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Eleonora Giorgi

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Eleonora Giorgi

Born October 21, 1953 in Rome, Lazio, ItalyDied March 3, 202541 films

Eleonora Giorgi (born 21 October 1953) is an Italian actress. Giorgi was born in Rome, Italy. Her father was of Italian and English origin. Her mother was of Italian and Hungarian origin.

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She made her film debut in a minor role in Paolo Cavara's horror film Black Belly of the Tarantula (1970) and subsequently appeared in nearly fifty films, mostly in prominent roles. Domenico Paolella's Story of a Cloistered Nun (1973), an important nunsploitation, marked her film debut, at age eighteen. She then took part in Il bacio (The kiss), a fantasy drama directed by Mario Lanfranchi, and in erotic comedies such as Salvatore Samperi's La sbandata (1974), in which she plays near Domenico Modugno and Luciana Paluzzi, Luciano Salce's Alla mia cara mamma nel giorno del suo compleanno (1974), Pasquale Festa Campanile's The Sex Machine (U.S. title: Love and Energy) (1975) and Gianluigi Calderone's Appassionata, that definitively gaine her the public acclaim.

Roles in movies like Franco Brusati's To Forget Venice (1979), Dario Argento's Inferno (1980), Nino Manfredi's Nudo di donna (1981), and Liliana Cavani's Beyond Obsession (1982) are some of her most known and remarkable dramatic performances but in the beginning of the eighties, Giorgi decides to rejoin comedy. She's near Adriano Celentano in Mani di velluto and Grand hotel excelsior; for her performance in Carlo Verdone's Borotalco (1982), she won the Nastro d'Argento award and David di Donatello award for Best Actress.

In 2003, Giorgi wrote and directed her first film Uomini & donne, amori & bugie (U.S. title: Love, Lies, Kids... & Dogs), with Ornella Muti.

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Roma posterFirst watchRoma19727.3as Motorbike Rider (uncredited)A virtually plotless, gaudy, impressionistic portrait of Rome through the eyes of one of its most famous citizens.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Inferno poster6.6Inferno1980Compagni di scuola poster7.1Compagni di scuola1988Talcum Powder poster6.8Talcum Powder1982Grand Hotel Excelsior poster6.1Grand Hotel Excelsior1982Velvet Hands poster6.4Velvet Hands1979My Wife is a Witch poster5.9My Wife is a Witch1980The Black Belly of the Tarantula poster6.2The Black Belly of the Tarantula1971Taste of the Sea 2: One Year Later poster6.0Taste of the Sea 2: One Year Later1983

Filmography

41 films as actor
  1. 2017The Family JumbleNonna Fiore
  2. 2016Attesa e cambiamentiMadre di Gianni
  3. 2016My Father Jack
  4. 2007SoloMetroElvira Alvari
  5. 1996Addio e Ritorno
  6. 1988Compagni di scuolaValeria Donati
  7. 1988The Big FoxFrancesca Corvino
  8. 1986Carefree GiovanniClaire
  9. 1984Notti e nebbieMagda
  10. 1984Let's Make It ClearEleonora Bauer
  11. 1983Taste of the Sea 2: One Year LaterTea
  12. 1983Magic TouchFranca Ferrini
  13. 1982Grand Hotel ExcelsiorIlde Vivaldi
  14. 1982Beyond the DoorNina
  15. 1982Talcum PowderNadia Vandelli
  16. 1981Portrait of a Nude WomanLaura / Riri
  17. 1980My Wife is a WitchFinnicella
  18. 1980InfernoSara
  19. 1979Velvet HandsTilli
  20. 1979To Forget VeniceClaudia
  21. 1979A Man on His KneesLucia Peralta
  22. 1978Don't Shoot on ChildrenIlda
  23. 1978Safari RallyLucille Davis
  24. 1978Ça fait tiltSylvia
  25. 1978SuggestionataAnna
  26. 1977A Spiral of MistLidia
  27. 1977Ready for AnythingAnna
  28. 1976Born WinnerMarzia
  29. 1976And Agnes Chose to DieVandina
  30. 1976Young, Violent, DangerousLea
  31. 1976La traversata-
  32. 1976Heart of a DogZina
  33. 1975Smell of FleshMariuccia, daughter of Raffaele
  34. 1975The Sex MachinePiera
  35. 1974To My Dear Mother on Her BirthdayAngela
  36. 1974The KissElena Vergani
  37. 1974AppassionataNicola
  38. 1973Story of a Cloistered NunCarmela Simoni
  39. 1973The Three Musketeers of the WestLover in Opening Scene
  40. 1972RomaMotorbike Rider (uncredited)
  41. 1971The Black Belly of the TarantulaMaid in beauty parlor