Emma Danieli (born Emma Fretta; 14 October 1936 – 21 June 1998) was an Italian actress and television personality.

Life and career

Born in

Curtatone Curtatone (Mantovano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about southwest of Mantua. The municipality of Curtatone is formed by the ''frazioni'' (subdivi ...

Mantua Mantua ( ; it, Mantova ; Lombard and la, Mantua) is a city and '' comune'' in Lombardy, Italy, and capital of the province of the same name. In 2016, Mantua was designated as the Italian Capital of Culture. In 2017, it was named as the Eur ...

, Danieli started her career at very young age as an actress of commercials. After winning a beauty contest, she made her film debut in 1953, in the anthology film ''

Siamo donne ''We, the Women'' (also known as ''Of Life and Love'' and in it, Siamo donne) is a 1953 Italian portmanteau film divided into five segments and directed by five different directors. Four of these segments focus upon alleged events in the privat ...

''. While her film career ended after a little more than a decade, Danieli was better appreciated on television, where she was one of the first announcers as well as a TV presenter and an actress in television films and series.Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni, ''Enciclopedia della Televisione'', Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. . She was also active on stage. Danieli was married to director Franco Morabito.

Selected filmography

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We, the Women ''We, the Women'' (also known as ''Of Life and Love'' and in it, Siamo donne) is a 1953 Italian portmanteau film divided into five segments and directed by five different directors. Four of these segments focus upon alleged events in the privat ...

'' (1953) *'' Doctor Antonio'' (1954) *''

Devil's Cavaliers ''Devil's Cavaliers'' ( it, I cavalieri del diavolo) is a 1959 Italian adventure film directed by Siro Marcellini, similar in theme and style to ''The Three Musketeers''. Frank Latimore played the hero, Captain Stiller, and Gianna Maria Canale p ...

'' (1959) *''

The Corsican Brothers ''The Corsican Brothers'' (french: Les Frères corses) is a novella by Alexandre Dumas, père, first published in 1844. It is the story of two conjoined brothers who, though separated at birth, can still feel each other's physical distress. It h ...

'' (1961) *''

Guns of the Black Witch ''Guns of the Black Witch'' ( it, Il terrore dei mari) is a 1961 adventure film directed by Domenico Paolella. Cast * Don Megowan: Jean * Silvana Pampanini: Delores * Emma Danieli: Elisa * Livio Lorenzon: Guzman * Germano Longo: Michel ...

'' (1961) *'' The Last Man on Earth'' (1964) *'' Slalom'' (1965) *''

God's Thunder ''God's Thunder'' or ''Le Tonnerre de Dieu'' is a 1965 French-Italian-West German comedy-drama film directed by Denys de La Patellière and starring Jean Gabin and Michèle Mercier. Plot Upset by his wife's inability to bear him a child, Brassa ...

'' (1965) *'' The Spy Who Loved Flowers'' (1966) *''

Spies Strike Silently ''Spies Strike Silently'' ( it, Le spie uccidono in silenzio, es, Los espías matan en silencio, also known as ''Spies Kill Silently'') is a 1966 Spanish-Italian Eurospy film written and directed by Mario Caiano and starring Lang Jeffries.Marco ...

'' (1966) *'' Commissariato di notturna'' (1974)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Danieli, Emma Actors from the Province of Mantua Italian stage actresses Italian film actresses Italian television actresses 1936 births 1998 deaths 20th-century Italian actresses Italian television presenters Italian women television presenters