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Mariuccia Medici (18 February 1910 – 23 February 2012) was an
Mariuccia Medici (18 February 1910 – 23 February 2012) was an Italian
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-born Swiss
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actress
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, known for roles in television
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and theater
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She performed many of her works in the Ticinese and Swiss Italian
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dialects used in Ticino
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. In 2001, she penned an opinion piece on the importance the preservation of the dialects in swissinfo
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. She worked as a primary school teacher for more than forty years in Lugano
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Medici died on 23 February 2012, in Lugano, Switzerland
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, aged 102.
See also
*List of centenarians (actors, filmmakers and entertainers)
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References
External links
* * Casoni, Matteo: Mariuccia Medici, in: Kotte, Andreas (a.c.): Dizionario teatrale Svizzero, Chronos Verlag Zurigo 2005, vol. 2, pp. 1214–15, vedi immagine p. 1215. 1910 births 2012 deaths Swiss stage actresses Italian emigrants to Switzerland Italian stage actresses Italian educators Swiss centenarians People from Lugano Swiss television actresses Actresses from Milan Women centenarians {{Switzerland-actor-stub