Franca Valeri
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Alma Franca Maria Norsa 31 July 1920 Milan, Lombardy, Italy |
Franca Valeri (born 31 July 1920) is an Italian actress.
Valeri was born in Milan as Alma Franca Maria Norsa. She adopted her surname in the 1950s as an homage to the French critic and poet, Paul Valéry.[1]
Despite the old age and suffering Parkinson's disease, she's still very active on the Italian theatrical stage. Across the season 2005-2006 she performed her own monologue La Vedova di Socrate ("Socrate's Widow") and Les Bonnes, by Jean Genet.
Valeri started her career on the radio, where she created the character of "Signorina Cesira" and "Signora Cecioni", exhilarating sketches centering on the idiosyncrasies of the Italy of 1950s.[1] She co-starred important films hits, such as The Sign of Venus or Il vedovo, although most of her characters are supporting role.
In the 1960s Valeri also frequently worked for Italian TV. Directed by Antonello Falqui, she starred in Studio Uno, Le divine and Sabato Sera.
In the 1980s and early 1990s she starred in a series of successful commercials for Pandoro Melegatti, which were well received and stretched over a number of years (Pandoro being a seasonal product tied to the Christmas holidays).
In January 2008, she played the role of "Solange" in Jean Genet's "Le bonnes" at Milan's Piccolo Teatro.
Filmography
- Luci del varietà (1950)
- Totò a colori (1952)
- Villa Borghese (1953)
- Questi fantasmi (1954)
- Piccola posta (1955)
- The Sign of Venus (1955)
- Le signorine dello 04 (1955)
- Un eroe dei nostri tempi (1955)
- Il bigamo (1955)
- La ragazza del palio (1957)
- Mariti in città (1957)
- Il vedovo (1959)
- Arrangiatevi! (1959)
- Non perdiamo la testa (1959)
- Il moralista (1959)
- Mariti in pericolo (1960)
- Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
- Crimen (1960)
- Leoni al sole (1961)
- Parigi o cara (1962)
- I motorizzati (1962)
- I cuori infranti (1963)
- Il giorno più corto (1963)
- Gli onorevoli (1963)
- Le motorizzate (1963)
- I maniaci (1963)
- Io, io, io... e gli altri (1965)
- La ragazza del bersagliere (1967)
- Scusi, facciamo l'amore? (1968)
- Nel giorno del Signore (1970)
- Basta guardarla (1970)
- Ettore lo fusto (1971)
- Ultimo tango a Zagarolo (1973)
- La signora gioca bene a scopa? (1974)
- L'Italia s'è rotta (1976)
- Come ti rapisco il pupo (1976)
- Tanto va la gatta al lardo... (1978)
- Non ti riconosco più amore (1979)
- Un amore in prima classe (1980)
- Paulo Roberto Cotechiño centravanti di sfondamento (1983)
- Tosca e le altre due (2003)
References
Further reading
- Emanuela Martini, Franca Valeri: una signora molto snob, Lindau, 2000, ISBN 887180290X
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