cinema. Career Born in Florence, in the mid-1940s Francia moved to Rome to attend the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. She eventually left the cou ...

(1931–2021) *

Connie Francis Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero (born December 12, 1937), known professionally as Connie Francis, is an American pop singer, actress, and top-charting female vocalist of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Called the “First Lady of Rock & Roll” ...

, nee Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero (born 1936) (Italian-American pop singer, actress) *

Fulvia Franco Fulvia Franco (21 May 1931 – 15 May 1988) was an Italian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder. Life and career Born in Trieste, the daughter of a businessman, Franco won the third edition of the Miss Italia beauty contest held ...

(1931–1988) *

Rosanna Fratello Rosanna Fratello (born 26 March 1951) is an Italian singer and actress. Biography and career Born in San Severo, Foggia, Fratello emerged as singer in 1969, when she took part at the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Il treno" and obtained h ...

(born 1951) *

Maria Frau Maria Frau (born 6 August 1930) is a retired Italian film actress.Ringgold & Bodeen p.167 She made her debut in 1950 when she played the title role in ''Margaret of Cortona''. After appearing in eighteen films she retired from acting in 1957, fol ...

(born 1930) *

Margherita Fumero Margherita Fumero (born 16 October 1947) is an Italian actress and comedian. Life and career Born in Turin, Fumero became first known as a member of the stage company of Erminio Macario. She achieved a large popularity as the fictional wife o ...

(born 1947) *

Annette Funicello Annette Joanne Funicello (October 22, 1942 – April 8, 2013) was an American actress and singer. Funicello began her professional career as a child performer at the age of twelve. She was one of the most popular Mouseketeers on the orig ...

(1942-2013)

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Scilla Gabel Scilla Gabel (born Gianfranca Gabellini; 4 January 1938) is an Italian film, television and stage actress. She appeared in 50 films between 1954 and 1982. Career Born in Rimini, Italy, one of five children, Gabel entered the cinema industry as ...

(born 1938) *

Anna Galiena Anna Galiena (born 22 December 1954) is an Italian actress, best known to English-speaking audiences for her appearances in ''Le Mari de la coiffeuse'', '' Jamón, jamón'', '' Being Human'' and ''Senso '45''. Movie career In her youth, Galien ...

(born 1954) *

Ely Galleani Ely Galleani (born 24 April 1953), sometimes credited as Justine Gall and Ely Gall, is a retired Italian film actress. Born in Alassio as Federica Elisabetta De Galleani, daughter of an Italian count and of a Polish woman of Lithuanian origin, G ...

(born 1953) *

Giovanna Galletti Giovanna Galletti (27 June 1916 - 21 April 1992) was an Italian actress. She appeared in more than forty films from 1938 to 1986. Life and career Galletti began her career on stage at a young age, in the early 1930s, and later attended the Centro ...

(1916–1992) *

Ida Galli Ida Galli is an Italian film actress best known for her roles in Spaghetti Western and giallo films in the 1960s and 1970s. Galli has appeared under several pseudonyms, including Arianna, Evelyn Stewart and Isli Oberon. Extremely prolific, som ...

(born 1942) *

Pina Gallini Pina Gallini (19 March 1888 – 31 January 1974) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 82 films between 1935 and 1963. Selected filmography * '' The Countess of Parma'' (1936) * ''The Ferocious Saladin'' (1937) * '' The Former Matti ...

(1888–1974) *

Irène Galter Irène Galter (16 September 1931 – 7 June 2018) was an Italian actress. Life and career Born in Merano as Irene Patuzzi, during the first half of the 1950s Galter was called the "ideal girlfriend" of Italians. She was casually discovered in ...

(1931–2018) *

Cristina Gaioni Cristina Gaioni (born as Maria Cristina Gaioni; 4 November 1940) is an Italian actress, sometimes credited as Cristina Gajoni and Cristina Gaioni Visentin. Born in Milan, Gaioni studied acting at the drama school of Piccolo Teatro under Giorgi ...

(born 1940) *

Dina Galli Dina Galli (1877–1951) was an Italian actress known for her comic stage roles. Galli also appeared in fourteen films during her career. Life and career Born Clotilde Annamaria Galli in Milan, Galli was the daughter of a well known theatrica ...

(1877–1951) *

Dada Gallotti Dada Gallotti (born 8 April 1935) is an Italian actress. Born in Milan as Alda Gallotti, she was one of the most active character actresses in the 1960s and 1970s. She appeared in several Spaghetti Western films under the pseudonym Diana Garson ...

(born 1935) *

Graziella Galvani Graziella Galvani (27 June 1931 – 25 August 2022) was an Italian stage, television and film actress. Life and career Born in Milan, Galvani formed at the drama school of the Piccolo Teatro in her hometown, and participated in several plays ...

(1931–2022) * Stefania Orsola Garello (born 1963) *

Lisa Gastoni Lisa Gastoni (born 28 July 1935) is an Italian film actress. Gastoni was named "Best Italian Actress of the Year, 1966" as she received both the Nastro D'Argento Award and the Golden Globe Award from Italy's Foreign Press Association.} Biograp ...

(born 1935) *

Irene Genna Irene Genna (4 January 1931 – 6 February 1986) was a Greek-born Italian film and television actress. Life and career Born in Athens by an Italian father and a Greek mother, Genna made her high school studies in Greece, then she moved to Italy ...

(1931–1986) * Lina Gennari (1911–1997) *

Olga Vittoria Gentilli Olga Vittoria Gentilli (19 July 1888 – 29 May 1957) was an Italian stage and film actress. She appeared in around forty films during the Fascist era and immediate post-war years. She generally played supporting roles in films such as ''Naples ...

(1888–1957) *

Claudia Gerini Claudia Gerini (; born 18 December 1971) is an Italian actress and singer. Life and career Born in Rome, Gerini won the National Competition of Miss Teenager in 1985. She got her first part in a film, ''La ballata di Eva'', at 14. She subsequ ...

(born 1971) *

Gaia Germani Gaia Germani (30 August 1934 - 20 February 2019) was an Italian film and television actress. Biography Born in Rome as Giovanna Giardina, she made her film debut in a French film, Georges Lautner's '' En plein cirage'' and later starred both in ...

(1942–2019) *

Anna Maria Gherardi Anna Maria Gherardi (15 October 1939 – 5 October 2014) was an Italian actress and voice actress.Betts, To"RIP Anna Maria Gherardi" westernboothill.blogspot.com, 6 October 2014; retrieved 6 October 2014. Born in Bologna, Gherardi formed at the ...

(1939–2014) *

Dana Ghia Dana Ghia (born Felicita Ghia; 13 July 1932) is an Italian former actress, singer and model. During her acting career, Ghia was sometimes credited as Ghia Arlen. Life and career Born Felicita Ghia in Milan, Ghia started her career as a runway ...

(born 1932) *

Gabriella Giacobbe Gabriella Giacobbe (1923–1979) was an Italian stage, film and television actress. Born in L'Aquila, Giacobbe graduated at the drama school of Giorgio Strehler and worked long with his company at the Piccolo Teatro, debuting in 1953 with the d ...

(1923–1979) *

Pia Giancaro Pia Giancaro (born 12 March 1950) is an Italian former actress and television personality. Life and career Born Maria Pia Gianporcaro in Palermo, the daughter of a Sicilian railroad worker and a Slavic mother, Giancaro in 1968 won the Miss Sic ...

(born 1950) *Carlotta Giani (?–?) *

Vivi Gioi Vivi Gioi, born Vivienne Trumpy (2 January 1917, Livorno – 12 July 1975, Fregene) was an Italian actress. Her alternative professional last name Diesca was an anagram of De Sica, the famous actor and director with whom she was in love. She is ...

(1917–1975) *

Matilde Gioli Matilde Gioli (born Matilde Lojacono on 2 September 1989) is an Italian television and film actress. Life and career Born in Milan, Gioli graduated in philosophy from the University of Milan, and then worked as an event hostess and a synchron ...

(born 1989) *

Daniela Giordano 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 ...

(born 1946) *

Domiziana Giordano Domiziana Giordano (born 4 September 1959) is an Italian artist, actress, photographer, and video artist. Giordano has played roles in work directed by Mauro Bolognini, Jean-Luc Godard, Neil Jordan, Ken McMullen, Nicolas Roeg, and Andrei Ta ...

(born 1959) *

Mariangela Giordano Mariangela Giordano (2 September 1937 – 16 July 2011) was an Italian film and television actress. Life and career Born in Dolcedo, Imperia, Italy as Maria Angela Giordano, the daughter of a journalist, Giordano was elected Miss Liguria in 19 ...

(1937–2011) *

Gabriella Giorgelli Gabriella Giorgelli (born 29 July 1941) is an Italian film and television actress. She appeared in more than 70 films between 1960 and 1998. Biography Early life Born in Fossola, a frazione of Carrara, Giorgelli was the daughter of a busines ...

(born 1941) *

Eleonora Giorgi Eleonora Giorgi (born 21 October 1953) is an Italian actress. Biography Giorgi was born in Rome. Her father was of Italian and English origin. Her mother was of Italian and Hungarian origin. She made her film debut in a minor role in Paolo ...

(born 1953) *

Leda Gloria Leda may refer to: Mythology * Leda (mythology), queen of Sparta and mother of Helen of Troy in Greek mythology Places * Leda, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia * Leda makeshift settlement, Bangladesh, a refugee camp ...

(1908–1997) *

Loretta Goggi Loretta Goggi ( born 29 September 1950) is an Italian singer, actress, comedian and TV host. Goggi is also an acclaimed singer and her records have sometimes entered the Italian pop charts. She was the first runner-up at the 1981 ''Festival del ...

(born 1950) *

Valeria Golino Valeria Golino (born 22 October 1965) is an Italian actress and film director. She is best known to English-language audiences for her roles in ''Rain Man'', ''Big Top Pee-wee'' and the two ''Hot Shots!'' films, particularly the olive-in-the-bell ...

(born 1965) *

Angela Goodwin Angela Goodwin (born Angela Bucci, 1 August 1925 – 25 March 2016), was an Italian stage, film and television actress. Life and career Born in Rome, Goodwin was the daughter of an Italian-American father, and spent her youth in the US where s ...

(1925–2016) *

Laura Gore Laura Gore (30 September 1918 – 27 March 1957) was an Italian actress and voice actress. She appeared in 39 films between 1945 and 1955. She was born in Bussoleno, Turin as Laura Emilia Regli. While studying accounting, in 1940 she won th ...

(1918–1957) *

Gorella Gori Gorella Gori (2 February 1900 – 25 November 1963) was an Italian entertainer (including cafe-chantant), stage actor and film actress. She appeared in twenty five films, generally in supporting or minor roles. One of her later roles was a sma ...

