Enrica Bonaccorti

Enrica Bonaccorti (18 November 1949 – 12 March 2026) was an Italian television presenter, actress, and song lyricist.

Early life

Enrica Bonaccorti was born on 18 November 1949 in Savona, Liguria, to Ettore, a police colonel and former partisan, and Tiziana, a Neapolitan teacher, Bonaccorti spent her adolescence in several cities, including Genoa and Sassari, following her father's professional postings.

Career

Bonaccorti started her career on stage, debuting in the play Alla ringhiera and later joining the stage company held by Domenico Modugno and Paola Quattrini. She also collaborated with Modugno composing the lyrics of several songs, notably Modugno's hits "La lontananza" and "Amara terra mia ". During the 1970s she appeared in films and television series.

She debuted as radio presenter in 1974, with the program L'uomo della notte , which she hosted alongside the poet Alfonso Gatto, and as television presenter in 1978 with the quiz show Il sesso forte , which she co-hosted with Michele Gammino. She had the peak of her career between the mid-1980s and the early 1990s, when she hosted the successful quiz shows Pronto, chi gioca?  (1985–1987), Cari genitori  (1988–1991), and the first season of the variety show Non è la Rai (1991–1992).

Personal life and death

Enrica Bonaccorti was an atheist. She died of pancreatic cancer on 12 March 2026, at the age of 76