Ilaria Occhini

Known for ActingBorn 1934-03-28Died 2019-07-20Florence, Italy

Ilaria Occhini (28 March 1934 – 20 July 2019) was an Italian stage, television and film actress. She appeared in more than 30 films. Born in Florence, niece and daughter of novelists, Occhini started her film career at 19 with the Luciano Emmer's comedy film Terza Liceo with the stage name Isabella Redi, then attended the Accademia d'Arte Drammatica in Rome, graduating in 1957. The same year she back to acting with Mario Monicelli's Il medico e lo stregone, and at the same time she debuted on stage with Luchino Visconti's La ragazza delle smirne and had her first leading role in the Anton Giulio Majano's TV series Jane Eyre. In 1959 she appeared in the television adaptation The Vicar of Wakefield. Her mother, Gioconda Papini (1910-1954), was one of the two daughters of writer Giovanni Papini and his wife Giacinta Giovagnoli, the other being writer Viola Paszkowski Papini. Her father was writer, art historian and journalist Barna Occhini (pseudonym of Carlo Luigi Occhini) (1905-1978), the son of senator Pier Ludovico Occhini and his wife Maria Luisa Tettamanzi. Occhini obtained her major successes on stage, working several times with Luchino Visconti, then joining the Piccolo Teatro of Naples, where she received large critical appreciation by interpreting classical and contemporary authors. She was also a constant presence of RAI television series, and also starred in many films, but rarely in leading roles. In 1992 Occhini won the Nastro d'Argento for best supporting role for her performance in Benvenuti in Casa Gori. In 2008 she was awarded Best Actress at the Locarno International Film Festival for her role in Mar Nero. In 2010 she won a David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Loose Cannons; the same year she was awarded with a special Nastro d'Argento for her career. She married screenwriter and author Raffaele La Capria, with whom she had a daughter, Alexandra. Source: Article "Ilaria Occhini" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.Read more

Movies & web series

Pia de' Tolomei

Puccini

Meglio tardi che mai

The Betrothed

The Return

Loose Cannons

Boom

Piazza di Spagna

Two Men in Town

Benvenuti in casa Gori

Doctor and the Healer

A Perfect Family

Complexes

Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté

Black Sea

Provaci ancora prof

Pizza Colonia

Father Matteo

Brigade Anti Gangs

Almost a Man

Don Milani - Il priore di Barbiana

Ritorno a casa Gori

Hearth Fires

High School

The Tramplers

The Shortest Day

Tomorrow

All at Sea

The Man Who Laughs

His Women

Carthage in Flames

Damon and Pythias

The Dragon's Blood

La ragazza americana

Il gabbiano

Jane Eyre

Ricorda con rabbia