(1900–1963) *

Giulia Elettra Gorietti Giulia Elettra Gorietti (born 29 September 1988) is an Italian actress from Rome. Life and career Gorietti was born in Rome from an Italian father and a German-Portuguese mother: at the age of 12 she joined the Italian Rhythmic gymnastics te ...

(born 1988) *

Emma Gramatica Emma Gramatica (born Aida Laura Argia Gramatica; 25 October 1874 – 8 November 1965) was an Italian stage and film actress. She appeared in 29 films between 1919 and 1962. She was born in Borgo San Donnino, today Fidenza, Province of Parma ...

(1874–1965) *

Irma Gramatica Irma Gramatica (pseudonym of Maria Francesca Gramatica; 25 November 1870 – 24 October 1962) was an Italian stage and film actress. Gramatica appeared in ten films during her career including ''The Materassi Sisters'' (1944).Landy p.285 Her siste ...

(1870–1962) *

Graziella Granata Graziella Granata (born 16 March 1941) is an Italian retired film and stage actress. After graduating at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, and after some secondary roles in adventure films and comedies, thanks to a film contract with Ang ...

(born 1941) *

Serena Grandi Serena Grandi (born 23 March 1958, in Bologna) is an Italian actress, famous as an icon and sex symbol in Italian cinema of the 1980s and 1990s. Known for her junoesque body and voluptuous measurements, she was considered one of the main pin-u ...

(born 1958) *

Carla Gravina Carla Gravina (born 5 August 1941) is an Italian actress and politician. She received a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for her role in '' La terrazza'' (1980). Her other notable roles were in ''Love and Chatter'' (1957), '' Esterina ...

(born 1941) *

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 ...

(1928–2011) *

José Greci José Greci (10 January 1941 – 1 June 2017) was an Italian film, television and stage actress. Life and career Born in Ferrara as Giuseppina Greci, the daughter of the journalist and television writer Luigi. In 1956 at just fifteen years old ...

(1941–2017) *

Cosetta Greco Cosetta Greco (8 October 1930 – 14 July 2002) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in more than 30 films between 1943 and 1971. Selected filmography * '' Farewell Love!'' (1943) - La cameriera di casa Dias * ''Caccia all'uomo'' (194 ...

(1930–2002) * Eva Grimaldi (born 1961) *

Nicole Grimaudo Nicole Grimaudo (born 22 April 1980, in Caltagirone, Sicily, Italy) is an Italian actress.Bianca Guaccero Bianca Guaccero ( Bitonto, 15 January 1981), is an Italian actress, singer and TV presenter. In February 2010, she resumed her notable role of ''Carolina Scapece'' in the Rai Uno mini-series ''Capri 3''. She had played the same part of the conn ...

(born 1981) *

Lorenza Guerrieri Lorenza Guerrieri (born 18 April 1944) is an Italian actress. Born in Rome, Lorenza Guerrieri made her film debut in the mid-1960s in ''Le sedicenni'', and later appeared in films of any genre, mainly in secondary roles. She became popular with t ...

(born 1944) *

Monica Guerritore Monica Guerritore (5 January 1958 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian actress of cinema, theatre and television. Biography Born in Rome to a Neapolitan father and a Calabrian mother, after her debut at just sixteen years of age under the direction of G ...

(born 1958) *

Gloria Guida Gloria Guida (; born 19 November 1952) is an Italian actress and model. She is best known for starring in commedia erotica all'italiana, particularly the ''La liceale'' series, and also in erotic coming-of-age-drama films in the mid-1970s. Li ...

(born 1955) *

Wandisa Guida Wandisa Guida (born 21 April 1935) is an Italian former film, stage and television actress. She was sometimes credited as Wandisa Leigh. Born in Trani, Guida took part in the Miss Italia beauty contest in 1954, winning the title of Miss Cinema ...

(born 1935) *

Sabina Guzzanti Sabina Guzzanti (born 25 July 1963) is an Italian satirist, actress, writer and producer whose work is devoted to examining social and political life in Italy. Early life Born in Rome as the eldest daughter of celebrated Italian political comment ...

(born 1963) *

Margherita Guzzinati Margherita Guzzinati (18 May 1940 – 31 October 1997) was an Italian stage, television and film actress and television presenter. Life and career Born in Rome, Guzzinati made her professional debut at young age, in the play ''Questa sera si r ...

(1940–1997)

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* Hesperia (1885–1959) * Natasha Hovey (born 1967) (born in Beirut)

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Francesca Inaudi Francesca Inaudi (born 8 December 1977), is an Italian actress. Life and career Born in Siena, at age eighteen Inaudi was selected by Giorgio Strehler to enroll in his acting courses at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan.Giorgio Dell'Arti, Massimo P ...

(born 1977) * Annabella Incontrera (1943–2004) *

Zoe Incrocci Zoe Incrocci (21 September 1917 – 6 November 2003) was an Italian actress and voice actress. Biography Born in Brescia, Incrocci was the older sister of the screenwriter Agenore Incrocci. She made her film debut at young age in a supporting ...

(1917–2003) *

Lorenza Indovina Lorenza Indovina (born 5 October 1966) is an Italian actress. Life and career Born in Rome, the daughter of the director Franco Indovina, she studied acting at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts, graduating in 1991. She made he ...

(born 1966) *

Adriana Innocenti Adriana Innocenti (16 October 1926 – 4 March 2016) was an Italian actress and voice actress. Life and career Born in Portico e San Benedetto, Forlì, Innocenti formed at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome and then made her ...

(1926–2016) *

Sabrina Impacciatore Sabrina Impacciatore (born 29 March 1968) is an Italian actress. Life and career Born in Rome to parents from Abruzzo and Sardinia, Impacciatore studied acting at the Actors Studio in New York and enrolled several other acting courses in Ro ...

(born 1968)

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Silvana Jachino Silvana Jachino (2 February 1916 – 28 August 2004) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 65 films between 1936 and 1970. She was born in Milan, Italy and died in Rimini, Italy. Partial filmography * ''Cuor di vagabondo'' (1936) * ...

(1916–2004)

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Anna Kanakis Anna Kanakis ( el, Άννα Κανάκη) (born in 1962 in Messina, Italy) is an Italian actress and model. Early life Kanakis was born in Messina on 1 February 1962 to a Greek father from Crete and a mother from Messina. She was Miss Italy i ...

(born 1962) *

Claudia Koll Claudia Koll (born Claudia Maria Rosaria Colacione; 17 May 1965) is an Italian actress. Biography Claudia Koll was born in Rome of Italian and Romanian parentage. Koll made her debut as a cinema actress in 1989, but achieved fame for her part ...

(born 1965) *

Sylva Koscina Sylva Koscina (; born Silvija Košćina, ; 22 August 1933 – 26 December 1994) was a Yugoslav-born Italian actress, maybe best remembered for her role as Iole, the bride of Hercules ( Steve Reeves) in ''Hercules'' (1958) and ''Hercules Unchai ...

(1933–1994) (

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Mara Krupp Mara or MARA may refer to: Animals *Mara (mammal), a species of the cavy family * Mara the Lioness, in the movie ''Born Free'' Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Mara (''Doctor Who''), an evil being in two ''Doctor Who'' serials *Mara, ...

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Nais Lago Nais Lago (born 25 February 1914) was an Italian actress. Life and career Born Nais La Gattella in Rijeka (at the time the Italian city Fiume), after studying in Trieste she moved to Rome, where she made her film debut appearing in two minor ...

(1914–?) *

Tina Lattanzi Tina Lattanzi (born Annunziata Concetta Costantini; 5 December 1897 – 25 October 1997) was an Italian actress and voice actress. Biography A native of Licenza and the daughter of Ercole Costantini and Geltrude Montori, Lattanzi began her actin ...

(1897–1997) *

Rosabell Laurenti Sellers Rosabell Laurenti Sellers (born March 27, 1996) is an American-Italian actress. She is known for her role as the titular character in the children's series, ''Mia and Me'', and also as Tyene Sand in '' Game of Thrones''. Early life Sellers wa ...

(born 1996) * Marisa Laurito (born 1951) *

Lucrezia Lante Della Rovere Lucrezia Lante della Rovere (; born 19 July 1966) is an Italian actress in film, television and theatre, who made her debut in Mario Monicelli's '' Speriamo che sia femmina'' (1986), where she acted along with Catherine Deneuve, Stefania Sandr ...

(born 1966) *

Licinia Lentini Licinia Lentini (born 4 March 1959) is an Italian actress and television personality. She was sometimes credited as Lilian Lacy and Licia Lee Lyon. Life and career Born in Rome, Lentini achieved a wide popularity in 1980 as a showgirl in the R ...

(born 1959) *

Cinzia Leone Cinzia Leone (born 4 March 1959) is an Italian actress and comedian. Life and career Born in Rome, Leone began working in the theater since 1981, but became popular thanks to the participation to several variety shows of good success broadcast ...

(born 1959) *

Miriam Leone Miriam Leone (born 14 April 1985) is an Italian actress, presenter and model, winner of the Miss Italia beauty contest in 2008.(14 September 2008)Miss Italia è Miriam Leone Siciliana dai capelli rossi ''La Repubblica'' (in Italian) Biography M ...

(born 1985) *

Virna Lisi Verna or Virna may refer to: People * Verna Aardema (1911–2000), American author of children's books * Verna Bloom (1939–2019), American actress * Virna De Angeli (born 1976), Italian former sprinter * Virna Dias (born 1971), Brazilian reti ...

(1936–2014) *

Antonia Liskova Antonia Liskova (born 25 March 1977) is a Slovakia, Slovak-Italy, Italian actress. Career Liskova lived in Slovakia until her 17th birthday. After graduating in pharmacology and medicinal chemistry, her father offered her a trip to Italy where ...

(born 1977) *

Elvy Lissiak Elvy Lissiak (19 July 1929 – 25 February 1996) was an Italian stage and film actress. Life and career Born in Trieste as Elvira Lissiak, she made her film debut with the role of Luciana in Luciano Emmer's ''Domenica d'agosto'', gaining criti ...

(1929–1996) *

Luciana Littizzetto Luciana Littizzetto (born 29 October 1964) is an Italian comedy actress, shock jock and humor writer. Littizzetto is known in her home country for her irreverent gags, lampooning government ministers and church prelates alike. Nicknamed "Luciani ...

(born 1964) *

Barbara Livi Barbara Livi (born 5 May 1973) is an Italian actress of cinema, television, and theatre. She is best known for her role of Martina Morante in the 5th sequel of the long-running drama series ''Incantesimo'', which was televised on Rai Uno. Ea ...

(born 1973) *

Tiziana Lodato Tiziana Lodato (born 10 November 1976) is an Italian film, stage and television actress. Life and career Born in Catania, Lodato attended the Istituto d'Arte in her hometown, and at young age she debuted on stage at the Teatro Stabile di Cat ...

