Anna Miserocchi

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Anna Miserocchi
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Miserocchi in Radiocorriere magazine (1960)
Born26 June 1925 (1925-06-26)
Died18 March 1988 (1988-03-19) (aged 62)
Rome, Italy
OccupationActress

Anna Miserocchi (26 June 1925 - 18 March 1988) was an Italian stage, film, television and voice actress.

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Life and career

Born in Rome, Miserocchi spent her childhood and adolescence in Italian Eritrea, where she had a journalistic apprenticeship. [1] Returned in Italy she studied acting at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico, and had her breakout with the stage play The Pillars of Society , directed by Orazio Costa. [1]

Miserocchi was mainly active on stage, in which she specialized in dramatic roles, working among others with Diego Fabbri, Luca Ronconi, Sandro Bolchi. [1] [2] She was also very active in television, where she got her major personal success playing the mother in E le stelle stanno a guardare , while in films she had only sporadic supporting roles. [2] She was also active as a voice actress and a dubber, and among the actresses she lent her voice were Katharine Hepburn, Anne Bancroft, Ava Gardner, Melina Mercouri, Maggie Smith, Irene Papas, Agnes Moorehead and Capucine. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Scompare la Miserocchi Signora dei Classici". La Repubblica (in Italian). 19 March 1988. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. "Miserocchi, Anna". Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN   888440214X.