Ilaria Occhini
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2012 · Una famiglia perfetta as Rosa
- 2011 · La ragazza americana as Bice
- 2011 · All at Sea as Signora Valeria
- 2010 · Loose Cannons as La nonna
- 2009 · Black Sea as Gemma Pratesi
- 2005 · Provaci ancora prof as Andreina Baudino
- 2004 · Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté as Self - Interviewee
- 2001 · Tomorrow as Mrs. Moccia
- 2000 · Father Matteo as Elena Lombardi Satriani
- 1999 · Meglio tardi che mai as Emma Di Carlo
- 1999 · Boom as Elide (segment "Il figlio di Maciste")
- 1997 · Don Milani - Il priore di Barbiana as Don Milani's mother
- 1996 · Ritorno a casa Gori as Adele Papini
- 1991 · Pizza Colonia as Severina Serboli
- 1990 · Benvenuti in casa Gori as Adele Papini
- 1973 · Two Men in Town as Sophie Strabliggi
- 1973 · The Return as Francesca
- 1973 · Puccini as Elvira
- 1972 · Hearth Fires as Clotilde
- 1966 · Almost a Man as Elena
- 1966 · The Man Who Laughs as Dea
- 1966 · Brigade Anti Gangs as Angèle Le Goff
- 1965 · The Tramplers as Edith Wickett
- 1965 · Complexes as Gabriella (I)
- 1964 · The Betrothed as La monaca di Monza
- 1963 · The Shortest Day as Crocerossina (uncredited)
- 1962 · Damon and Pythias as Nerissa
- 1961 · His Women as Daniela
- 1960 · Carthage in Flames as Ophir
- 1958 · Pia de' Tolomei as Pia de' Tolomei
- 1958 · Sigfrido as Crimilde
- 1957 · Doctor and the Healer as Rosina
- 1957 · Jane Eyre as Jane Eyre
- Future · Il gabbiano as Nina Michàjlovna Zarèčnaja
- 1954 · High School as Isabella
- Future · Ricorda con rabbia as Helena Charles