Federica Ranchi (born 5 May 1939) is an Italian former film actress.
Federica Ranchi | |
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 Ranchi in Estate Violenta (1959) | |
| Born | 5 May 1939 (age 85) Trieste, Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
Life and career
editBorn in Trieste, while a student at liceo linguistico was noted by a Cines employee through a picture of her ballet company, and subsequently won an audition for the Leonardo De Mitri's comedy-drama Wives and Obscurities.[1][2]
Typically cast in roles of sensitive and fragile women, following several roles with auteurs such as Valerio Zurlini and Gillo Pontecorvo and in some genre films, in 1963 Ranchi married a Greek shipowner and eventually retired from showbusiness, even refusing a five-year contract with Dino De Laurentiis.[1][2]
She is the grandmother of actress and fitness model Flavia Sgoifo.
Selected filmography
edit- Wives and Obscurities (1956)
- The Wide Blue Road (1957)
- Devil's Cavaliers (1959)
- Estate Violenta (1959)
- Son of Samson (1960)
- Goliath and the Dragon (1960)
- Women of Devil's Island (1962)
References
edit- ^ a b Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. "Ranchi, Federica". Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 888440214X.
- ^ a b "Federica Ranchi, l'attrice che rifiutò Hollywood". Il Piccolo. 17 September 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
External links
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