Leonora Fani | |
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Born | Eleonora Cristofani 1954 (age 69–70) Crocetta del Montello, Treviso, Italy |
Occupation | Actress |
Leonora Fani (born 1954) is an Italian former film actress.
Born in Crocetta del Montello, province of Treviso, as Eleonora Cristofani, Leonora Fani was launched in 1971 by winning the "Miss Teenager" pageant. [1] Then she had a successful career in Italian B-movies, especially in the "violent-erotic" subgenre. [2] She played, as typical roles, young girls with traumas or perversions of various kinds, or teenagers involved in stories where eroticism is tinged with blood. [2]
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