Leonora Ruffo (13 January 1935 – 25 May 2007) was an Italian film actress.
Career
Born in
Rome
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as Bruna Bovi, the daughter of Angelo Bovi, basketball coach of Ginnastica Roma, Italian Championship pluri-winner, Ruffo failed to obtain the main roles in ''
Cielo sulla palude'' by
Augusto Genina
Augusto Genina (28 January 1892 – 18 September 1957) was an Italian film pioneer. He was a movie producer and director.
Biography
Born in Rome, Genina was a drama critic and wrote comedies for the ''Il Mondo'' Magazine, under advise of Aldo ...
and ''
Tomorrow Is Another Day'' by
Léonide Moguy due to the opposition of her family. She eventually debuted in 1951 in ''
Gli amanti di Ravello
''The Lovers of Ravello'' (Italian: ''Gli amanti di Ravello'') is a 1951 Italian melodrama film directed by Francesco De Robertis and starring Lida Baarova, Gabriele Ferzetti and Carlo Ninchi.Lancia & Poppi p.319
The film's sets were designed by ...
'' by
Francesco De Robertis
Francesco De Robertis (1902–1959) was an Italian screenwriter, film editor and director. His semi-documentary film-making style of the early 1940s has been credited as an influence on the development of Italian neorealism.Bondanella, p. 32
Sele ...
.
She was almost entirely active in
peplum and
adventure film
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s; an exception is her role as the sensible Sandra Rubini in
Federico Fellini
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's ''
I Vitelloni
''I vitelloni'' (, literally "The bullocks" - Romagnol slang for "The slackers" or "The layabouts") is a 1953 comedy-drama film directed by Federico Fellini from a screenplay written by himself, Ennio Flaiano and Tullio Pinelli. It stars Franco ...
''.
She retired from acting in the late 1960s.
Ruffo also starred in a number of
fotoromanzi
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, usually being credited as Bruna Falchi or with the stage name Ingrid Swenson.
She was married to Italian producer Ermanno Curti, and had two sons Stefano and Gianluca. She was the aunt of
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 ...
.
Filmography
![Leonora Ruffo Alberto Sordi il vedovo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Leonora_Ruffo_Alberto_Sordi_il_vedovo.jpg)
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The Wonderful Adventures of Guerrin Meschino
''The Wonderful Adventures of Guerrin Meschino'' ( it, Le Meravigliose avventure di Guerrin Meschino) is a 1952 Italian adventure film directed by Pietro Francisci. It is based in part on the 1410 chivalric romance ''Il Guerrin Meschino''.
Cast
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( it, Le Meravigliose avventure di Guerrin Meschino, link=no, italic=yes) , , Elisenda , ,
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The Queen of Sheba
The Queen of Sheba ( he, מַלְכַּת שְׁבָא, Malkaṯ Šəḇāʾ; ar, ملكة سبأ, Malikat Sabaʾ; gez, ንግሥተ ሳባ, Nəgśətä Saba) is a figure first mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. In the original story, she bring ...
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( it, La regina di Saba, link=no, italic=yes) , , Balkis, Queen of Sheba , ,
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I Vitelloni
''I vitelloni'' (, literally "The bullocks" - Romagnol slang for "The slackers" or "The layabouts") is a 1953 comedy-drama film directed by Federico Fellini from a screenplay written by himself, Ennio Flaiano and Tullio Pinelli. It stars Franco ...
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Mid-Century Loves
''Mid-Century Loves'' ( it, Amori di mezzo secolo) is a 1954 Italian Anthology film, anthology historical melodrama film consisting of five segments directed by Glauco Pellegrini, Pietro Germi, Mario Chiari, Roberto Rossellini and Antonio Pietrang ...
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( it, Amori di mezzo secolo, link=no, italic=yes) , , Contessina Elena Micheli , , (segment "L'amore romantico")
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, 1955, , ''Ricordami'' , , Maria Calise , ,
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, 1956, , ''Ciao, pais...'' , , Medy , ,
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The Black Devil''
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, 1958, , ''
The Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
''The Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby'' (Italian: ''Le avventure di Nicola Nickleby'') is an Italian television series which first aired on RAI 1 in 1958. It is based on the novel ''Nicholas Nickleby'' by Charles Dickens.Hollington p.679
Main cast ...
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( it, Le avventure di Nicola Nickleby, link=no, italic=yes) , , Caterina Nickleby , , 6 episodes
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, 1958, , ''Sergente d'ispezione'' , , Giovanna , ,
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, 1959, , ''Due selvaggi a corte'' , , Angela , ,
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, 1959, , ''
Il vedovo
''Il Vedovo'' (The Widower) is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi.
Plot
Alberto Nardi (Alberto Sordi) is a Roman businessman who fancies himself a man of great capabilities, but whose factory (producing lifts and elevators) teete ...
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Goliath and the Dragon
''Goliath and the Dragon'' ( it, La vendetta di Ercole, lit=Revenge of Hercules) is a 1960 international co-production sword-and-sandal filmKinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476662 ...
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( it, La vendetta di Ercole, link=no, italic=yes) , , Dejanira , ,
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, 1960, , ''Un dollaro di fifa'' , , Sara Perkins , ,
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, 1961, , ''Spade senza bandiera'' , , Gigliola , ,
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, 1961, , ''
Maciste contro il vampiro
''Goliath and the Vampires'' ( it, Maciste contro il vampiro) is a 1961 Italian ''peplum'' film directed by Sergio Corbucci and Giacomo Gentilomo.
Plot
Set in the ancient world, this film follows a powerful muscular man out to battle a vampire a ...
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, 1961, , ''
Hercules in the Haunted World
''Hercules in the Haunted World'' (Italian: ''Ercole al centro della terra'', lit. "Hercules at the Center of the Earth") is a 1961 Italian sword-and-sandal film directed by Mario Bava. British bodybuilder Reg Park plays Hercules while British a ...
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Star Pilot
''Star Pilot'' ( it, 2+5: Missione Hydra) is a 1966 Italian science-fiction film directed by Pietro Francisci. It stars Leonora Ruffo as Chaena
Plot
Chaena is the commander of a spaceship from the constellation Hydra, which has crashed on the ...
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( it, 2+5: Missione Hydra, link=no, italic=yes) , , Kaena , ,
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, 1968, , ''Time and Place for Killing'' , , Mulligan's daughter , ,
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, 1969, , ''
A Woman on Fire
''A Woman on Fire'' ( it, Brucia, ragazzo, brucia, also known as ''Burn, Boy, Burn'') is a 1969 Italian erotic-drama film written and directed by Fernando Di Leo. It gained a great commercial success and launched the career of Di Leo as director. ...
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( it, Brucia, ragazzo, brucia, link=no, italic=yes) , , Woman in Clara's dream , , (final film role)
References
External links
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1935 births
Italian film actresses
Italian television actresses
Actresses from Rome
2007 deaths
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