(born 1976) *

Valentina Lodovini Valentina Lodovini (born 14 May 1978) is an Italian film and television actress. Life and career Born in Umbertide, Lodovini grew up in Sansepolcro and attended the School of Dramatic Arts in Perugia, then moved in Rome to continue her studies ...

(born 1978) * Giuliana Lojodice (born 1940) *

Gina Lollobrigida Luigia "Gina" Lollobrigida (born 4 July 1927) is an Italian actress, photojournalist, and politician. She was one of the highest-profile European actresses of the 1950s and early 1960s, a period in which she was an international sex symbol. As o ...

(born 1927) *

Malisa Longo Malisa Longo (born 13 July 1950) is an Italian actress, model and writer. Life and career Born Maria Luisa Longo in Venice, at young age Longo moved to Rome where she started a career as a model; she entered the Miss Italia beauty contest, win ...

(born 1950) *

Sophia Loren Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone (; born 20 September 1934), known professionally as Sophia Loren ( , ), is an Italian actress. She was named by the American Film Institute as one of the greatest female stars of Classical Hollywood ci ...

(born 1934) *

Mariella Lotti Maria Camilla Pianotti (17 November 1919 – 18 December 2004), known by the stage name Mariella Lotti, was an Italian film actress. Lotti made her film debut in 1939, and played leading ladies in a number of Fascist era and post-war films. She ...

(1919–2004) *

Antonella Lualdi Antonella Lualdi ( gr, Αντονέλλα Λουάλντι, born Antonietta de Pascale; 6 July 1931) is an Italian actress and singer. She appeared in many Italian and French films in the 1950s and 1960s, notably in Claude Autant-Lara's film '' ...

(born 1931) (born in

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Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...

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Angela Luce Angela Luce (born 3 December 1938) is an Italian film actress and singer of Neapolitan song. She has appeared in 80 films since 1958. She was born in Naples, Italy. Partial filmography * ''La sposa'' (1958) - Margherita * ''Avventura a Capri'' ...

(born 1938)

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Nicoletta Machiavelli Nicoletta Machiavelli (1 August 1944 – 15 November 2015) was an Italian film actress, also known as Nicoletta Rangoni Machiavelli and Nicoletta Macchiavelli. Life and career The daughter of a Florentine father and of an American mother, Mach ...

(1944–2015) * Beatrice Macola (1965–2001) *

Margareth Madè Margareth Tamara Maccarrone (born 22 June 1982), known professionally as Margareth Madè, is an Italian actress and former model. Madè began her modeling career at the age of 15 and, in 2000, won WhyNot Agency's New Model Today contest in Mila ...

(born 1982) *

Anna Maestri Anna Maestri (7 January 1924 – 4 March 1988) was an Italian stage, film and television actress. Life and career Maestri was born in Mantua, the daughter of two stage actors. She formed at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome ...

(1924–1988) *

Pupella Maggio Pupella Maggio (born Giustina Maria Maggio) (24 April 1910 – 8 December 1999) was an Italian film actress. Life and career Born in Naples into a family of actors, Maggio debuted on stage aged twelve years old, as the sidekick of her brother ...

(1910–1999) *

Rosalia Maggio Rosalia Maggio (1 May 1921 – 25 July 1995) was an Italian actress, dancer, singer and showgirl. Biography Born in Palermo, she was the daughter of two comedian actors and sister of actors Enzo, Dante, Beniamino and Pupella Maggio. She deb ...

(1921–1995) *

Licia Maglietta Licia Maglietta (born 16 November 1954) is an Italian actress and stage director, known for her work with Italian director Silvio Soldini. Their collaborations include romances ''Bread and Tulips'' (2000) - for which Maglietta won multiple awards ...

(born 1954) *

Anna Magnani Anna Maria Magnani (; 7 March 1908 – 26 September 1973) was an Italian actress.Obituary ''Variety'', 3 October 1973, pg. 47 She was known for her explosive acting and earthy, realistic portrayals of characters. Born in Rome, she worked her ...

(1908–1973) *

Eva Magni Eva Magni (July 28, 1909 – February 11, 2005) was an Italian stage and film actress. She was active between 1926 and the late 1970s. Biography Magni was born in Milan into a family of artists, and made her professional debut in 1926, in t ...

(1909–2005) *

Barbara Magnolfi Barbara Magnolfi (born 16 April 1955) is a Franco-Italian actress. She appeared in more than sixteen films since 1969. Selected filmography References External links * * 1955 births Living people Actors from Rennes Italian film ...

(born 1955) *

Elisa Mainardi Elisa Mainardi (27 July 1930 – 8 May 2016) was an Italian stage, film, and television actress. Life and career Born in Rome, Mainardi studied at the acting school of Peter Sharoff, and debuted on stage in 1956, in Ottavio Spadaro's ''Corruzi ...

(1930–2016) *

Marina Malfatti Marina Malfatti (25 April 1933 – 8 June 2016) was an Italian actress. Biography Born in Florence, Malfatti moved to Paris at the age of 17 where she attended the Cours d'Art Dramatique, the drama school founded by René Simon. Two years late ...

(1933–2016) *

Evi Maltagliati Evi Maltagliati (11 August 1908 – 27 April 1986) was an Italian stage, television and film actress. Life and career Born in Florence as Evelina Maltagliati, she started her career at debuted in the theater just 15 years old, in the Galli-Gua ...

(1908–1986) *

Fulvia Mammi Fulvia Mammi (25 May 1927 – 4 June 2006) was an Italian actress and voice actress. Life and career Born in Rome, Mammi attended the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Art and made her theatrical debut in ''Peccato che sia una sgua ...

(1927–2006) * Beatrice Mancini (1917–1987) *Manuela Mandracchia (born 1970) *

Silvana Mangano Silvana Mangano (; 21 April 1930 – 16 December 1989) was an Italian film actress. She was one of a generation of thespians who arose from the neorealist movement, and went on to become a major female star, regarded as a sex symbol for the 195 ...

(1930–1989) *

Teresa Mannino Teresa Mannino (born 23 November 1970) is an Italian comedian, actress, and television personality. Biography Born in Palermo, Mannino graduated in philosophy, and then she moved to Milan, where she enrolled in the Teatro Carcano European Drama ...

(born 1970) *

Simona Marchini Simona Marchini (born 19 December 1941) is an Italian actress, television and radio presenter, stage director, comedian and art dealer. Life and career Born in Rome, the daughter of the businessman Alvaro, Marchini graduated in modern literat ...

(born 1941) *

Alessia Marcuzzi Alessia Marcuzzi (born 11 November 1972) is an Italian television host and actress. Career Born in Rome, to father Eugenio, from Trieste, and mother Antonietta from Roseto Valfortore, in the province of Foggia, she has debuted in Telemontecarlo ...

(born 1972) *

Lina Marengo Lina Marengo (19 January 1911 – 6 February 1987) was an Italian character actress. She played in over 30 films, and was most active between 1938 and 1943. Biography Marengo was born in Rome and her film debut was in '' Casta Diva'' (1935), di ...

(1911–1987) * Fiorella Mari (born 1928) *Marilina Marino (born 1992) *

Valeria Marini Valeria Marini (born 14 May 1967) is an Italian actress, showgirl and entrepreneur. Biography Born in Rome, to a Sardinian mother and a father from Rome, but raised in Cagliari, Valeria's first cinematographic appearance was in 1987 in the fi ...

(born 1967) *Daniela Marra (born 1984) *

Elsa Martinelli Elsa Martinelli (born Elisa Tia; 30 January 1935 – 8 July 2017) was an Italian actress and fashion model. Life and career Born Elisa Tia in Grosseto, Tuscany, she moved to Rome with her family. In 1953, she was discovered by Roberto Capuc ...

(1935–2017) *

Rossana Martini Rossana Martini (1 January 1926 – 2 February 1988) was an Italian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder. Born in Empoli, at 20 Martini won the first edition of the Miss Italia beauty contest held in 1946, raising a great controversy by ...

(1926–1988) * Susanna Martinková (born 1946) *

Alessandra Martines Alessandra Martines (born 19 September 1963) is an Italian-French dancer and actress mainly working in the English, French and Italian speaking-worlds. She started young in ballet on opera stages in Switzerland, France, the United States and t ...

(born 1963) *

Franca Marzi Franca Marzi (18 August 1926 – 6 March 1989) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 80 films between 1943 and 1977. Life and career Born in Rome as Francesca Marsi, after working in the revue, Marzi made her film debut in her early ...

(1926–1989) *

Lauretta Masiero Lauretta Masiero (25 October 1927 – 23 March 2010) was an Italian actress and singer. Biography Dancing career Venetian born Lauretta Masiero debuted in the theater of varieties as a dancer with Wanda Osiris. In 1945 she debuted with Macar ...

(1927–2010) *

Giulietta Masina Giulia Anna "Giulietta" Masina (22 February 1921 – 23 March 1994) was an Italian film actress best known for her performances as Gelsomina in ''La Strada'' (1954) and Cabiria in ''Nights of Cabiria'' (1957), for which she won the Cannes Film F ...

(1921–1994) *

Lea Massari Lea Massari, born Anna Maria Massetani (born 30 June 1933) is an actress and singer from Italy. Massari was born Anna Maria Massetani in Rome, but changed her name to Lea Massari when she was 22 after the death of her fiancé Leo. She studied a ...

(born 1933) *

Marina Massironi Marina Massironi (born 16 May 1963) is an Italian actress. She appeared in more than twenty films since 1987. Selected filmography Awards * David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Bread and Tulips ''Bread and Tul ...

(born 1963) *

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (born November 17, 1958) is an American actress and singer. She made her Broadway debut in the 1980 revival of ''West Side Story'', and went on to appear in the 1983 film '' Scarface'' as Al Pacino's character's siste ...

(born 1958) * Alessandra Mastronardi (born 1986) *

Clelia Matania Clelia Matania (28 March 1918 – 14 October 1981) was an Italian film and voice actress. Life and career Born in London, the daughter of the Capri-born naturalized Briton painter Fortunino Matania (best known as Saturnino), Matania attended t ...

(1918–1981) *

Desdemona Mazza Desdemona Mazza (born 3 October 1901, date of death unknown) was an Italian film actress of the silent era.Paietta p.119 Selected filmography * '' Miarka'' (1920) * '' The Call of the Blood'' (1921) * ''The Mysteries of Paris'' (1922) * ''The L ...

(1901-?) * Rosy Mazzacurati (born 1938) *

Anna Mazzamauro Anna Mazzamauro (born 1 December 1938) is an Italian actress, comedian and television personality. Life and career Born Anna Maria Mazzamauro in Rome, Mazzamauro made her film debut in 1967, in Massimo Franciosa's '' Pronto... c'è una certa G ...

(born 1938) *

Margaret Mazzantini Margaret Mazzantini (; born 27 October 1961) is an Italians, Italian-Irish people, Irish writer and actress. She became a film, television and stage actor, but is best known as a writer. Mazzantini began her acting career in 1980 starring in th ...

