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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 28, 1934
Place of Birth:
Florence, Italy
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Ilaria Occhini
Biography
Ilaria Occhini (28 March 1934 – 20 July 2019) was an Italian stage, television and film actress. She appeared in more than 30 films.
Born in Florence, niece and daughter of novelists, Occhini started her film career at 19 with the Luciano Emmer's comedy film Terza Liceo with the stage name Isabella Redi, then attended the Accademia d'Arte Drammatica in Rome, graduating in 1957. The same year she back to acting with Mario Monicelli's Il medico e lo stregone, and at the same time she debuted on stage with Luchino Visconti's La ragazza delle smirne and had her first leading role in the Anton Giulio Majano's TV series Jane Eyre. In 1959 she appeared in the television adaptation The Vicar of Wakefield.
Her mother, Gioconda Papini (1910-1954), was one of the two daughters of writer Giovanni Papini and his wife Giacinta Giovagnoli, the other being writer Viola Paszkowski Papini. Her father was writer, art historian and journalist Barna Occhini (pseudonym of Carlo Luigi Occhini) (1905-1978), the son of senator Pier Ludovico Occhini and his wife Maria Luisa Tettamanzi.
Occhini obtained her major successes on stage, working several times with Luchino Visconti, then joining the Piccolo Teatro of Naples, where she received large critical appreciation by interpreting classical and contemporary authors. She was also a constant presence of RAI television series, and also starred in many films, but rarely in leading roles.
In 1992 Occhini won the Nastro d'Argento for best supporting role for her performance in Benvenuti in Casa Gori. In 2008 she was awarded Best Actress at the Locarno International Film Festival for her role in Mar Nero. In 2010 she won a David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Loose Cannons; the same year she was awarded with a special Nastro d'Argento for her career.
She married screenwriter and author Raffaele La Capria, with whom she had a daughter, Alexandra.
Source: Article "Ilaria Occhini" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Una famiglia perfetta | Rosa |
| 2011 | All at Sea | Signora Valeria |
| 2011 | La ragazza americana | Bice |
| 2010 | Loose Cannons | La nonna |
| 2009 | Black Sea | Gemma Pratesi |
| 2004 | Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté | Self - Interviewee |
| 2001 | Tomorrow | Mrs. Moccia |
| 1999 | Boom | Elide (segment "Il figlio di Maciste") |
| 1999 | Meglio tardi che mai | Emma Di Carlo |
| 1997 | Don Milani - Il priore di Barbiana | Don Milani's mother |
| 1996 | Ritorno a casa Gori | Adele Papini |
| 1991 | Pizza Colonia | Severina Serboli |
| 1990 | Benvenuti in casa Gori | Adele Papini |
| 1973 | Two Men in Town | Sophie Strabliggi |
| 1973 | The Return | Francesca |
| 1972 | Hearth Fires | Clotilde |
| 1969 | Il gabbiano | Nina Michàjlovna Zarèčnaja |
| 1966 | The Man Who Laughs | Dea |
| 1966 | Brigade Anti Gangs | Angèle Le Goff |
| 1966 | Almost a Man | Elena |
| 1965 | Complexes | Gabriella (I) |
| 1965 | The Tramplers | Edith Wickett |
| 1964 | The Betrothed | La monaca di Monza |
| 1963 | The Shortest Day | Crocerossina (uncredited) |
| 1962 | Damon and Pythias | Nerissa |
| 1961 | His Women | Daniela |
| 1960 | Carthage in Flames | Ophir |
| 1958 | The Dragon's Blood | Crimilde |
| 1958 | Pia de' Tolomei | Pia de' Tolomei |
| 1957 | Doctor and the Healer | Rosina |
| 1954 | High School | Isabella |
| Ricorda con rabbia | Helena Charles |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Provaci ancora prof | Andreina Baudino |
| 2000 | Father Matteo | Elena Lombardi Satriani |
| 1992 | Piazza di Spagna | Annina Cascone |
| 1973 | Puccini | Elvira |
| 1957 | Jane Eyre | Jane Eyre |