Dana Ghia
Dana Ghia (actually Felicita Ghia ; born July 13, 1932 in Milan ) is an Italian actress and singer.
Life
Ghia began her career as a model and appeared as a singer in a 1953 student play at the Teatro Manzoni in Milan. 1956 followed the television debut in "Primo applauso" and after further training steps engagements for regional television programs of the RAI and the orchestras of Guido Gergoli and Gino Conte , after Luciano Tajoli noticed them. She often worked for the RAI orchestra under Carlo Savina . With her modern voice, she mainly interpreted swing tracks, also on tours through Australia, Greece, the Soviet Union, Canada, Great Britain and the USA . At the festival in Naples in 1959 she achieved a respectable success with the titles "Ammore celeste" and "Primma e dopo", but could not reach the final. Between 1963 and 1977 Ghia was also engaged for films in which she - also under pseudonyms such as Ghia Arlen or Diana Madigan - interpreted roles of modest size, including several westerns.
In 1983 Ghia was seen as a guest on a television miniseries, La chambre de dames .
Filmography (selection)
- 1965: For dollars into the afterlife (Deguejo)
- 1965: Cuatro dólares de venganza
- 1967: Escondido (El Desperado)
- 1967: Rocco - I'll kill you (L'ultimo killer)
- 1968: The Lonely One (L'ira di Dio)
- 1968: Today I ... tomorrow you! (Oggi a me… domani a te!)
- 1971: Four fists for a hallelujah (… continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità)
- 1971: Blood trail in the park (Una farfalla con le ali insanguinate)
- 1972: It is called Sacramento (Sei jellato amico… hai incontrato Sacramento)
- 1976: The rascal and the bull (Il trucido e lo sbirro)
- 1977: The man from Virginia (California)
Discography (selection)
- 1958: Quand je monte chez toi / Dors, mon amour (Vis Radio Vi MQN 36318)
- 1959: Ammore celeste / curdammoce 'e ccose d' 'o munno (Vis Radio Vi MQN 36476)
Web links
- Dana Ghia in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Dana Ghia in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ^ Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, Gli attrici , p. 160, Gremese 2003
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ghia, Dana |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ghia, Felicita; Madigan, Diana; Ghia, Arlen; Arlen, Ghia; Gia, Arlen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian actress and singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 13, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milan |