(born 1961) (born in

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...

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Rose McGowan Rósa Arianna "Rose" McGowan (born September 5, 1973) is an American actress. After her film debut in a brief role in the comedy ''Encino Man'' (1992), McGowan achieved wider recognition for her performance in the dark comedy ''The Doom Generati ...

(born 1973) (

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Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

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Mita Medici Mita Medici (born 20 August 1950) is an Italian actress and singer. She was sometimes credited as Patrizia Perini. Biography Born in Rome as Patrizia Vistarini, daughter of the actor Franco Silva, she was launched in 1965 by winning the " Miss ...

(born 1950) * Anna Melato (born 1952) *

Mariangela Melato Mariangela Melato (19 September 1941 – 11 January 2013) was an Italian cinema and theater actress. She began her stage career in the 1960s. Her first film role was in ''Thomas e gli indemoniati'' (1969), directed by Pupi Avati. She played in ma ...

(1941–2013) *

Elsa Merlini Elsa Merlini (26 July 1903 – 22 February 1983), was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 29 films between 1931 and 1976. She was born in Trieste, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * ''The Private Secretary'' (1931) * ...

(1903–1983) *

María Mercader María de la Asunción Mercader Forcada (; 6 March 1918 – 26 January 2011) was a Spanish film actress who appeared in some forty films between 1923 and 1992. Julian Gorkin wrote that her cousin was born Montserrat in the family of Carida ...

(1918–2011) *

(1903–1983) *

Marisa Merlini Marisa Merlini (6 August 1923 – 27 July 2008) was an Italian character actress active in Italy's post-World War II cinema. Merlini appeared in over fifty films during her career, which spanned from World War II to 2005. In Luigi Comencini's 1953 ...

(1923–2008) *

Giovanna Mezzogiorno Giovanna Mezzogiorno (; born 9 November 1974) is an Italian theatre and film actress. Early life Mezzogiorno was born in Rome, 9 November 1974, a daughter of actors Vittorio Mezzogiorno and Cecilia Sacchi. She grew up watching her parents on s ...

(born 1974) *

Marcella Michelangeli Marcella Michelangeli (born 28 January 1943) is an Italian former actress and singer. Biography Born Marcella Gherardi in Uscio, Genoa, she won several beauty contests at a young age, including Miss Liguria. While a student at the School of Fi ...

(born 1943) *

Giulia Michelini Giulia Michelini (born 2 June 1985) is an Italian actress. Career Michelini was born in Rome, Italy in 1985. She made her acting debut at the age of 17 in 2002 in the third season of the police drama series "Distretto di Polizia", which was te ...

(born 1985) * Maria Michi (1921–1980) *

Alyssa Milano Alyssa Jayne Milano (born December 19, 1972) is an American actress. She has played Samantha Micelli in '' Who's the Boss?'', Jennifer Mancini in ''Melrose Place'', Phoebe Halliwell in ''Charmed'', Billie Cunningham in ''My Name Is Earl'', Savan ...

(born 1972) *

Valeria Milillo Valeria Milillo (born 25 September 1966) is an Italian actress. Life and career Born in Milan, Milillo studied acting at the Accademia dei Filodrammatici in Milan, and attended stage courses in Rome, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Zurich, and Munich. ...

(born 1966) *

Gloria Milland Maria Fiè (11 October 1940 – 27 August 1989), also known professionally as Gloria Milland was an Italian actress of peplum and Spaghetti Western films. Life Born in Cagliari, Sardinia, she debuted in 1959 with her real name, but changed ...

(1940–1989) * Milly (1905–1980) *

Sandra Milo Sandra Milo (born Salvatrice Elena Greco; 11 March 1933 in Tunis) is an Italian actress, television personality, author, and musician. She won a Silver Ribbon best supporting actress award for each of her roles in Federico Fellini's '' 8½'' an ...

(born 1933) *

Milva Maria Ilva Biolcati, (; 17 July 1939 – 23 April 2021), known as Milva (), was an Italian singer, stage and film actress, and television personality. She was also known as ''La Rossa'' (Italian for "The Redhead"), due to the characteristic co ...

(1939–2021) *

Minnie Minoprio Minnie Minoprio (born 4 July 1942) is an English actress, singer and showgirl, mainly active in Italy. Life and career Born Virginia Anne Minoprio in Ware, Hertfordshire, Minoprio after graduating from the Arts Educational School, where she stud ...

(born 1942) *

Isa Miranda Isa Miranda (born Ines Isabella Sampietro; 5 July 1909 – 8 July 1982) was an Italian actress with an international film career. Biography Miranda was born Ines Isabella Sampietro in Milan, the daughter of atreet car conductor in Mian. When s ...

(1905–1982) *

Michela Miti Michela Miti (born Michela Macaluso; June 12, 1963) is an Italian actress and television presenter. In the years 1979–80 she hosted the first edition of the Italian kid television show '' 3,2,1 … contatto!''. She became renowned for her nud ...

(born 1963) *

Giorgia Moll Giorgia Moll (born 14 January 1938) is an Italian film actress. She was sometimes credited as Georgia Moll and Georgia Mool. Background Moll was born in Prata di Pordenone to a German father and an Italian mother. At a young age, she began a br ...

(born 1938) * Sandra Mondaini (1931–2010) *

Romina Mondello Romina Mondello (born 1 March 1974) is an Italian actress and television personality. Life and career Born in Rome, at young age Mondello attended a theater workshop under the stage director Candido Coppetelli and studied singing and classical ...

(born 1974) *

Cinzia Monreale Cinzia Monreale (born Cinzia Moscone; 22 June 1957) is an Italian actress. She is best known for her roles in the horror classics '' Beyond the Darkness'' and '' The Beyond''. Early life Monreale was born in Genoa. She is the daughter of lyric ...

(born 1957) *

Nerina Montagnani Nerina Montagnani (20 April 1897 – 4 November 1993) was an Italian character actress. Life and career Born in Maranello, Modena, Montagnani graduated as a teacher. Starting in 1918 she worked as a governess and a gardener in many noble hous ...

(1897–1993) *

Liliane Montevecchi Liliane Montevecchi (October 13, 1932 – June 29, 2018) was a French-Italian actress, dancer, and singer. Career Montevecchi took her first dance classes at 8 with Pierre Duprez, primo ballerino of the Opera in Paris, France. She entered the Co ...

(1932-2018) (French-Italian actress) *

Ivana Monti Ivana Monti (born 20 February 1947) is an Italian stage, television and film actress. Life and career Born in Milan, Monti studied at the drama school of the Piccolo Teatro in her hometown, and made her professional debut in 1966 in the st ...

(born 1947) *

Maria Monti Maria Monti (born 1935 in Milan) is an Italian film actress, singer and theatre artist. Entering film in 1962 in '' Canzoni a tempo di twist'' she made nearly 30 film appearances between 1962 and 2002. In 1971 she appeared in Sergio Leone's '' ...

(born 1935) * Silvia Monti (born 1946) *

Laura Morante Laura Morante (born 21 August 1956) is an Italian film actress. Life and career Morante was born in Santa Fiora, province of Grosseto (Tuscany), the daughter of lawyer and playwright Marcello Morante, who was the son of Irma (née Poggibonsi) ( ...

(born 1956) * Ana Caterina Morariu (born 1980) *Nietta Mordeglia (1894–1992) *

Rina Morelli Rina Morelli (6 December 1908 – 17 July 1976) was an Italian film and stage actress. She appeared in 34 films between 1939 and 1976. She was born in Naples, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Her husband, Paolo Stoppa, was an Italian stage and ...

(1908–1976) *

Claudia Mori Claudia Mori (born Claudia Moroni, Rome, 12 February 1944), is an Italian producer, former actress and former singer, and wife of the singer Adriano Celentano. Biography 1960s She began her career in show business as an actress playing in musi ...

(born 1944) *

Valeria Moriconi Valeria Moriconi (''née'' Abbruzzetti; November 15, 1931 – June 15, 2005) was an Italian actress who appeared both in movies and on stage. Biography Valeria was born in Iesi, in Marche, central Italy. Her earliest work was as a stage actress. ...

(1931–2005) *

Jone Morino Jone Morino (28 April 1896 – ?) Birth name Jone Nicola Morino. was an Italian film actress. Born in Rome, Italy, appeared in at least 37 films between 1938 and 1956. Filmography *''The House of Shame'' (1938) *''Validita Giorni 10'' (19 ...

(1896–1978) *

Federica Moro Federica Moro (born 20 February 1965 in Carate Brianza) is an Italian model and actress who was Miss Italy 1982. She began her career in 1982 when, at age 17, she won the title of Miss Italy in Sanremo. She then entered the film industry and b ...

(born 1965) *

Caterina Murino Caterina Murino (born 15 September 1977) is an Italian actress. She began her acting career in the 1999 production of the play '' Richard III'' and later made her breakthrough with the 2004 film '' The Corsican File''. She went on to appear in t ...

(born 1977) *

Alessandra Mussolini Alessandra is a female given name of Italian origin, meaning ''defender of men''. It is the Italian form of the female given name Alexandra and the female form of the male given name Alessandro. Alessandra may refer to: * Alessandra Ambrosio (bo ...

(born 1962) *

Ornella Muti Ornella Muti (born Francesca Romana Rivelli; 9 March 1955) is an Italian actress. She made her film debut as Francesca Cimarosa in the 1970 film ''La moglie più bella.'' Early life Muti was born in Rome to a Neapolitan journalist father and I ...

(born 1955)

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Agnese Nano Agnese Nano (born 5 November 1965 in Rome) is an Italian film, television and theater actress. Her first appearance was in 1987 but she became famous after her role as the young "Elena Mendola" in ''Cinema Paradiso'' by Giuseppe Tornatore, in 198 ...

(born 1965) *

Valentina Nappi Valentina Nappi (born 6 November 1990) is an Italian pornographic film actress and adult model. Life and career Born in Scafati, near Salerno, Nappi made her debut in the adult industry in 2011 with director Rocco Siffredi after she contact ...

(born 1990) *

Carlotta Natoli Carlotta Natoli (born 29 May 1971) is an Italian actress. Life and career Born in Rome, the daughter of Piero Natoli, she made her film debut in 1980, at the age of eight years, in her father's semi-autobiographical indie film ''Con... fusione ...

(born 1971) *

Krista Nell Krista Nell (1946–1975) was an Austrian film actress. Born Doris Kristanel, Krista Nell debuted in French cinema, then moved to Rome where became a minor starlet in Italian genre films, especially Spaghetti Westerns and commedie sexy all'ita ...

(1946–1975) (Austrian actress who mainly worked in Italy) *

Francesca Neri Francesca Neri (born 10 February 1964) is an Italian actress. Biography Neri was born in Trento, Italy. She has twice received the Silver Ribbon Award for Best Actress from the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, for ''Pensavo foss ...

