Gabriella Farinon

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Gabriella Farinon
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Farinon in Radiocorriere magazine, 1975
Born17 August 1941 (1941-08-17) (age 82)
Oderzo, Kingdom of Italy
OccupationActress

Gabriella Farinon (born 17 August 1941) is an Italian television and radio presenter and actress.

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Life and career

Born in Oderzo, after appearing in several films, in 1961 Farinon joined RAI as announcer. Starting from 1968, she presented several programs of various genres, notably several editions of the Sanremo Music Festival and of Un disco per l'estate. The last program she presented was the 1997 Rai 3 talk show TeleSogni. [1] [2] [3]

Farinon's daughter Barbara Modesti, whom she had with documentarist Dore Modesti, is a RAI journalist. Her sister Luisa married businessman Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone. [2]

Selected filmography

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References

  1. ↑ Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. Enciclopedia della Televisione. Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. ISBN   881150466X.
  2. 1 2 Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. Catalogo dei viventi. Marsilio, 2009. ISBN   9788831795999.
  3. ↑ Paolo Conti (31 May 2016). "Annunciatrici tv, Gabriella Farinon si racconta: "Quando la Rai mi multò per aver messo una parrucca"". Corriere della Sera . Retrieved 29 October 2016.


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