Moira Orfei
| Moira Orfei | |
|---|---|
 Orfei in Signore & signori (1966) | |
| Born |
Miranda Orfei 21 December 1931 Codroipo, Italy |
| Other names |
Miranda Orfei Moira degli elefanti |
| Spouse(s) | Walter Nones |
| Children |
Stefano Orfei Lara Orfei |
| Parent(s) |
Riccardo Orfei Violetta Arata |
| Website | |
| www.moiraoirfei.it | |
Moira Orfei, (aka Miranda Orfei), (b. 21 December 1931 Codroipo)[1] a popular Italian actress and television personality. Moira is considered the queen of the Italian circus.
Biography
Raised in a family who owned the circus company Circus Orfei, Moira became the symbol of circus in Italy and attained international fame. The Circus Moira Orfei itself was founded in 1960. Moira has been photographed in various scenes as a rider, trapeze artist, acrobat, dominatrice of elephants and trainer of doves.
Moira's excessively garish image mirrors her eccentric and exuberant personality. It was Dino De Laurentiis who suggested that she change her name from Miranda to Moira.[2] From then on, Moira's face became an effigy of unchanging characteristics: heavy make-up with eyes coated with eyeliner, bright lipstick, an accentuated mole above the lip, hair tied in a turban. Promotional billboards were carpeted with this picture in every city that the circus stopped. As a result, Moira has become one of the most recognized faces in Italy.
Almost by chance, Moira also became a film actress, acting in over forty films, from comedies to Sword and sandal films (among which many Italian crime films). It has been said that if Moira had studied drama she could have been good as Sophia Loren.
Moira's parents were Riccardo Orfei and Violetta Arata. She married Walter Nones and they had two children Stefano Orfei and Lara Orfei.
On 4 August 2006 Moira Orfei had an Ischemic stroke during a show in Gioiosa Ionica. The artist is still under medical care.
Films
- The Loves of Hercules 1960
- Under Ten Flags 1960
- Queen of the Pirates 1960
- Ti aspetterò all'inferno 1960
- Ursus 1961
- Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules 1961
- Rocco e le sorelle 1961
- Il figlio dello sceicco 1962
- I tromboni di Fra' Diavolo 1962
- Ursus in the Valley of the Lions 1962
- I due mafiosi 1963
- Totò contro i quattro 1963
- Totò e Cleopatra 1963
- Samson and the Slave Queen 1963
- Divorzio alla siciliana 1963
- Il monaco di Monza 1963
- I due gladiatori 1963
- Revolt of the Praetorians 1964
- Samson and His Mighty Challenge 1964
- Il trionfo di Ercole 1964
- Casanova 70 1965
- How We Got Into Trouble with the Army 1965
- Two Sergeants of General Custer 1965
- Fire Over Rome 1965
- Due mafiosi contro Al Capone 1966
- The Birds, the Bees and the Italians 1966
- Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses 1968
- Paolo il freddo 1974
- Scent of a Woman 1974
- Dracula in the Provinces 1975
- Arrivano i bersaglieri 1980
- Vacanze di Natale '90 1990
- Natale in India 2003
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