Ombretta Colli
Ombretta Colli (eigt. Ombretta Comelli ; born September 21, 1943 in Genoa ) is an Italian actress , singer and politician ( Popolo della Libertà ).
Life
Colli came second in the Miss Italia competition in 1960 and then began a cabaret career and then a film career; By 1967 she made around ten films –– commercial adventure goods without any particular merits or mistakes. In the following decades (until 1989) she repeatedly took on one or the other role, also playing under pseudonyms. Her theater career was episodic, but always interesting. B. next to Christian De Sica , two years of success in the late 1980s with A che servano gli uomini . Colli also occasionally took on television engagements, for example in 1970 a collaboration with her husband Giorgio Gaber and Gino Bramieri , in 1975 with Paolo Villaggio and in 1983 as the presenter of Passa Parole . Nine years later she took over the show Gelosia .
At the end of the 1960s she switched to music - a first hit, made popular by the show Canzonissima , was La mia mamma - and made several successful records, which she followed until the mid-1980s. Then she went into politics and for Forza Italia in the European Parliament , where she represented the interests of Italy from 1994 to 1999. At the same time she was a member of the Italian Parliament from 1994 to 1996; In 1999 she became President of the Province of Milan . Her career was suspended in November 2004 on charges of corruption. From April 2006 to May 2012, however, she was again a member of the Senate .
She was married to Giorgio Gaber from 1965 until his death in 2003.
Filmography (selection)
- 1962: The Gladiator of Rome (Il gladiatore di Roma)
- 1963: The Tiger of Sardis (Goliath e la schiava ribelle)
- 1963: Son of Spartacus (Il figlio di Soartacus)
- 1964: The Lord of the Yellow Hell (I predoni della steppa)
- 1964: Marco - the indomitable (Maciste alla corte dello zar)
- 1965: Orion-3000 - Space travel of horror (Il pianeta errante)
- 1967: Demons from Space (La morte viene dal pieneta Aydin)
- 1980: The terrace (La terrazza)
- 1980: The Cuckoo (Il lupo e l'agnello)
Discography
- Viva l'ammore! (1971)
- Una donna due donne un certo numero di donne (1975)
- A Marilyn (1983)
- Una donna tutta sbagliata (1984)
Web links
- Ombretta Colli in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Own site
- Entry on Ombretta Colli in the European Parliament 's database of MEPs
- Page to the Senate
Individual evidence
- ↑ Roberto Poppi, articles Ombretta Colli , in: Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi: Dictionnaire of Cinema Italiano. Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, Rome 1999. p. 82
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Colli, Ombretta |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Comelli, Ombretta; Hills, Joan (pen name); Collins, Amber (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian actress, singer and politician (Popolo della Libertà), MEP |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 21, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Genoa |