Ilaria Occhini

Ilaria Occhini

1934-03-28 – 2019-07-20 (age 85) Florence, Italy
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Biography

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.

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Known For

Two Men in Town
Two Men in Town

1973

as Sophie Strabliggi

Loose Cannons
Loose Cannons

2010

as La nonna

Complexes
Complexes

1965

as Gabriella (I)

The Shortest Day
The Shortest Day

1963

as Crocerossina (uncredited)

Carthage in Flames
Carthage in Flames

1960

as Ophir

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Il gabbiano

1969

as Nina Michàjlovna Zarèčnaja

High School
High School

1954

as Isabella

The Man Who Laughs
Doctor and the Healer
The Dragon's Blood
The Dragon's Blood

1958

as Crimilde

A Perfect Family
A Perfect Family

2012

as Rosa

The Tramplers
The Tramplers

1965

as Edith Wickett

Damon and Pythias
Damon and Pythias

1962

as Nerissa

Brigade Anti Gangs
Brigade Anti Gangs

1966

as Angèle Le Goff

Meglio tardi che mai
Meglio tardi che mai

1999

as Emma Di Carlo

Tomorrow
Tomorrow

2001

as Mrs. Moccia

Almost a Man
Almost a Man

1966

as Elena

The Betrothed
The Betrothed

1964

as La monaca di Monza

All at Sea
All at Sea

2011

as Signora Valeria

Pia de' Tolomei
Pia de' Tolomei

1958

as Pia de' Tolomei