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Liliana Bonfatti | |
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| Born | 27 October 1930 Ovada, Italy |
| Died | 19 December 2005 (aged 75) |
| Occupation | Actress |
Liliana Bonfatti (27 October 1930 – 19 December 2005) was an Italian film actress.
Life and career
[edit]Born in Ovada, Province of Alessandria, Bonfatti lost her father at an early age, and moved with her family to Milan where she worked as a shop assistant, a manicurist and a seamstress.[1] While on a beach vacation in Viareggio, two photographers who were looking for new faces for the Miss Italia competition took a picture of her; the photo was published in a magazine and got the attention of film director Luciano Emmer, who after auditioning her cast Bonfatti in the role of Lucia in Three Girls from Rome.[1] Following the success of the film Bonfatti continued her career for a few years, until her sudden retirement in 1956.[1][2]
Bonfatti died on 19 December 2005, at the age of 75.[3]
Filmography
[edit]- Three Girls from Rome, directed by Luciano Emmer (1952)
- Non è vero... ma ci credo, directed by Sergio Grieco (1952)
- Serenata amara, directed by Pino Mercanti (1952)
- Il viale della speranza, directed by Dino Risi (1953)
- The World Condemns Them, directed by Gianni Franciolini (1953)
- For You I Have Sinned, directed by Mario Costa (1953)
- Siamo tutti milanesi, directed by Mario Landi (1954)
- Trieste cantico d'amore, directed by Max Calandri (1954)
- La moglie è uguale per tutti, directed by Giorgio Simonelli (1955)
- Donatella, directed by Mario Monicelli (1956)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Ivo Gaggero. "Ricerche sull’ovadese Liliana Bonfatti, attrice del Cinema Italiano degli anni ’50". Urbs, no. 3-4, Year XXVIII, September-December 2014, pp. 258-9.
- ^ Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. "Bonfatti, Liliana". Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. p. 41. ISBN 888440214X.
- ^ "Liliana Bonfatti". notreCinema. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
External links
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Media related to Liliana Bonfatti at Wikimedia Commons- Liliana Bonfatti at IMDb
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