Aurora Quattrocchi

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Aurora Quattrocchi
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Quattrocchi in 2015
Born18 March 1943 (1943-03-18) (age 80)
Matulji, Croatia
OccupationActress

Aurora "Rori" Quattrocchi (born 18 March 1943) is an Italian television, stage and film actress.

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Life and career

Born in Matulji (at the time part of the Kingdom of Italy with the name Mattuglie) where her Sicilian father was serving as an army officer, [1] at 5 years old Quattrocchi lost her mother and went to live in Palermo with her aunt and uncle. [2] She started her career on stage in the 1970s, [3] and made her film debut in 1989, in Marco Risi's Forever Mary . [4]

Among Quattrocchi's best known roles, there are Fortunata in Golden Door , which got her a Chlotrudis Award nomination, [4] and the mother in Nostalgia , for which Quattrocchi got David di Donatello and Nastro d'Argento nominations as bet supporting actress. [5] [6] Quattrocchi was awarded the International Starlight Cinema Award for her career at the 79th Venice International Film Festival. [7]

Selected filmography

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References

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  2. ↑ La Valle, Susanna (3 August 2023). "Forse non ricordi il nome ma il suo viso non lo dimentichi: ritratto di Aurora Quattrocchi". Balarm (in Italian). Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  3. ↑ Amitrano, Vania (6 October 2022). "Aurora Quattrocchi, talento e fierezza inarrestabili". Ciak Magazine (in Italian). Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Aurora Quattrocchi". Mymovies.it (in Italian). Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "Nastri D'argento 2022 , dai film agli attori tutte le candidature". Sky TG24 (in Italian). 3 June 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  6. ↑ Ascione, Arianna (5 October 2023). "David di Donatello 2023: nomination, candidature, tutto quello che c'è da sapere". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "Un premio alla carriera a Venezia per Aurora Quattrocchi". la Repubblica (in Italian). 6 September 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
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