Elena Varzi
Italian film actress
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Elena Varzi (21 December 1926 – 1 September 2014) was an Italian film actress.
Elena Varzi | |
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Varzi in the Italian magazine Cineguida (1954) | |
| Born | 21 December 1926 Rome, Italy |
| Died | 1 September 2014 (aged 87) |
| Occupation | Actress |
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Life and career
Born in Rome, in spite of a non-professional acting background, Varzi made her film debut in a leading role, as the Sicilian Maria Antonia in Renato Castellani's neorealist post-war comedy-drama It's Forever Springtime.[1][2] Her second role, as the mistress of a Sicilian bandit in Pietro Germi's Path of Hope, received critical acclaim.[1] It was during filming The Forbidden Christ that Varzi met and later married Raf Vallone. She eventually left her film career, devoting herself to the family.[1][2] She was the mother of Arabella, Saverio, and Eleonora Vallone.[3] Her husband died in 2002.
Death
Partial filmography
- It's Forever Springtime (1950)
- Path of Hope (1950)
- The Forbidden Christ (1951)
- Rome 11:00 (1952)
- The Eyes Leave a Trace (1952)
- Sunday Heroes (1952)
- Human Torpedoes (1954)
- Storm (1954)