Federica Ranchi

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Federica Ranchi
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Ranchi in Estate Violenta (1959)
Born5 May 1939 (1939-05-05) (age 85)
Trieste, Italy
OccupationActress

Federica Ranchi (born 5 May 1939) is an Italian former film actress.

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Life and career

Born 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

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References

  1. 1 2 Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. "Ranchi, Federica". Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN   888440214X.
  2. 1 2 "Federica Ranchi, l'attrice che rifiutò Hollywood". Il Piccolo . 17 September 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2016.


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