(born 1964) *

Rosalba Neri Rosalba Neri (born 19 June 1939) is a retired Italian actress. Early life Born in Forlì, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, Neri was regarded for her beauty even in youth, winning a beauty pageant when she was still young. Eventually pursuing an acting ca ...

(born 1939) *

Daria Nicolodi Daria Nicolodi (19 June 1950 – 26 November 2020) was an Italian television and film actress and screenwriter. Early life and career Daria Nicolodi was born in Florence on 19 June 1950. Her father was a Florentine lawyer and her mother, Fu ...

(1950–2020) *

Ave Ninchi Ave Maria Ninchi (14 December 1914 – 10 November 1997) was an Italian supporting actress who played character roles on stage, television, and in over 98 feature films that included ''Tomorrow Is Too Late'' (1949) and Louis Malle's ''Murmur ...

(1914–1997) *

Assia Noris Assia Noris (16 February 1912 – 27 January 1998) was a Russian-Italian film actress. Born Anastasia Noris fon Gerzfeld (Anastassia Noris von Herzfeld), she appeared in over 35 films between 1932 and 1965. She starred in films such as the Ma ...

(1912–1998) * Laura Nucci (1913–1994)

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Ilaria Occhini Ilaria Occhini (28 March 1934 – 20 July 2019) was an Italian stage, television and film actress. She appeared in more than 30 films.Maria Rosaria Omaggio Maria Rosaria Omaggio (born 11 January 1954) is an Italian actress and writer. Born in Rome, Maria Rosaria Omaggio debuted in 1973 in the Italian show ''Canzonissima''. In 1976 she made her film debut with two "poliziotteschi" alongside Tomas M ...

(born 1954) * Liana Orfei (born 1937) *

Moira Orfei Moira Orfei (; born Miranda Orfei; 21 December 1931 – 15 November 2015) was an Italian circus performer, actress and television personality of remote Romani origins. Moira was also considered the queen of the Italian circus, one stage name bei ...

(1931–2015) *

Anna Orso Anna Maria Orso (December 11, 1938 – August 14, 2012) was an Italian film actress whose career in international and Italian cinema spanned more than fifty years. Career Orso made her film debut in '' The Bible: In the Beginning'', a 1966 r ...

(1938–2012) * Wanda Osiris (1905–1994)

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Lea Padovani Lea Padovani (28 July 1920 – 23 June 1991) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 60 films between 1945 and 1990. She starred in the film '' Black Dossier'' which was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival. Partial filmography ...

(1920–1991) * Alice Pagani (born 1998) *

Andreina Pagnani Andreina Pagnani (born Andreina Gentili; 24 November 1906 – 22 November 1981) was an Italian actress and voice actress. Biography Born in Rome and the daughter of a dresser, at a young age Pagnani studied the harp and the piano, then she devo ...

(1906–1981) *

Gabriella Pallotta Gabriella Pallotta (born 6 October 1938) is an Italian film actress. She appeared in 22 films between 1956 and 1974. For the film ''The Pigeon That Took Rome ''The Pigeon That Took Rome'' is a 1962 American comedy war film directed and written ...

(born 1938) * Kiki Palmer (1907–1949) *

Dolores Palumbo Dolores Palumbo (14 June 1912 – 30 January 1984) was an Italian stage and film actress. Life and career Born in Naples, the daughter of two stage actors, Palumbo debuted in 1930 with a bit role in the farce ''La bella trovata''. Shorty later ...

(1912–1984) *

Luciana Paluzzi Luciana Paluzzi (born 10 June 1937) is an Italian actress. She is perhaps best known for playing SPECTRE assassin Fiona Volpe in the fourth James Bond film, '' Thunderball'', but she had important roles in notable films of the 1960s and 1970s in ...

(born 1937) *

Silvana Pampanini Silvana Pampanini (25 September 1925 – 6 January 2016) was an Italian film actress, director and singer. She was also the niece of the well-known soprano of the golden era of opera, Dame Rosetta Pampanini. Silvana Pampanini caused a sensation ...

(1925–2016) *

Alessandra Panaro Alessandra Panaro (14 December 1939 – 1 May 2019) was an Italian film actress of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Panaro is best known for her films in the early 1960s, notably Luchino Visconti's crime drama '' Rocco e i suoi fratelli'' in 196 ...

(1939–2019) *

Claudia Pandolfi Claudia Pandolfi (born 17 November 1974) is an Italian actress. Life and career Claudia Pandolfi was born in Rome, the daughter of the CEO of the Laura Biagiotti Fashion House.Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Mars ...

(born 1974) *

Germana Paolieri Germana Paolieri (29 August 1906 – 8 August 1998) was an Italian actress. During the 1930s she became a leading lady of Italian cinema appearing in major films such as the 1938 biopic ''Giuseppe Verdi''. Selected filmography * ''The Opera ...

(1906–1998) *

Alba Parietti Alba Parietti (born 2 July 1961) is an Italian television presenter, television personality, showgirl, actress and former singer. Early life Parietti was born on 2 July 1961 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, daughter of Francesco, a Piedmontese pa ...

(born 1961) *

Elli Parvo Elli Parvo (17 October 1915 – 19 February 2010) was an Italian film actress, born in Milan as Elvira Gobbo. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1934 and 1960. Selected filmography * ''Loyalty of Love'' (1934) as La nobildonna al b ...

(1915–2010) * Marisa Pavan (born 1932) * Rita Pavone (born 1945) * Amalia Pellegrini (1873–1958) * Ines Pellegrini (born 1954) *

Patrizia Pellegrino Patrizia Pellegrino (born 28 July 1962) is an Italian actress, television personality and singer. Life and career Born in Torre Annunziata, Pellegrino graduated in dance at the San Carlo, Naples.Giorgio Dell'Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo ...

(born 1962) *

Dina Perbellini Dina Perbellini (14 January, 1901–2 April, 1984) was an Italian actress. She appeared in over sixty films and television series between 1934 and 1969 and was also a leading voice actress, dubbing foreign films for release in Italy. She made her ...

(1901–1984) *

Didi Perego Didi Perego (13 April 1935 – 28 June 1993) was a statuesque Italian actress who appeared in more than 80 films and television shows. She made her film debut in 1959's ''Death of a Friend''. The same year, she starred in perhaps her best-known ...

(1935–1993) *

Tina Pica Tina Pica (31 March 1884 – 15 August 1968) was an Italian supporting actress who played character roles on stage. Her film debut came in 1935 with ''The Three-Cornered Hat''. In the 1950s, she became a celebrity thanks to her role as Caramel ...

(1884–1968) *

Ottavia Piccolo Ottavia Piccolo (born 9 October 1949) is an Italian actress. Biography Born in Bolzano, Piccolo began her acting debut in the stage adaption of ''The Miracle Worker'' at the age of 11 under the direction of Luigi Squarzina. She has also appeare ...

(born 1949) *

Gloria Piedimonte Gloria Piedimonte (27 May 1955 – 6 January 2022), also known as La Guapa, was an Italian singer, actress, dancer, and television personality. Life and career Piedimonte was born in Mantua on 27 May 1955. After some minor film roles Piedimon ...

(1955–2022) *

Anna Maria Pierangeli Pier Angeli (19 June 193210 September 1971), also credited under her real name, Anna Maria Pierangeli, was an Italian-born television and film actress who starred in American, British and European films throughout her career. Her American motio ...

(1932–1971) * Ania Pieroni (born 1957) * Cecilia Pillado (born 1966) * Tiziana Pini (born 1958) *

Rosita Pisano Rosa Pisano (15 October 1919 – 24 December 1975) was an Italian stage, film and television actress. Life and career Pisano was born in Naples, into a family of dialect theatre actors. She debuted on stage as a child actress in her family comp ...

(1919–1975) *

Paola Pitagora Paola Pitagora (born 24 August 1941) is an Italian film actress. She has appeared in 50 films since 1959. Biography Born in Parma, Pitagora attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and the acting school by Alessandro Fersen. In 1960 s ...

(born 1941) *

Nilla Pizzi Nilla Pizzi, stage name of Adionilla Pizzi (; 16 April 1919 – 12 March 2011), was an Italian singer and actress. Born in Sant'Agata Bolognese, she was particularly famous in Italy during the 1950s and 1960s. She won the first edition of the ...

(1919–2011) *

Violante Placido Maria Violante Placido (; born 1 May 1976) is an Italian actress and singer. Early life Placido was born in Rome, Italy. She is the daughter of actor-director Michele Placido and actress Simonetta Stefanelli. Career Film Her film debut was al ...

(born 1976) *

Rossana Podestà Rossana Podestà (born Carla Dora Podestà; 20 June 1934 – 10 December 2013) was an Italian actress who worked mainly in Italy from the 1950s to the 1970s. Biography Podestà was born in Tripoli in the Italian colony of Libya. She spent her f ...

(1934–2013) *

Daniela Poggi Daniela Poggi (born 17 October 1954) is an Italian film and stage actress and television presenter. Background Born in Savona, at young age Poggi studied ballet, then graduated from Linguistic High-school. Following her family she moved in Mil ...

(born 1954) *

Isa Pola Isa Pola (19 December 1909 – 17 December 1984) was an Italian stage and film actress. Born Maria Luisa Betti di Montesano, she appeared in more than 30 films during her career. An early screen role was the female lead in ''Steel'' (1933), a ...

(1909–1984) *

Lucia Poli Lucia Poli (born 14 June 1940), is an Italian actress, playwright and stage director. Life and career Born in Florence, the sister of the actor Paolo, Poli began her career in 1970 with the children's theater. In the mid-1970s she formed her o ...

(born 1940) *

Lina Polito Lina Polito (born 24 August 1954) is an Italian actress. Born in Naples, Polito started her career on stage with Eduardo De Filippo. She made her film debut in 1973, with Lina Wertmüller's ''Love and Anarchy'', and for this performance she was a ...

(born 1954) *

Ada Pometti Ada Pometti (born 13 May 1955) is an Italian film, television and stage actress. Life and career Born Nunzia Agata Pometti in Catania, Sicily, she graduated from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, and she worked at the Teatro ...

(born 1955) *

Antonella Ponziani Antonella Ponziani (born 29 February 1964) is an Italian actress. Born in Rome, she attended the academy Mimo Teatro Movimento, under the guidance of Lidia Biondi. She debuted in 1986, in Salvatore Samperi's ''La Bonne'', and appeared in Fede ...

(born 1964) *

Benedetta Porcaroli Benedetta Porcaroli (born June 11, 1998) is an Italian actress. She is best known for her role as Chiara Altieri in the Netflix series ''Baby An infant or baby is the very young offspring of human beings. ''Infant'' (from the Latin word ''in ...

