Laura Troschel (3 November 1944 – 29 September 2016) was an Italian actress, singer and model.
Life and career
Born in
Varese
Varese ( , , or ; lmo, label= Varesino, Varés ; la, Baretium; archaic german: Väris) is a city and ''comune'' in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, north-west of Milan. The population of Varese in 2018 has reached 80,559.
It is the c ...
, Troschel made her debut in cinema in a role of weight in ''The Sex of Angels'' (1968), by Ugo Liberatore.
Later, she appeared in some movies as Constanza Spada, until she became the wife of comedian
Pippo Franco
Pippo Franco (pseudonym of Franco Pippo) was born 2 September 1940 and is an Italian actor, comedian, television presenter, and singer. He made his name first as a musician in the early 1960s, and in the late 1960s began a career in film, starrin ...
and resumed her original name. Between the 1970s and 1980s she participated with her husband in a number of comedy films.
[ She was also active in television, as a presenter of some popular shows with ]Pippo Franco
Pippo Franco (pseudonym of Franco Pippo) was born 2 September 1940 and is an Italian actor, comedian, television presenter, and singer. He made his name first as a musician in the early 1960s, and in the late 1960s began a career in film, starrin ...
and as an actress in several miniseries.[
]
Selected filmography
* '' The Sex of Angels'' (1968)
* '' Four Flies on Grey Velvet'' (1971)
* '' Terrible Day of the Big Gundown'' (1971)
* '' Furto di sera bel colpo si spera'' (1973)
* '' Nerone'' (1977)
* ''L'imbranato
''L'imbranato'' (''The bumbling man'') is a 1979 Italian comedy film written and directed by Pier Francesco Pingitore.
Plot
Pippo Sperandio is an employee of an Italian electronics company in direct contact with his boss, the pleasure-seeker Dr ...
'' (1979)
* ''Ciao marziano
''Ciao marziano'' is a 1980 Italian science fiction-comedy film directed by Pier Francesco Pingitore.
Plot
An alien named Bix is sent from the planet Mars to Rome in order to learn the habits and customs of the humans.
Cast
* Pippo Franco: ...
'' (1980)
* '' Il ficcanaso'' (1981)
* '' The Trap'' (1985)
* '' Raul: Straight to Kill'' (2005)
Discography
; Albums
* 1979 - ''C'era una volta Roma'' (Cinevox, CAB 2005, LP) (con Pippo Franco)
* 1988 - ''Laura Troschel'' (Yep, YLP 11, LP)
; Singles
* 1977 - ''Quanto sei bella Roma (con Pippo Franco)/L'autostop'' (Cinevox
Cinevox is an Italian record label specializing in the release of motion picture soundtrack albums. Founded in 1966 in music, 1966, the label has released more than 200 titles, including numerous works by Ennio Morricone, Pino Donaggio, and variou ...
, SC 1099)
* 1979 - ''Tu per me sei come Roma (con Pippo Franco)/La fornarina'' (Cinevox
Cinevox is an Italian record label specializing in the release of motion picture soundtrack albums. Founded in 1966 in music, 1966, the label has released more than 200 titles, including numerous works by Ennio Morricone, Pino Donaggio, and variou ...
, SC 1135)
* 1980 - ''Scacco matto (con Pippo Franco)/La sua mano'' (CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS, the abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainm ...
, 9094)
* 1985 - ''Per una donna/Vite di plastica'' (Video/Radio, VR 0024, 7")
* 1986 - ''Ma la domenica/A pensarci bene non mi piace il Brasile'' ( RCA Italiana, BB-7573)
References
External links
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1944 births
2016 deaths
Italian film actresses
Italian television personalities
Actors from Varese
Italian television actresses
Italian women singers
20th-century Italian actresses
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