- Franca Valeri
Infobox actor
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name = Franca Valeri
birthdate =July 31 1920
location =Milan ,Lombardy ,Italy
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birthname = Alma Franca Maria Norsa
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academyawards =Franca Valeri (born
July 31 1920 ) is an Italianactress .Valeri was born in
Milan as Alma Franca Maria Norsa. She adopted her surname in the 1950s as an homage to the French critic and poet, Paul Valéry.Despite the old age and suffering Parkinson's disease, she's still very active on the Italian theatrical stage. Across the season 2005-2006 she performed her own monologue "La Vedova Socrate" ("Socrate's Widow") and "Les Bonnes", by Jean Genet.
Valeri started her career on the radio, where she created the character of "Signorina Cesira" and "Signora Cecioni", exhilarating sketches centereing on the idiosyncrasies of the Italy of 1950s. She co-starred important films hits, such as "
The Sign of Venus " or "Il vedovo ", although most of her characters are supporting role.In the 1960s Valeri also frequently worked for Italian TV. Directed by
Antonello Falqui , she starred in "Studio Uno", "Le divine" and "Sabato Sera".At the moment (January 2008) she is playing in the role of "Solange" in Jean Genet's "Le bonnes" at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan.
Filmography
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Luci del varietà " (1950)
*"Totò a colori " (1952)
*"Villa Borghese" (1953)
*"Questi fantasmi " (1954)
*"Piccola posta " (1955)
*"Il segno di Venere " (1955)
*"Le signorine dello 04 " (1955)
*"Un eroe dei nostri tempi " (1955)
*"Il bigamo " (1955)
*"La ragazza del palio " (1957)
*"Mariti in città " (1957)
*"Il vedovo " (1959)
*"Arrangiatevi! " (1959)
*"Non perdiamo la testa " (1959)
*"Il moralista " (1959)
*"Mariti in pericolo " (1960)
*"Rocco e i suoi fratelli " (1960)
*"Crimen" (1960)
*"Leoni al sole " (1961)
*"Parigi o cara" (1962)
*"I motorizzati " (1962)
*"I cuori infranti " (1963)
*"Il giorno più corto " (1963)
*"Gli onorevoli " (1963)
*"Le motorizzate " (1963)
*"I maniaci " (1963)
*"Io, io, io... e gli altri " (1965)
*"La ragazza del bersagliere " (1967)
*"Scusi, facciamo l'amore? " (1968)
*"Nel giorno del Signore " (1970)
*"Basta guardarla " (1970)
*"Ettore lo fusto " (1971)
*"Ultimo tango a Zagarolo " (1973)
*"La signora gioca bene a scopa? " (1974)
*"L'Italia s'è rotta " (1976)
*"Come ti rapisco il pupo " (1976)
*"Tanto va la gatta al lardo... " (1978)
*"Non ti riconosco più amore " (1979)
*"Un amore in prima classe " (1980)
*"Paulo Roberto Cotechiño centravanti di sfondamento " (1983)
*"Tosca e le altre due " (2003)External links
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Persondata
NAME= Valeri, Franca
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Norsa, Alma Franca Maria
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Actor
DATE OF BIRTH=July 31 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH=Milan ,Lombardy ,Italy
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