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Eleonora Rossi Drago

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Eleonora Rossi Drago
Rossi Drago in Violent Summer (1959)
Born
Palmina Omiccioli

(1925-09-23)23 September 1925
Died2 December 2007(2007-12-02) (aged 82)
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Years active1949-1970
Spouses
  • Cesare Rossi
    (m. 1942; div. 1956)
    [1]
  • Domenico La Cavera
    (m. 1973)
Children1

Eleonora Rossi Drago, born Palmina Omiccioli, (23 September 1925 – 2 December 2007) was an Italian film actress.[2] She was born in Quinto al Mare, Genoa, Italy, and had the leading role in Le amiche.[3] She appeared in The Facts of Murder.[4] In 1960, for her performance in Violent Summer, she won the best actress prize of the Mar del Plata Film Festival and the Nastro d'argento. In 1964, she appeared in La Cittadella. She died in Palermo, Italy.[5]

Selected filmography

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Rossi Drago in a publicity still for La Tour, prends garde ! (1958).

References

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  1. ^ "OMICCIOLI, Palmina". Treccani (in Italian).
  2. ^ "Obituary: Eleonora Rossi Drago". the Guardian. 7 December 2007.
  3. ^ "Le Amiche (1955) - Michelangelo Antonioni | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
  4. ^ "Un MALEDETTO IMBROGLIO (1959)". BFI. Archived from the original on 4 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Eleonora Rossi Drago". BFI. Archived from the original on 18 November 2016.
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