Alessandrina "Sandra" Mondaini (; 1 September 1931 – 21 September 2010) was an Italian actress, singer, and television and radio presenter. She appeared in 30 films between 1953 and 2008.
Born in
Milan
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,
Italy
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, she married actor
Raimondo Vianello
Raimondo Vianello (7 May 1922 – 15 April 2010) was an Italian film actor, comedian, and television host. He was a well-known Italian television personality.
Biography
He was born in Rome, but spent his youth in Pula, where his father, an ...
in 1962. Together with her husband she hosted numerous variety shows on Italian television including ''Tante scuse'', ''Di nuovo tante scuse'', ''Attenti a noi due'', ''Sandra e Raimondo Show'' and ''Stasera niente di nuovo''. Between 1988 and 2007 she had the leading role in the famous Italian
sitcom
A sitcom, a portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use ne ...
, ''
Casa Vianello''. Her last work was the television film ''Crociera Vianello'', a spin-off from ''Casa Vianello''.
She died on 21 September 2010 in Milan at the age of 79, five months after her husband.
Italy says farewell to Sandra
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Filmography
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'' (1953) - Soubrettina
* ''Laugh! Laugh! Laugh!
''Laugh! Laugh! Laugh!'' (Italian: ''Ridere! Ridere! Ridere!'') is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Edoardo Anton and starring Tino Scotti, Ugo Tognazzi and Carlo Dapporto.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Beni Montresor. ...
'' (1954) - Innamorata litigiosa
* ''No, no, Nanette
''No, No, Nanette'' is a musical comedy with lyrics by Irving Caesar and Otto Harbach, music by Vincent Youmans, and a book by Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel, based on Mandel's 1919 Broadway play ''My Lady Friends''. The farcical story involves th ...
'' (1955) (TV)
* ''Io piaccio
''Io piaccio'' (also known as ''La via del successo... con le donne'') is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Bianchi.
Plot
Professor Maldi, a researcher on the company held by Commendatore Tassinetti (Aldo Fabrizi), experiments on ...
'' (1955) - The Harassing Woman at Theatre
* ''Motivo in maschera'' (1955)
* '' Il campanile d'oro'' (1955) - Rosetta
* '' Susanna tutta panna'' (1957) - Marisa Trombetti
* '' Le dritte'' (1958) - Rina Bettini
* '' La ragazza indiavolata'' (1958) (TV)
* '' Il gatto in cantina'' (1958) (TV)
* ''Noi siamo due evasi
''Noi siamo due evasi'' is a 1959 Italian crime-comedy film directed by Giorgio Simonelli.
Cast
* Ugo Tognazzi: Bernardo Cesarotti
* Magali Noël: Odette
* Raimondo Vianello: Camillo Gorini
* Sandra Mondaini: Isabella
* Titina De Filippo ...
'' (1959) - Isabella
* '' Tom Jones'' (1960) (TV)
* '' Caccia al marito'' (1960) - Ilde Cavazza
* ''Le olimpiadi dei mariti
''Le olimpiadi dei mariti'' (''Husbands' Olympics'') is a 1960 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Bianchi.
Cast
*Ugo Tognazzi: Ugo
*Raimondo Vianello: Raimondo
*Delia Scala: Delia
* Sandra Mondaini: Sandra
*Gino Cervi: Director of the n ...
'' (1960) - Sandra, Raimondo's wife
* ''Un mandarino per Teo
''Un mandarino per Teo'' is a 1960 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Walter Chiari.
Cast
* Walter Chiari - Teo Tosci
* Sandra Mondaini - Rosanella Ferrante
* Ave Ninchi - Zia Gaspara
* Riccardo Billi - Ignazio Fumoni
* ...