(born 1998) *

Romina Power Romina Francesca Power (born October 2, 1951) is an American actress and singer born in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of Hollywood matinée idol Tyrone Power and actress Linda Christian. With then-husband Albano Carrisi, she for ...

(born 1951) *

Elisabetta Pozzi Elisabetta Pozzi (born 23 February 1955) is an Italian film, television and stage actress. Life and career Born in Genoa, Pozzi started to study acting during her high school years at the drama school of her hometown, and she made her debut o ...

(born 1955) *

Moana Pozzi Anna Moana Rosa Pozzi (; 27 April 1961 – 15 September 1994), also known mononymously as Moana, was an Italian pornographic actress, television personality and politician. Early life Pozzi was born in Genoa, Liguria, Italy, the daughter of Alf ...

(1961–1994) * Thea Prandi (1922–1961) *

Pamela Prati Pamela Prati (until 2016 as Paola Pireddu; born 26 November 1958) is an Italian actress, showgirl, model, singer, and television hostess. She has appeared in many television variety shows and in erotic comedies. She has hosted several programmes ...

(born 1958) *Elena Presti (born 1970) *

Anna Proclemer Anna Proclemer, sometimes credited Anna Vivaldi (30 May 1923 – 25 April 2013), was an Italian stage, film and television actress and voice actress. Born in Trento, Proclemer was the daughter of an engineer and a housewife. She debuted on stag ...

(1923–2013) *

Karin Proia Karin Proia (born 14 March 1974 in Latina, Lazio) is an Italian actress who began acting in 1994. Movies she has appeared in include the Italian movies '' The Crusaders'', the comedy '' Cinque giorni di tempesta'' and ''Wasteland''. She has al ...

(born 1974) *Carlotta Proietti (born 1981) *

Vittoria Puccini Vittoria Puccini (born 18 November 1981) is an Italian film and television actress. Since her success as the lead actress in 2003-2005 costume drama television series ''Elisa di Rivombrosa'', she has continued to work in television and movie p ...

(born 1981)

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Letizia Quaranta Letizia Quaranta (30 December 1892 – 9 January 1977) was an Italian film actress. Mainly active in the silent era, she also appeared in a few sound films. She was married to the director Carlo Campogalliani and appeared in a number of his films. ...

(1892–1977) *

Lidia Quaranta Lidia Quaranta (6 March 1891 – 5 March 1928) was an Italian stage and film actress of the early 20th century. Early career Lidia Gemma Mattia Quaranta was born in Turin, Italy, the older sister of twins Isabella and Letizia Quaranta. She beg ...

(1891–1928) *

Paola Quattrini Paola Quattrini (born 9 March 1944) is an Italian actress. Career She debuted as child actor in ''Il bacio di una morta'' (1949). From then she started a very long career between stage, film and television, starring in hundreds of productions. I ...

(born 1944)

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Isabella Ragonese Isabella Ragonese (born 19 May 1981) is an Italian actress. She studied acting at the Teatès School in Palermo, under director Michele Perriera. During her studies, she wrote, directed and starred in several adaptations of his plays. In 1998 s ...

(born 1981) *

Giovanna Ralli Giovanna Ralli, (born 2 January 1935), is an Italian stage, film and television actress. Life and career Born in Rome, Ralli debuted as a child actress at 7; at 13 she made her theatrical debut, entering the stage company of Peppino De Filip ...

(born 1935) *

Micaela Ramazzotti Micaela Ramazzotti (born 17 January 1979) is an Italian actress. Her film credits include ''Non prendere impegni stasera'', '' The First Beautiful Thing'' and '' The Big Heart of the Girls''. Ramazzotti was a regular cast member of the show '' C ...

(born 1979) *

Franca Rame Franca Rame (18 July 1929 – 29 May 2013) was an Italian theatre actress, playwright and political activist. She was married to Nobel laureate playwright Dario Fo and is the mother of writer Jacopo Fo. Fo dedicated his Nobel Prize to her. ...

(1929–2013) *

Luisa Ranieri Luisa Ranieri (born 16 December 1973) is an Italian actress. She has been seen in a number of miniseries on RAI and has appeared in numerous films, including 2004's ''Eros'' and 2021's ''The Hand of God''. ''Callas e Onassis'' Ranieri is bes ...

(born 1973) *

Federica Ranchi Federica Ranchi (born 5 May 1939) is an Italian former film actress. Life and career Born in Trieste, while a student at liceo linguistico was noted by a Cines employee through a picture of her ballet company, and subsequently won an audition ...

(born 1939) *

Galatea Ranzi Galatea Ranzi (born 24 January 1967) is an Italian film, stage and television actress. Life and career Born in Rome, Ranzi studied acting at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico, graduating in 1988.Giorgio Dell'Arti, Mass ...

(born 1967) *

Giusi Raspani Dandolo Giusi Raspani Dandolo (23 August 1916 – 14 January 2000) was an Italian stage, film, television and radio actress. Life and career Born in Trani, the daughter of a magistrate, Raspani Dandolo enrolled at the Bolzano Conservatory as to become ...

(1916–2000) *

Pina Renzi Pina Renzi (16 December 1901 – 13 July 1984) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1933 and 1959. She also directed one film, ''Cercasi bionda bella presenza'', in 1942. She was born in Morciano di Romagn ...

(1901–1984) *

Francesca Rettondini Francesca Rettondini (born 7 March 1968) is an Italian people, Italian actress and television presenter. She is internationally known for the role of a songstress by the name of Francesca in the 2002 film Ghost Ship (2002 film), ''Ghost Ship''. ...

(born 1968) *

Elena Sofia Ricci Elena Sofia Barucchieri (born 29 March 1962), known by the stage name Elena Sofia Ricci (), is an Italian actress. She is known, among other things, for playing Sister Angela in the Italian television series . Biography Born in Florence, afte ...

(born 1962) *

Katia Ricciarelli Catiuscia Maria Stella Ricciarelli (born 16 January 1946), known as Katia Ricciarelli (), is an Italian soprano and actress. Biography Born in Rovigo, Veneto, to a very poor family, she struggled during her younger years when she studied music. ...

(born 1946) * Marina Ripa Di Meana (1941–2018) *

Giuditta Rissone Giuditta Rissone (10 March 1895 – 22 June 1977) was an Italian film actress who appeared in 25 films between 1933 and 1966. She was born in Genoa and died in Rome. Giuditta Rissone married the director and actor Vittorio De Sica in 1937 in ...

(1895–1977) *

Isabella Riva Isabella Riva (22 April 1887 - 10 August 1985) was an Italian actress. Born in Nizza Monferrato, Asti as Isabella Trufarelli, daughter of actors, Riva began acting as a child in the stage company ran by her grandparents. After working in several ...

(1887–1985) *

Luisa Rivelli Luisa Rivelli (10 February 1931 – 12 June 2013) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 50 films between 1951 and 1994. Rivelli died in Guidonia Montecelio on 12 June 2013, at the age of 82. Selected filmography * '' La figlia del diavo ...

(born 1930) *

Nicoletta Rizzi Nicoletta Rizzi (1 January 1940 – 17 January 2010) was an Italian television, stage and film actress. Life Rizzi was born in Milan in 1940. She was mainly active on television, where she was best known for the title role in the television se ...

(1940–2010) *

Anna Maria Rizzoli Anna Maria Rizzoli (born 26 August 1951, in Rome), is an Italian actress. Rizzoli started her career as glamour model and in the second half of the 1970s entered the cinema industry, becoming a star of the commedia sexy all'italiana. She also wo ...

(born 1951) * Eva Robin's (born 1958) *

Daniela Rocca Daniela Rocca (12 September 1937 – 28 May 1995) was an Italian actress, model and writer. Biography Rocca was born and raised in Acireale, a small town near Catania. She became Miss Catania in 1953, and was discovered by talent scouts after ...

(1937–1995) *

Maria Laura Rocca Maria Laura Rocca (5 October 1917 – 6 May 1999) was an Italian actress and writer. Life and career Born Maria Laura Gayno in Pasian di Prato, Udine, Rocca spent her adolescence in Genoa, her mother's birthplace. After acting in some amateu ...

(1917–1999) *

Stefania Rocca Stefania Rocca (born 24 April 1971) is an Italian actress. She is best known for her roles in the films ''Nirvana'' (1997), ''The Talented Mr. Ripley'' (1999) and ''Dracula'' (2002). Rocca also was the lead in Dario Argento's ''The Card Player''. ...

(born 1971) * Lyla Rocco (1933–2015) *

Alba Rohrwacher Alba Caterina Rohrwacher (, ; born 27 February 1979) is an Italian actress. Early life Alba Rohrwacher was born in Florence, the daughter of a German father and an Italian mother. From the age of 17 to 21 she studied medicine, intending to be a ...

(born 1979) *

Dina Romano Dina Romano (born Geltrude Ricci; 16 February 1876 – 7 November 1957) was an Italian stage and film actress. She appeared in more than fifty films during her career including ''The Materassi Sisters'' (1944).Landy p.285 Selected filmography * ...

(1888–1957) *

Nicoletta Romanoff Nicoletta Romanoff (born Nicoletta Consolo, 14 May 1979) is an Italian television and film actress. Acting career Romanoff made her cinematic debut in the 2003 Italian film ''Remember Me, My Love,'' directed by Gabriele Muccino. She played the ...

(born 1979) *Barbara Ronchi (born 1982) *

Isabella Rossellini Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini (born 18 June 1952) is an Italian-American actress, author, philanthropist, and model. The daughter of the Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and the Italian film director Roberto Rossellini, she is noted ...

(born 1952) * Alessandra De Rossi (born 1984) (Italian-Filipino actress) * Assunta De Rossi (born 1983) (Italian-Filipino actress) *

Luisa Rossi Luisa Rossi (26 January 1925 – 23 May 1984) was an Italian actress. She appeared in 25 films between 1941 and 1978. Born in Milan, Rossi debuted at young age in a significant role in Mario Mattoli's ''Ho tanta voglia di cantare'' (1943). In ...

(1925–1984) *

Eleonora Rossi Drago Eleonora Rossi Drago, born Palmira Omiccioli, (23 September 1925 – 2 December 2007) was an Italian film actress. She was born in Quinto al Mare, Genoa, Italy, and had the leading role in ''Le amiche''. She appeared in ''Un maledetto imbro ...

(1925–2007) *

Giulia Rubini Giulia Rubini (born 2 June 1935) is an Italian actress. She appeared in 35 films between 1953 and 1968. She starred in the film '' The Window to Luna Park'', which was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. Selected filmography ...

(born 1935) *

Leonora Ruffo Leonora Ruffo (13 January 1935 – 25 May 2007) was an Italian film actress. Career Born in Rome as Bruna Bovi, the daughter of Angelo Bovi, basketball coach of Ginnastica Roma, Italian Championship pluri-winner, Ruffo failed to obtain the main ...

