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Valeria Moriconi (''née'' Abbruzzetti; November 15, 1931 – June 15, 2005) was an Italian actress who appeared both in movies and on stage.


Biography

Valeria was born in
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, in
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, central Italy. Her earliest work was as a stage actress. She was very young when she acted in an art company, but success came with the movies ''Gli Italiani si voltano'' and ''La Spiaggia''. She won the
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award for ''Le soldatesse''. She performed on stage in several plays at the Arlecchino Theater (now Flaiano), from ''Girotondo'' by
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and ''Per un amore a Roma'' by Patti to ''Arialda'' by Testori and directed by
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. In the 1960s she met director
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and left her husband, Aldo Moriconi, for him. After Enriquez's death she loved Vittorio Spiga, a journalist from
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, and at her death he was at her bedside. The
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,
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, nominated her Great Master of the Republic. In 2000, she was the voice for the Pope's comments during the ''
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''. In 1999, she received the
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award. She worked until the end of her life despite suffering from
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. On 7 June 2005, she was forced to stop her theater tour with
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's
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(''Gli Spettri'').


Filmography

*'' Non è mai troppo tardi'' (1953, of
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) - Marta *''
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'' (1953, of Mario Mattòli) - Una bagnante *'' L'amore in città'' (1953, of
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) - (segment "Italiani si voltano, Gli") * '' The Beach'' (1954, of
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) - Gughi - l'esistenzialista *''
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'' (1954, of Luciano Emmer) - Girl at the Dance Party (uncredited) *'' Miseria e nobiltà'' (1954, of Mario Mattòli) - Pupella * ''
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'' (1954, of
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) - Doris *'' L'amante di Paride'' (1954, of Marc Allégret and Edgar G. Ulmer) - (Segment: The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships) (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1954, of
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) - Martina *''I cavalieri dell'illusione'' (1954, of
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) *'' L'eterna femmina'' (1954, of
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) *'' The Best Part'' (1955, of Yves Allégret) - Odette - la serveuse de la cantine *'' Gli innamorati'' (1956, of
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) - Marisa *''
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'' (1956, of Mauro Bolognini) - Maria Spaziani - Pietro's Daughter *''
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'' (1956, of
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) - Elsa Marini *''
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'' (1956, of Mario Mattòli) - Silvana *'' Una voce una chitarra e un po' di luna'' (1956, of
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) - Maria *'' I miliardari'' (1956, of
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) *''Le belle dell'aria'' (1957, of Eduardo Manzanos Brochero) *'' I dritti'' (1957, of
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) - Tosca *'' La rivolta dei gladiatori'' (1958, of
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) - Serva (uncredited) *''
L'amore nasce a Roma ''L'amore nasce a Roma'' (i.e. "Love was born in Rome") is a 1958 Italian comedy film written and directed by Mario Amendola and starring Claudio Villa, Antonio Cifariello, Rossella Como and Valeria Moriconi. Plot Lello, a painter, and Mario, ...
'' (1958, of Mario Amendola) - Silvia *'' Las aeroguapas'' (1958, of Eduardo Manzanos Brochero) *'' I ragazzi dei Parioli'' (1959, of
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) - Grazia *'' Le cameriere'' (1959, of
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) - Gabriella Calcinetto *'' Lui, lei e il nonno'' (1959, of
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) - Tracy *'' Il terrore dell'Oklahoma'' (1959, of
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) - Shirley *''
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) - Moglie di Orlando *'' A cavallo della tigre'' (1961, of
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) - Anna *''
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'' (1964, of Pasquale Festa Campanile) Giuditta *''
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'' (1965, of
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) - Ebe Bartolini *'' Una macchia rosa'' (1970, of
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) *'' Il saprofita'' (1974, of Sergio Nasca) - Baroness Clotilde Bezzi *'' Calamo'' (1975, of
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) - Stefania *'' Per amore di Cesarina'' (1976, of
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) - Elvira Camporesi *''
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'' (1976, of
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) - Giobatta's wife (segment "Italian Superman") *'' Che notte quella notte!'' (1977, of Ghigo De Chiara) - Norma *'' Improvviso'' (1979, of
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) - La zia Luisa *'' La fine è nota'' (1993, of
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) - Elvira Delogu *'' La forza del passato'' (2002, of Piergiorgio Gay) - Madre di Gianni (final film role)


Television

*'' I grandi camaleonti'' (1964, of Edmo Fenoglio) - Godelieve *'' Resurrezione'' (1965, of
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) - Katiuscia *'' La locandiera'' (1966, TV Movie, of Franco Enriquez) - Mirandolina *''
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'' (1976, TV Movie, of Franco Enriquez) - Lady Macbeth *''Alle origini della mafia'' (1976, of
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, Episode: "La speranza") - Isabella Mieli *''Viaggio a Goldonia'' (1982, of
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) *''Chéri'' (1988, TV Movie, of Enzo Muzii) - Lea


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