'' (1960) - Rosanella Ferrante
* '' Ferragosto in bikini'' (1960) - La padrona della pensione Stella (voice)
* '' Bellezze sulla spiaggia'' (1961)
* ''Hercules in the Valley of Woe
''Hercules in the Vale of Woe'' ( it, Maciste contro Ercole nella valle dei guai/ ''Maciste vs Hercules in the Valley of Woe''), a.k.a. ''Hercules in the Valley of Woe'', is a 1961 Italian Franco and Ciccio comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli a ...
'' (1961)
* '' Scandali al mare'' (1961) - Alba
* '' Le magnifiche sette'' (1961) - Sergente Stefania
* '' La ragazza sotto il lenzuolo'' (1961) - Greta
* ''Gli italiani e le donne'' (1962) - Livia (segment "L'Auto-garçonniere")
* ''Il coraggio
''Il coraggio'' is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Domenico Paolella.
Plot
Commendatore Aristide Paoloni is a man all of a piece, strong and brave, who prides himself on saving lives. His specialty is to avoid drowning suicides that are t ...
'' (1962) (TV)
* '' Principesse Violini e Champagne'' (1963) (TV)
* ''Il giorno più corto
''The Shortest Day'' ( it, Il giorno più corto) is a 1963 Italian comedy film. It is a parody of the war movie '' The Longest Day'' and stars the popular duo Franco and Ciccio in the leading roles. Dozens of other well-known actors, from both Eu ...
'' (1963) - Erede Siciliana (uncredited)
* '' Le motorizzate'' (1963) - The Lady Driver (segment "Un Investimento Sicuro")
* '' Siamo tutti pomicioni'', regia di Marino Girolami
Marino Girolami (1 February 1914 – 20 February 1994) was an Italian film director and actor.
Biography
Marino Giorlami was born on 1 February 1914 in Rome, Italy. Formally a Professional boxer, Girolami ended his boxing career when he was 20. ...
(1963) - Lidia - Floro's wife (segment "Il piazzista")
* '' La donna degli altri è sempre più bella'' (1963) - La signora Parodi (segment "La natura vergine")
* ''I maniaci
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'' (1964) - Paolo's Wife (segment "i consigli")
* ''Corpse for the Lady
''Corpse for the Lady'' ( it, Cadavere per signora) is a 1964 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Sylva Koscina.
Cast
* Sylva Koscina - Laura Guglielmetti
* Sergio Fantoni - Commisario
* Scilla Gabel - Renata
* Sandra ...
'' (1964) - Marina
* '' Questo pazzo, pazzo mondo della canzone'' (1965)
* ''Spiaggia libera
''Spiaggia libera'' is a 1965 Italian comedy film directed by Marino Girolami.
Cast
* Dominique Boschero: Pallina
* Riccardo Garrone: Riccardo
* Aldo Giuffrè: Cuccurallo
* Aroldo Tieri: Mario
* Raimondo Vianello: Captain Oliviero
* Al ...
'' (1966) - Maria - la moglie dell'ingegnere
* '' Mi vedrai tornare'' (1966) - Moglie di Tommasso, cameriera
* '' Veneri in collegio'' (1965) - Leontine
* '' A... come assassino'' (1966)
* '' Due dozzine di rose scarlatte'' (1966) (TV)
* '' Chi non prova non ci crede'' (1968) (TV)
* '' Bertoldo Bertoldino e Cacasenno'' (1969) (TV)
* '' La donna di cuori'' (1969) (TV) - Brigitte Ansara
* '' Sbirulino'' (1982) - Sbirulino
* '' Casa Vianello'' (1988-2006) (TV) - Sandra Mondaini
* '' Cascina Vianello'' (1996) (TV) - Sandra Mondaini
* '' Caro maestro'' (1996) (TV) - Aunt Ottilia
* '' Caro maestro 2'' (1997) (TV) - Sandra Mondaini
* '' I misteri di Cascina Vianello'' (1997) (TV) - Sandra Mondaini
* '' Crociera Vianello'' (2008) (TV) - Sandra Mondaini
References
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1931 births
2010 deaths
Italian women comedians
Italian film actresses
Italian television presenters
Actresses from Milan
Italian women television presenters