(1935–2007) *

Isabel Russinova Isabel Russinova ( bg, Изабел Русинова; born 20 January 1958) is a Bulgarian-born Italian actress, producer and television personality. Biography Born in Sofia as Maria Isabella Cociani, Russinova came to the success in 1983 wit ...

(born 1960) *

Adriana Russo Adriana Russo (born 4 February 1954) is an Italian actress and television personality. Life and career Born in Rome, Russo started acting at the university, then she joined the stage company "Teatro insieme Emilia Romagna". In the second half ...

(born 1954) *

Carmen Russo ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed by the Op ...

(born 1959)

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Valeria Sabel Valeria Sabel (7 April 1928 – 18 August 2009) was an Italian actress. She appeared in more than sixty films from 1964 to 2009. In ''Godfather III ''The Godfather Part III'' is a 1990 American crime film produced and directed by Francis ...

(1928–2009) *

Fabrizia Sacchi Fabrizia Sacchi (born 10 February 1971) is an Italian actress. Sacchi was born in Naples. Her acting credits include '' Viaggio sola'', '' Fuoriclasse'', ''Medicina generale'' and ''The First Beautiful Thing''. In 2013 she was nominated to Dav ...

(born 1971) * Anna Safroncik (born 1981) *

Sabrina Salerno Sabrina Debora Salerno (born 15 March 1968), known mononymously as Sabrina, is an Italian singer, songwriter, record producer, model, actress and television presenter. During her career, she has sold over 20 million records worldwide and scored ...

(born 1968) *

Jone Salinas Jone Salinas (8 March 1918 – 27 May 1992) was an Italian film actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern medi ...

(1918–1992) *

Amanda Sandrelli Amanda Sandrelli (born 31 October 1964) is an Italian actress. Born in Lausanne, she is the daughter of Italian singer Gino Paoli and actress Stefania Sandrelli. She debuted in '' L'Attenzione'', from director Giovanni Soldati, in 1984. Fil ...

(born 1964) *

Stefania Sandrelli Stefania Sandrelli (born 5 June 1946) is an Italian actress, famous for her many roles in the ''commedia all'Italiana'', starting from the 1960s. She was 14 years old when she starred in ''Divorce Italian Style'' as Angela, the cousin and love in ...

(born 1946) *

Anna Maria Sandri Anna Maria Sandri (born 10 August 1936), credited under the name Maria Sandri, is an Italian actress who portrayed the daughter of a Bedouin sheikh, Mabrouka ben Yussef, in ''The Black Tent''. Selected filmography * '' La morte civile'' (1942) ...

(born 1936) *

Maya Sansa Maya Sansa (born 25 September 1975) is an Italian actress. Early life and career Maya Sansa was born in Rome the daughter of an Iranian father and an Italian mother. When she was 14, she started to study acting at her high school in Rome the " ...

(born 1975) *

Yvonne Sanson Yvonne Sanson ( el, Υβόν Σανσόν; 29 August 1925 – 23 July 2003) was a Greek-Italian film actress. She appeared in 46 films between 1946 and 1972, mainly working in Italy. Born in Thessaloniki, Sanson was a naturalised Italian cit ...

(1925–2003) *

Elena Santarelli Elena Santarelli (born 18 August 1981) is an Italian model, television personality and actress. Life and career Born in Latina, the niece of footballer Ubaldo Righetti, Santarelli started her career as a model, and she made her television debu ...

(born 1981) *

Teresa Saponangelo Teresa Saponangelo (born 22 October 1973) is an Italian film, television and stage actress. Life and career Born in Taranto, Saponangelo is the daughter of a workman and a housewife. Her father died when she was two years old, and in 1976 she ...

(born 1973) *

Lucia Sardo Lucia Sardo (born 13 December 1952) is an Italian actress. Life and career Born Aurora Sardo in Francofonte, Syracuse, Sardo formed at the Teatro di Ventura under Ferruccio Merisi. She made her film debut in the 1992 Aurelio Grimaldi's dra ...

(born 1952) *

Dina Sassoli Dina Sassoli (15 August 1920 – 24 March 2008) was an Italian film actress. She was born on 15 August 1920, in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. She was best known for her work with Italian director Mario Camerini. She died on 24 March 2008 in Ro ...

(1920–2008) *

Lina Sastri Pasqualina "Lina" Sastri is an Italian actress and singer. Life and career Born in Naples, Lina Sastri started acting in amateur dramatics at very young age. She made her professional debut with the theatrical company Teatro Libero, and had her ...

(born 1953) *

Franca Scagnetti Franca Scagnetti (17 May 1924 – 1 November 1999) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in over 80 films between 1969 and 1999. She was born and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * ''Ehi amigo, sei morto!'' (1970) - Nathaniel' ...

(1924–1999) *

Delia Scala Delia Scala (born Odette Bedogni; 25 September 1929 – 15 January 2004) was an Italian ballerina, actress and singer who played a leading role in the nascent ''commedia musicale''. Career Scala was born as Odette Bedogni in Bracciano, Lazi ...

(1929–2004) *

Gia Scala Gia Scala (born Josephine Grace Johanna Scoglio; March 3, 1934 – April 30, 1972) was a British-American actress. Early life Scala was born March 3, 1934, in Liverpool, England, to Sicilian father Pietro Scoglio, and Irish mother Eileen O'S ...

(1934-1972) (Italian-Irish actress) *Vanessa Scalera (born 1977) *

Tecla Scarano Tecla Scarano (20 August 1894 – 22 December 1978) was an Italian actress and singer. She appeared in more than 30 films between 1937 and 1966. Life and career Born in Naples, the daughter of tenor Giovanni Moretti and operetta singer Ann ...

(1894–1978) *

Carmen Scarpitta Carmen Scarpitta (26 May 1933 – 26 April 2008) was an Italian stage and film actress. She appeared in 30 films between 1960 and 2001. Scarpitta was born in Hollywood, California. She debuted on stage in 1960 in Alessandro Manzoni's ''Adel ...

(1933–2008) *

Monica Scattini Monica Scattini (1 February 1956 – 4 February 2015) was an Italian actress. Films Scattini appeared in include ''Maniaci sentimentali'', for which she won a David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress, and '' Lontano da dove'', for ...

(1956–2015) *

Rosanna Schiaffino Rosanna Schiaffino (25 November 1939 – 17 October 2009) was an Italian film actress. She appeared on the covers of Italian, German, French, British and American magazines. Early life She was born in Genoa, Liguria to a well-off family. Her mot ...

(1939–2009) *

Erna Schürer Erna Schürer (born August 18, 1942) is an Italian actress, model and television hostess, sometimes credited as Erna Scheurer or Erna Schuler. Life and career Born in Naples as Emma Costantino, Schürer moved to Milan where began a career as gl ...

(born 1942) *

Annabella Sciorra Annabella Gloria Philomena Sciorra ( , ; born March 29, 1960) is an American actress. She came to prominence with her film debut in '' True Love'' (1989), earning an Independent Spirit nomination for Best Female Lead. Subsequent projects include ...

(born 1960) *

Paola Senatore Paola Senatore (born 9 November 1949) is an Italian retired film actress. Biography Born in Rome, Paola Senatore worked in Italian genre films during the 1970s, including poliziotteschi, commedia sexy all'italiana and giallo films. These include ...

(born 1949) *

Adriana Serra Adriana Serra (27 November 1923 – 13 November 1995) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 18 films between 1943 and 1952. She was born in Milan, Italy. She was Miss Italia in 1941. Filmography * ''Mont Oriol'' (1958) * ''Miracle i ...

(1923–1995) *

Gianna Serra Gianna is a female Italian given name, a diminutive form of Giovanna. In English, it is translated as Joann, Joanne or Joanna. These names mean "God is gracious". See also "John" for the origin. Variations *Feminine: Giana, Gia, Giovanna *Mas ...

(born 1943) *

Vira Silenti Vira Silenti (16 April 1931 – 1 November 2014) was an Italian actress. Career Born in Naples as Elvira Giovene, Silenti debuted as child actress at ten years old in ''Una notte dopo l’opera'' (1942). She studied law at the university and ...

(1931–2014) *

Linda Sini Linda Sini (13 February 1924 – 5 February 1999) was an Italian film actress. She made 75 appearances between 1950 and 1979 and several appearances after this, mostly in film. Debuting in '' Sigillo rosso'' in 1950, she went on to star in ...

(1924–1999) *

Laura Solari Laura Solari ( Camaur; 5 January 1913 – 13 September 1984) was an Italian film actress. Early and personal life Laura Camaur was born on 5 January 1913, in Trieste, then part of Austria-Hungary. She was the daughter of sculptor and arti ...

(1913–1984) *

Valeria Solarino Valeria Solarino (born 4 November 1979) is an Italian actress, born in Venezuela. Life and career She was born in Barcelona, Venezuela to a Sicilian father and Turinese mother. After studying philosophy at the University of Turin, she debute ...

(born 1979) *

Olga Solbelli Olga may refer to: People and fictional characters * Olga (name), a given name, including a list of people and fictional characters named Olga or Olha * Michael Algar (born 1962), English singer also known as "Olga" Places Russia * Olga, Russ ...

(1898–1976) *

Nina Soldano Nina Soldano (born 26 March 1963) is an Italian actress. Life and career Born in Pisa to Apulian parents, Soldano made her debut in the 1987 Renzo Arbore's variety show ''Indietro tutta'', in which she played the role of Miss Sud,Giorgio Dell'A ...

(born 1963) *

Marisa Solinas Marisa Anna Solinas (30 May 1939 – 12 February 2019), best known as Marisa Solinas, was an Italian actress and singer. Life Born in Genoa to a Sardinian father and a Tuscan mother from Garfagnana, Marisa Solinas made her film debut in 1961, ...

(1939–2019) *

Mira Sorvino Mira Katherine Sorvino (; born September 28, 1967) is an American actress. She won the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Woody Allen's ''Mighty Aphrodite'' (1995). She also starred in the films ...

(born 1967) *

Catherine Spaak Catherine Spaak (3 April 1945 – 17 April 2022) was a French-born Italian actress and singer who acted in mostly in Italian films with some Hollywood and international productions. She is best known for her roles in the films ''Il Sorpasso'' (1 ...

(1945–2022) *

Maria Grazia Spina Maria Grazia Spina (born 3 June 1936) is an Italian television, film and stage actress. Life and career Born Maria Grazia Spinazzi in Venice, Spina debuted as an actress with the theatrical company Stabile di Trieste, then worked with the comp ...

(born 1936) *

Ilona Staller Ilona Staller (born 26 November 1951), widely known by her stage name Cicciolina ("little chubby one"), is a Hungarian-Italian former porn star, politician, and singer. Early life Ilona was born in Budapest, Hungary. Her father, László Sta ...

