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Ilaria Occhini

Ilaria Occhini

Actor · 1934 – 2019 · Florence, Italy

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.

Movies23

  • Movie7.1

    Deux Hommes dans la ville

    Two Men in Town

    1973 · 193 votes

  • Movie7.3

    Mine vaganti

    Loose Cannons

    2010 · 817 votes

  • Movie5.4

    L'uomo che ride

    The Man Who Laughs

    1966 · 8 votes

  • Movie7.0

    I complessi

    Complexes

    1965 · 109 votes

  • Movie5.2

    Cartagine in fiamme

    Carthage in Flames

    1960 · 9 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Gli uomini dal passo pesante

    The Tramplers

    1965 · 8 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Il giorno più corto

    The Shortest Day

    1963 · 29 votes

  • Movie6.3

    Les Feux de la Chandeleur

    Hearth Fires

    1972 · 15 votes

  • Movie4.7

    Damon and Pythias

    1962 · 9 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Brigade antigangs

    Brigade Anti Gangs

    1966 · 8 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Terza liceo

    High School

    1954 · 2 votes

  • Movie7.1

    ll medico e lo stregone

    Doctor and the Healer

    1957 · 31 votes

  • Movie4.5

    Sigfrido

    The Dragon's Blood

    1958 · 7 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Una famiglia perfetta

    A Perfect Family

    2012 · 228 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Un uomo a metà

    Almost a Man

    1966 · 14 votes

  • Movie5.2

    Il mantenuto

    His Women

    1961 · 9 votes

  • Movie8.5

    Meglio tardi che mai

    1999 · 2 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Domani

    Tomorrow

    2001 · 4 votes

  • Movie8.3

    I promessi sposi

    The Betrothed

    1964 · 3 votes

  • Movie5.0

    Tutti al mare

    All at Sea

    2011 · 54 votes

  • Movie6.1
  • Movie6.5

    Indagine su un cittadino di nome Volonté

    Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté

    2004 · 2 votes

  • Movie6.1

    Ritorno a casa Gori

    1996 · 15 votes

Series7

  • TV6.3

    Don Matteo

    Father Matteo

    2000 · 73 votes

  • TV6.7

    Provaci ancora prof

    2005 · 8 votes

  • TV
  • TV7.0

    Piazza di Spagna

    1992 · 2 votes

  • TV
  • TV
  • TV9.0

    Puccini

    1973 · 1 votes