Varzi, Elena
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born on | 21 December 1926 at 04:30 (= 04:30 AM ) | ||||
Place | Roma, Italy, 41n54, 12e29 | ||||
Timezone | MET h1e (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
Italian film actress who made her debut in a leading role, as the Sicilian Maria Antonia in Renato Castellani's neorealist post-war comedy-drama It's Forever Springtime. Her second role as the mistress of a Sicilian bandit in Pietro Germi's Path of Hope received critical acclaim. It was during filming The Forbidden Christ that Varzi met and later married Raf Vallone. She eventually left her film career, devoting herself to the family. She was the mother of Arabella, Saverio, and Eleonora Vallone. Her husband died in 2002.
Varzi died of cardiac arrest at her holiday cottage in Sperlonga, Latina, on 1 September 2014, aged 87.
Relationships
- parent->child relationship with Vallone, Eleonora (born 1 February 1953)
- parent->child relationship with Vallone, Saverio (born 29 April 1955)
- spouse relationship with Vallone, Raf (born 17 February 1916)
Events
Source Notes
Grazia Bordoni database, 'entertainment' file quotes birth certificate.
Categories
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress (Film)