(born 1951) *

Simonetta Stefanelli Simonetta Stefanelli (; born 30 November 1954) is an Italian entrepreneur, fashion designer and retired actress. Internationally, she is best known for her performance as Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone in the 1972 film ''The Godfather'', directed by ...

(born 1954) *

Martina Stella Martina Stella (born 28 November 1984) is an Italian actress and screenwriter. Acting career Stella made her cinematic debut at the age of 16 in 2001 in '' L'ultimo bacio''. The film was a success in Italy, and was nominated for multiple David ...

(born 1984) *

Marina Suma Marina Suma (born 14 November 1959) is an Italian actress. Life and career Born in Naples, Suma started her career as a glamour model, and made her film debut in Salvatore Piscicelli's '' Le occasioni di Rosa''. For her performance in this fil ...

(born 1959)

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Barbara Tabita Barbara Tabita (born 13 February 1975) is an Italian actress, comedian and playwright. Life and career Born in Augusta, Sicily, Tabita studied acting at the drama school of the Teatro Stabile di Catania The Teatro Stabile di Catania (Permanent ...

(born 1975) *

Ida Carloni Talli Ida Carloni Talli (31 January 1860 – 23 April 1940) was an Italian film actress of the silent era. She appeared in 92 films between 1912 and 1924. She was born Rome and died in Milan. She made her debut as a stage actress in 1887.Ida Carlo ...

(1860–1940) *

Franca Tamantini Franca Tamantini (24 August 1931 – 11 August 2014) was an Italian film, television and stage actress. Life and career Born in Rome, since young age Tamantini studied piano, singing and classical dance at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma. In 1948 ...

(1931–2014) *

Jenny Tamburi Jenny Tamburi (27 November 1952 – 1 March 2006), born as Luciana Tamburini, was an Italian actress and television hostess. Her first stage name was "Luciana della Robbia" and after her first film she changed it to "Jenny Tamburi". Born in Rom ...

(1952–2006) *

Lia Tanzi Lia Tanzi (born 3 November 1948) is an Italian actress and television personality. Life and career Born in Buenos Aires to Italian parents, Tanzi moved to Parma at young age. She studied acting at the Drama School of the Piccolo Teatro in Mil ...

(born 1948) *

Renata Tebaldi Renata Tebaldi ( , ; 1 February 1922 – 19 December 2004) was an Italian lirico-spinto soprano popular in the post-war period, and especially prominent as one of the stars of La Scala, San Carlo and, especially, the Metropolitan Opera. O ...

(1922-2004) *

Paola Tedesco Paola Tedesco (born 28 March 1952) is an Italian actress, voice actress and singer. Biography Born in Rome, the daughter of voice actor and tenor Sergio Tedesco and the younger sister of film producer Maurizio Tedesco, Paola Tedesco made her fil ...

(born 1952) *

Liliana Tellini Liliana Tellini (19 January 1925 - 15 June 1971) was an Italian actress and voice actress. Life and career Born in Florence as Liliana Polledri she was the daughter of a Swiss father and a Venetian mother. She enrolled at the Centro Speriment ...

(1925–1971) * Rosetta Tofano (1902–1960) *

Marilù Tolo Marilù Tolo (born Maria Lucia Tolo; 16 January 1944) is an Italian film actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1960 and 1985. Life and career Born in Rome, Tolo, at a very young age, worked as an assistant of Mario Riva in the ...

(born 1944) *

Marisa Tomei Marisa Tomei ( , ; born December 4, 1964) is an American actress. She came to prominence as a cast member on ''The Cosby Show'' spin-off ''A Different World'' in 1987. After having minor roles in a few films, she came to international attention ...

(born 1964) *

Diana Torrieri Diana Torrieri ( Angela Vittoria Torrieri; 9 August 1913 – 27 March 2007) was an Italian actress. She worked in theater, films, television and radio. Life and career Born in Canosa di Puglia, Torrieri made her professional debut in ...

(1913–2007) *

Laura Troschel Laura Troschel (3 November 1944 – 29 September 2016) was an Italian actress, singer and model. Life and career Born in Varese, Troschel made her debut in cinema in a role of weight in ''The Sex of Angels'' (1968), by Ugo Liberatore. Later, sh ...

(1944–2016) *

Jasmine Trinca Jasmine Trinca (; born 24 April 1981) is an Italian actress. Trinca was born in Rome, Italy. She began her career in 2001, chosen by Nanni Moretti for his award-winning '' The Son's Room'', receiving the Guglielmo Biraghi prize as Best New Tale ...

(born 1981) *

Fatima Trotta Fatima Trotta (born 2 July 1986) is an Italian actress, comedian and television presenter. Life and career Born in Naples, as a child Trotta participated to several beauty pageants, and at young age she worked in a Neapolitan free channel TV pr ...

(born 1986) *

Luciana Turina Luciana Turina (born 13 August 1946) is an Italian singer, actress and television personality. Life and career Born in Malavicina di Roverbella, Province of Mantua, Turina started her professional career as singer in 1965, participating at ...

(born 1946)

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Mariella Valentini Mariella Valentini (born 23 June 1959) is an Italian actress. Life and career Born in Milan, Valentini studied acting at the Accademia dei Filodrammatici and in a mime school.Giorgio Dell'Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Marsil ...

(born 1959) *

Franca Valeri Alma Franca Maria Norsa (31 July 1920 – 9 August 2020), known professionally as Franca Valeri, was an Italian actress, playwright, screenwriter, author, and theatre director. Life and career Born in Milan as Alma Franca Maria Norsa, she manage ...

(1920–2020) *

Valeria Valeri Valeria Valeri (born Valeria Tulli; 8 December 1921 – 11 June 2019) was an Italian actress and voice actress. Biography On stage A student of actress Elsa Merlini, Valeri began her professional acting career in 1948, working on stage with fel ...

(1921–2019) *

Anna Valle Anna Valle (born 19 June 1975) is an Italian actress and beauty pageant titleholder. Life and career Born in Rome, Anna Valle lived in Ladispoli up to thirteen years; after the separation of her parents she moved to Sicily, in Lentini, the ci ...

(born 1975) *

Alida Valli Alida Maria Laura, ''Freiin'' Altenburger von Marckenstein-Frauenberg (31 May 1921 – 22 April 2006), better known by her stage name Alida Valli (or simply Valli), was an Italian actress who appeared in more than 100 films in a 70-year career, s ...

(1921–2006) * Eleonora Vallone (born 1955) *

Bice Valori Maria Bice Valori (13 May 1927 – 17 March 1980) was an Italian actress, comedian and television and radio personality. Life and career Born in Rome, Valori studied at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts, graduating in 1948. The same ...

(1927–1980) *

Vanna Vanni Vanna Vanni (7 January 1915 – 6 March 1998) was an Italian film actress. She was in thirty-one films between 1930 and 1943. Life and career Vanni was born in Florence as Maria Angelica Giovanna Pegna. She has been described as a graceful a ...

(1915–1998) *

Elena Varzi Elena Varzi (21 December 1926 – 1 September 2014) was an Italian film actress. Life and career Born in Rome, in spite of a non-professional acting background, Varzi made her film debut in a leading role, as the Sicilian Maria Antonia in Renat ...

(1926–2014) *

Mara Venier Mara or MARA may refer to: Animals *Mara (mammal), a species of the cavy family *Mara the Lioness, in the movie ''Born Free'' Arts and entertainment Fictional characters *Mara (Doctor Who), Mara (''Doctor Who''), an evil being in two ''Doctor Who ...

(born 1950) *

Linda Veras Linda Veras (born Sieglinda Veras in 1939) is a former Italian actress and glamour model. She is best known for her appearances in Spaghetti Westerns, namely Sergio Sollima's '' Face to Face'' and ''Run, Man, Run'', and Gianfranco Parolini Gian ...

(born 1939) *

Marisa Vernati Marisa Vernati (21 June 1920 – 1 February 1988) was an Italian actress. Born in Rome, Vernati was helped by her aunt soprano Luisa Tetrazzini to enter the world of entertainment, starting with small roles in films directed by Raffaello Matara ...

(1920–1988) * Caterina Vertova (born 1960) *

Carmen Villani Carmen Villani (born 21 May 1944) is a former Italian pop singer. She had a recognisable voice and an outstanding musical sense. Villani was a versatile performer, featuring elements of gospel and blues. She is considered among the finest exampl ...

(born 1944) *

Olga Villi Olga Villi (20 January 1922 – 12 August 1989), was an Italian model and actress. Life and career Born in Suzzara, Mantua as Olga Villani, Villi began to work, only twelve years old, as a saleswoman and seamstress at the Milanese fashion ...

(1922–1989) *

Pamela Villoresi Maria Pamela Villoresi (born 1 January 1957) is an Italian theatre, cinema and television actress. She has performed in more than 100 theatrical productions and in more than 30 films. Life and career The daughter of a cloth merchant of Prato ...

(born 1957) *

Milly Vitale Camilla "Milly" Vitale (16 July 1933 – 2 November 2006) was an Italian actress. She was the daughter of Riccardo Vitale (Rome Opera House Director, deceased 1979) and choreographer Natasha Shidlowski Vitale (deceased 1994). She appeared in n ...

(1933–2006) *

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 f ...

(1931–2022) *

Sonia Viviani Sonia Viviani is a retired Italian actress and glamour model who is foremost known for her appearances in the Italian exploitation cinema and two films of acclaim in Turkey in the 1970s. Film career Viviani met with cinema at an early age due t ...

(born 1958) *

Lina Volonghi Lina Volonghi (4 September 1914 – 24 February 1991) was an Italian stage, television and film actress. Life and career Born in Genoa as Giuseppina Angela Volonghi, a promising junior swimming champion in her youth, Volonghi started her actin ...

(1914–1991) * Milena Vukotic (born 1935)

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Patrizia Webley Patrizia Webley (born and sometimes credited as Patrizia De Rossi, 1 December 1950) is an Italian actress. She acted mainly in horror films and erotic films. Career She began her career as an actress in Italian erotic comedies in 1975 with the ...

(born 1950) *

Giorgia Würth Giorgia Würth (born 5 June 1981) is a Swiss-Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian King ...

(born 1981)

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* Halina Zalewska (1940–1976) * Claudia Zanella (born 1979) *

Maria Zanoli Maria Zanoli (26 October 1896 – 15 November 1977) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 45 films between 1943 and 1961. Partial filmography * ''Loyalty of Love'' (1934) - La cameriera pettegola di casa Confalonieri * ''Incontri di ...

(1896–1977) * Elena Zareschi (1916–1999) *

Nietta Zocchi Nietta Zocchi (10 July 1909 – 23 April 1981) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 70 films between 1936 and 1976. Selected filmography * ''The Amnesiac'' (1936) - Zelinda (uncredited) * '' To Live'' (1936) - Una spettatrice al concer ...

(1909–1981) * Lia Zoppelli (1920–1988)

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*Actresses

Actresses An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lite ...

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...