Liana Orfei

Liana Orfei (born June 6, 1937 in San Giovanni in Persiceto ) is an Italian actress and circus artist.

Life

Orfei, who, like her cousin Moira , comes from a family of circus performers, artists and owners, began as a small child in the ring. Later she also worked as an actress; between 1959 and 1970 she played in a number of genre works , especially sandals and adventure films . With her "remarkable beauty and natural lightness and sympathetic charisma" she was often the love interest of these films. In addition to working for the screen, she was also seen regularly on television and on stage from the mid-1960s, where she played in the ensemble around Eduardo De Filippo and Emma Gramatica . She also tried her hand as a singer and went on tour in 1978.

In the 1980s she focused her work again on her professional background, the circus , but separated from her brother Nando's company in 1984 and started working as an independent artist a. a. with the North Korean State Circus. To this day she has presented the Golden Circus Festival , which she co-founded and with which she performed in 56 countries. In 2005 she played in the stage musical Se il tempo fosse un gambero with Rosanna Ruffini , Max Giusti and Roberto Lanfranchi .

Awards

1969: “Volto del juke-box” of the festival bar

2011: “Grand Prix Corallo” for life's work

Filmography (selection)

1959: Tipa di spiaggia
1960: Pirate Coast (I pirati della costa)
1960: The revenge of the red knight (Il cavaliere dai cento volti)
1960: The Mill of Petrified Women (Il mulino delle donne di pietra)
1962: One against seven (Duello nella sila)
1963: Hercules, Samson and Odysseus (Ercole sfida Sansone)
1965: Casanova '70 (Casanova # 70)
1967: Django kills quietly (Bill il taciturno)
1970: Fortunata y Jacinta

Web links

Commons : Liana Orfei - collection of images

Liana Orfei in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Liana Orfei in the German dubbing file

Individual evidence

↑ Liana Orfei | MYmovies. Retrieved July 1, 2019 .
↑ 34 ° edizione. Retrieved July 1, 2019 (it-it).
↑ http://www.profilodonna.com/sofa/archivio-pdf/Liana_Orfei.pdf
↑ Alguer.it notes. Retrieved July 1, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Orfei, Liana
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian actress
DATE OF BIRTH	June 6, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH	San Giovanni in Persiceto , Italy

[1] Liana Orfei | MYmovies. Retrieved July 1, 2019 .

[2] 34 ° edizione. Retrieved July 1, 2019 (it-it).

[3] ttp://www.profilodonna.com/sofa/archivio-pdf/Liana_Orfei.pdf

[4] Alguer.it notes. Retrieved July 1, 2019 .