Valentina Fortunato (5 August 1928 - 21 June 2019) was an Italian actress, mainly active on stage.
Life and career
Born in
Milan, Fortunato made her stage debut in 1948, in a rendition of
William Shakespeare's ''
Twelfth Night'' directed by
Fantasio Piccoli at the
Teatro Quirino in Rome.
After working several years at the Piccolo Teatro in
Genoa, in 1953 she became the main actress ("primattrice") in the stage company of the
Piccolo Teatro in Milan.
Married with the actor
Sergio Fantoni, in the 1960s she formed the innovative stage company "Compagnia degli Associati" with him,
Giancarlo Sbragia,
Luigi Vannucchi
Luigi Vannucchi (25 November 1930 – 30 August 1978) was an Italian film, stage and television actor.
Life and career
Born in Caltanissetta, Vannucchi graduated at Silvio d'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1952 and shortly after e ...
and
Ivo Garrani.
She worked on stage with prominent directors including
Luchino Visconti,
Giorgio Strehler,
Luca Ronconi,
Gabriele Lavia,
Orazio Costa
Orazio Costa (6 August 1911 – 14 November 1999) was an Italian theatre pedagogist and director.
Born Orazio Costa Giovangigli in Rome, Costa graduated at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1937, and after being assistant director ...
,
Franco Branciaroli
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.
Fortunato also had an intense television career in television movies and series.
[Grasso, Aldo; Scaglioni, Massimo (1996 – 2003). "Fortunato, Valentina". ''Enciclopedia della Televisione''. Garzanti. p. 248. .] Instead, she turned down any film offer, notably a role in
Gillo Pontecorvo's ''
Kapo''.
Fortunato died of the consequences of a
broken femur
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on 21 June 2019, at the age of 90.
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1928 births
2019 deaths
People from Milan
Italian stage actresses
Italian television actresses
Italian voice actresses