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Olga Villi

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Birth Date:
20.01.1922
Death date:
12.08.1989
Person's maiden name:
Olga Villani
Extra names:
Ольга Вилли, Ольга Виллани
Categories:
Actor, Model
Nationality:
 italian
Cemetery:
Set cemetery

Olga Villi (20 January 1922 – 12 August 1989), was an Italian model and actress.

Life and career

Born in Suzzara, Mantua as Olga Villani, Villi began to work, only twelve years old, as a saleswoman and seamstress at the Milanese fashion house Biki.

A few years later her employer hired her as a model, a profession in which she was almost immediately appreciated by the audience; noted by Macario, she was hired by him in 1942 for the rivista-operetta Il grillo al castello, where she had to act, sing and dance. Thanks to the success of the show Villi became one of the most quoted soubrettes of the period, working with Anna Magnani, Nino Taranto and Alberto Sordi, and in mid-1940s she also starred in several drama plays, working among others with Luchino Visconti, Alessandro Blasetti and Giorgio Strehler.

Also active in films and on television, in 1967 Villi won a Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress thanks to her performance in Pietro Germi's The Birds, the Bees and the Italians.[3] After having announced her retirement in 1972, she came back on stage in 1984.[2]

She was married to the nobleman Raimondo Lanza di Trabia until his suicide in 1954. Villi died after a long illness in Rapallo, where she lived for about thirty years.

Selected filmography

  • Macario Against Zagomar (1944)
  • Christmas at Camp 119 (1948)
  • Yvonne of the Night (1949)
  • Quattro rose rosse (1951)
  • Half a Century of Song (1952)
  • Sex Quartet (1966)
  • The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966)
  • Il fischio al naso (1967)

Source: wikipedia.org

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        Relation nameRelation typeBirth DateDeath dateDescription
        1Raimondo  Lanza di TrabiaRaimondo Lanza di TrabiaHusband11.09.191530.11.1954
        2Raquel WelchRaquel WelchCoworker05.09.194015.02.2023
        3Anna CamporiAnna CamporiCoworker22.09.191719.01.2018
        4Luchino ViscontiLuchino ViscontiCoworker02.11.190617.03.1976
        5Alberto SordiAlberto SordiCoworker15.06.192024.02.2003
        6Erminio MacarioErminio MacarioCoworker27.05.190225.03.1980
        7Anna MagnaniAnna MagnaniCoworker07.03.190826.09.1973

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