Gina Rovere

Not to be confused with Gino Rovere.

Gina Rovere
Rovere in Adua and Her Friends (1960)
Born	Regina Ciccotti 18 May 1936 (1936-05-18) (age 89) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actress

Regina Ciccotti (born 18 May 1936), known professionally as Gina Rovere, is an Italian actress.

Life and career

Born in Rome, the daughter of a haulier, at young age Ciccotti studied opera singing with the tenor Arnaldo Luzzi. ^[1] Noted by a talent agent, she made her professional debut in an avanspettacolo company, and in 1954 she had her breakout replacing Franca Gandolfi  [ it ] as soubrette in the revue Giove in doppiopetto alongside Carlo Dapporto. ^[1] In films, she was mostly cast in supporting roles; among her best known roles, she played Marcello Mastroianni's wife in Big Deal on Madonna Street by Mario Monicelli, and the prostitute Milly in Antonio Pietrangeli's Adua and Her Friends . ^{[1] [2]}

Selected filmography

Rovere with Peppino De Filippo and Totò in La cambiale

Rovere with Sandra Milo in Adua and Her Friends

Rovere and Memmo Carotenuto in I piaceri dello scapolo

Rovere in The Last Italian Tango

• It Happened in the Park , directed by Gianni Franciolini (1953)
• Are We Men or Corporals? , directed by Camillo Mastrocinque (1955)
• Fathers and Sons , directed by Mario Monicelli (1957)
• Souvenirs d'Italie , directed by Antonio Pietrangeli (1957)
• March's Child , directed by Antonio Pietrangeli (1958)
• Hercules , directed by Pietro Francisci (1958)
• Big Deal on Madonna Street , directed by Mario Monicelli (1958)
• La cambiale , directed by Camillo Mastrocinque (1959)
• ...And the Wild Wild Women , directed by Renato Castellani (1959)
• Adua and Her Friends , directed by Antonio Pietrangeli (1960)
• I piaceri dello scapolo , directed by Giulio Petroni (1960)
• The Passionate Thief , directed by Mario Monicelli (1960)
• Don Camillo: Monsignor , directed by Carmine Gallone (1961)
• The Vengeance of Ursus , directed by Luigi Capuano (1961)
• Colpo gobbo all'italiana (1962) as Gina, directed by Lucio Fulci ^[3]
• I motorizzati , directed by Camillo Mastrocinque (1962)
• Son of the Circus , directed by Sergio Grieco (1963)
• The Masked Man Against the Pirates , directed by Vertunnio De Angelis (1964)
• How We Got into Trouble with the Army , directed by Lucio Fulci (1965)
• Assassination in Rome , directed by Silvio Amadio (1965)
• Operation Goldsinger , directed by Bruno Corbucci and Giovanni Grimaldi (1965)
• The Dreamer , directed by Massimo Franciosa (1965)
• Latin Lovers , directed by Mario Costa (1965)
• Sugar Colt , directed by Franco Giraldi (1966)
• God Forgives... I Don't! , directed by Giuseppe Colizzi (1967)
• Catch-22 , directed by Mike Nichols (1970)
• The Last Italian Tango , directed by Nando Cicero (1974)
• Farfallon , directed by Riccardo Pazzaglia (1974)
• Dog's Heart , directed by Alberto Lattuada (1976)
• Behind Convent Walls  [ it ], directed by Walerian Borowczyk (1978)
• The Lady of the Camellias , directed by Mauro Bolognini (1981)
• Big Deal After 20 Years , directed by Amanzio Todini (1985)
• Mortacci , directed by Sergio Citti (1989)
• There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs , directed by Duccio Tessari (1990)
• Faccione , directed by Christian De Sica (1991)
• Vietato ai minori , directed by Maurizio Ponzi (1992)
• Mille bolle blu , directed by Leone Pompucci (1993)
• Giovani e belli , directed by Dino Risi (1996)
• Life Is Beautiful , directed by Roberto Benigni (1997)
• Gallo cedrone , directed by Carlo Verdone (1998)
• Bagnomaria , directed by Giorgio Panariello (1999)
• Lightning Strike , directed by Neri Parenti (2012)
• Blessed Madness , directed by Carlo Verdone (2018)
• Lord of the Ants , directed by Gianni Amelio (2022)

References

1. Norcini, Matteo; Ippoliti, Stefano (January 2004). "Gina Rovere: Risate di gioia". Cine70. No. 10. pp. 53–65.
2. Poppi, Roberto (2003). "Rovere, Gina". Dizionario del cinema italiano: Le Attrici. Gremese Editore. p. 305. ISBN   888440214X.
3. Thrower, Stephen (2018) [May 1999]. Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci (Revised & Expanded Second ed.). England, United Kingdom: Fab Press (published February 2018). p. 60. ISBN   978-1-903254-90-5.

External links

• Gina Rovere at IMDb