- Valeria Moriconi
Valeria Moriconi ("née" Valeria Abbruzzetti;
15 November 1931 –15 June 2005 ) was an Italianactress who appeared both inmovies and on stage.Valeria was born in
Jesi , in theMarche region of central Italy. Her earliest work was as a stage actress [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11227374] . She was very young when she acted in an art company, but the success came with the movies "Gli Italiani si voltano" and "La Spiaggia". She won theGolden Grolla award for "Le soldatesse". She performed on stage in many theatrical plays at Arlecchino Theater (now Flaiano), from "Girotondo" of Schnitzler and "Per un amore a Roma" of Patti to "Arialda" of Testori and directed byVisconti .In the 1960s she met director
Franco Enriquez and left her husband,Aldo Moriconi , for him. After Enriquez's death she loved Vittorio Spiga, a journalist ofBologna , and at her death he was at her bed.The president of the Italian Republic,
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro , nominated her as Great Master of Republic. In 2000 she was the voice for Papa's comments duringVia Crucis . In 1999 she received theRenato Simoni award. She worked until the end of her life, not withstanding illness (bone cancer ), but on7 June ,2005 she was forced to end her theater tour ofIbsen 's "Gli Spettri".External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0605410/ www.imdb.com]
* [http://interviste.intrage.it/video_moriconi/ interviste.intrage.it]
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