''Le signore'' (i.e. "The ladies") is a 1960 Italian
comedy film
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directed by
Turi Vasile
Turi Vasile (22 March 1922 - 1 September 2009) was an Italian producer, director, playwright, screenwriter, film critic and author.
Life and career
Born in Messina, Sicily, Vasile started working as a playwright and a theatre director in the e ...
and starring
Chelo Alonso
Chelo Alonso (born Isabel Apolonia García Hernández, 10 April 1933 – 20 February 2019) was a Cuban actress who became a star in Italian cinema, and ultimately a 1960s cult film heroine and sex symbol in the U.S. She was well known for pla ...
and
Nadia Gray
Nadia Gray (born Nadia Kujnir; 23 November 1923 – 13 June 1994) was a Romanian film actress.
Biography
Gray was born into a Jewish family in Bucharest. Her father moved to Romania from Russia, and her mother was from Akkerman (Bessarabia). ...
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Plot
Cast
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Chelo Alonso
Chelo Alonso (born Isabel Apolonia García Hernández, 10 April 1933 – 20 February 2019) was a Cuban actress who became a star in Italian cinema, and ultimately a 1960s cult film heroine and sex symbol in the U.S. She was well known for pla ...
as Rosario
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Nadia Gray
Nadia Gray (born Nadia Kujnir; 23 November 1923 – 13 June 1994) was a Romanian film actress.
Biography
Gray was born into a Jewish family in Bucharest. Her father moved to Romania from Russia, and her mother was from Akkerman (Bessarabia). ...
as Tatjana Baker
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Liana Orfei as Patrizia Viotti
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Irène Tunc
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as Eva
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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 sam ...
as Nora
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Enrico Maria Salerno
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as Renato, aka René
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Paolo Ferrari as Giorgio
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Livio Lorenzon
Livio Lorenzon (6 May 1923 – 23 December 1971) was an Italian actor who was mainly active during the 1950s and 1960s.
Biography
He played minor roles in some memorable commedia all'Italiana movies directed by the likes of Dino Risi and ...
as Mario
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Francesco Mulé
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People with the given name Francesco
* Francesco I (disambiguation), seve ...
as Ercole
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Paolo Panelli
Paolo Panelli (15 July 1925 – 18 May 1997) was an Italian comedian and film actor. He appeared in 55 films between 1948 and 1996. He was married to Bice Valori.
Selected filmography
* '' Guarany'' (1948)
* ''Arrivederci, papà!'' (1948) ...
as Attilio Brando
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Antonella Steni
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Career
Born in Montefiascone, Steni started her career as a child actress in the stage comp ...
as Ninetta, Renato's wife
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Giampiero Littera
Giampiero Littera (born 25 June 1938) is an Italian former film actor.
Life and career
Born in Rome, Littera, while still a teenager, made his film debut in Luciano Emmer's ''High School''. Four years later, after completing his high school stud ...
as Maurotto
* Eleonora Morana as Irene
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Mario Carotenuto
Mario Carotenuto (30 June 1916 – 14 April 1995) was an Italian actor of film and theatre.
Biography
Carotenuto, the son of a silent film actor and younger brother of the actor Memmo Carotenuto, took various humble jobs for many years be ...
as Serafino
* Fernanda Pasqui as Giulietta, Attilio's wife
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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 ...
as The True Eva
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Daniele Vargas
Daniele Vargas, stage name of Daniele Pitani (20 April 1922 – 7 January 1981) was an Italian film actor.
Life and career
Born in Imola, a small town in the district of Bologna, after attending high school with Pier Paolo Pasolini, Daniel ...
as Andrea
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Gianni Bonagura
Gianfelice "Gianni" Bonagura (27 October 1925 – 8 October 2017) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Life and career
Born in Milan, Bonagura was active on film, stage, television and radio. He appeared in 40 films between 1950 and 2001. ...
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Alberto Bonucci
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Franco Fantasia
Franco Fantasia (5 March 1924 – 10 November 2002) was an Italian film actor, stuntman and fencing master. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1951 to 2002. He was the brother of actor Andrea Fantasia. Illness and Death
Septemb ...
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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 ...
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Ciccio Barbi
Ciccio Barbi (19 January 1919 – 26 November 1992) was an Italian film actor.
Selected filmography
* '' The Last Wagon'' (1943) - Young Friend of Toto (uncredited)
* '' Angelina'' (1947) - (uncredited)
* '' Auguri e figli maschi!'' (1951) ...
See also
List of Italian films of 1960
A list of films produced in Italy in 1960 (see 1960 in film):
References
Bibliography
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External linksItalian films of 1960at the Internet Movie Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Films Of 1960
Lists of 1960 films by country or l ...
References
External links
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Italian comedy films
1960 comedy films
1960 films
Titanus films
Italian black-and-white films
1960s Italian-language films
1960s Italian films
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