Rosanna Schiaffino
Rosanna Schiaffino ( born November 25, 1939 in Genoa, † October 17, 2009 in Milan ) was an Italian actress.
Life
Schiaffino was born in northern Italy. In the 1950s, she participated in several beauty contests. At sixteen, she was voted Miss Liguria. She then worked as a photo model. From 1956 she also worked as a film actress.
Your movie career began in 1956 with two tiny roles in the films Orlando ei Paladini di Francia and Totò, lascia o raddoppia? . In 1958 she received then the main role in the film The Challenge (La sfida ) by Francesco Rosi. In 1959, the female lead in the movie One hectare of Heaven ( Un ettare di cielo ). Schiaffino then played in numerous Italian and international productions.
( Vendicatore Il ) With the films The Rebel of Samara by William Dieterle, We from the road (La notte brava ) by Mauro Bolognini and Two Weeks in Another Town ( Two weeks in another town) by Vincente Minnelli managed Schiaffino the final breakthrough for movie star. On the side of Françoise Arnoul and Michel Piccoli Schiaffino 1960 starred in the film Ball of spies (Le bal des espions ). In 1962, she played together with OW Fischer in the film Axel Munthe - The doctor of San Michele.
In 1966 she was awarded a special prize ( Targa d' Oro ) of the David di Donatello for her role as Lucretia in the film adaptation Mandragola or The Lover as a doctor, a comedy by Niccolo Machiavelli, excellent.
From the mid- 1960s Schiaffino was then, however, only roles in mediocre productions. Schiaffino played in this time in history indiscriminately films, thrillers, spaghetti westerns and comedies. Mid -1970s, Schiaffino retired from the film business.
In 1991 the actress fell ill with breast cancer. After a significant decline in their health status in 2008 Schiaffino died in October 2009 at the age of 69 years her cancer.