Florinda Bolkan

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| name = Florinda Bolkan

| image =Florinda Bolkan 1973b.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Bolkan in 1973

| birth_name = Florinda Soares Bulcão

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1941|2|15}}

| birth_place = Uruburetama, Ceará, Brazil

| death_date =

| death_place =

| nationality =

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1968–2020}}

Florinda Bolkan (born Florinda Soares Bulcão; 15 February 1941) is a retired Brazilian actress and model.[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0093030/bio Biography for Florinda Bolkan], IMDb.com; retrieved 2 December 2011.

Early life

She was born in Uruburetama and lived in Fortaleza and Rio de Janeiro until she moved to Italy. A former flight inspector for Brazilian international carrier Varig, she became fluent in English, Italian and French. Bulcão moved to Italy in 1968 after being discovered by the film director Luchino Visconti. She changed her name to Florinda Bolkan because she thought it would be more comfortable for international audiences. {{citation needed|date=June 2014}}

Career

Bolkan acted with the Beatle Ringo Starr in her first film, Candy. She worked in more than forty films, mainly in Italy. She was directed by Vittorio de Sica in Una Breve Vacanza.[https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9803E5D81438E63BBC4852DFB466838E669EDE Movie Review Una Breve Vacanza (1973)] New York Times, 10 February 1975. Under Elio Petri's direction, she made Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion. Enrico Maria Salerno directed her in Anonimo Veneziano. She worked with Jean-Louis Trintignant, John Cassavetes, and Annie Girardot.

File:Anita Strindberg & Florinda Bolkan (1971).png in A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971)]]

Like Sophia Loren, Claudia Cardinale and Monica Vitti, she also won the David di Donatello award three times, the Italian equivalent of the Academy Award in Hollywood. When De Sica cast her in Una Breve Vacanza, the film that introduced her to North America, he said: "I chose you because your eyes have known hunger." She replied: "Those born in Ceará bring within themselves a strong and hard share of the real thing." {{citation needed|date=December 2011}}

Personal life

For 20 years, Bolkan was the life partner of Countess Marina Cicogna,[https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20131101023912/http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/31/countess%2Dmarina%2Dcicogna%2Da%2Dwoman%2Dof%2Dthe%2Dworld/ Obituary for Countess Marina Cicogna]; 31 October 2013; accessed 11 June 2014.{{Cite news |title=Marina Cicogna, Italy's First Major Female Film Producer, Dies at 89 | work=The New York Times | date=10 November 2023 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/10/arts/marina-cicogna-dead.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytobits | last1=Williams | first1=Alex }} producer of Una Breve Vacanza.[https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20131101023912/http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/31/countess%2Dmarina%2Dcicogna%2Da%2Dwoman%2Dof%2Dthe%2Dworld/]. In 2000, Bolkan debuted as director in the Brazilian film Eu Não Conhecia Tururu. Besides directing, she also plays a major character in the film.{{cite news|first=Luís Edmundo|last=Araújo|title=Florinda filma o Ceará|url=http://www.terra.com.br/istoegente/57/reportagem/rep_florinda.htm|language=pt|publisher=Isto É Gente|access-date=11 February 2013|archive-date=1 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301092422/https://www.terra.com.br/istoegente/57/reportagem/rep_florinda.htm|url-status=dead}} She continues to act in European films, mostly Italian films. Model Sônia Ribeiro, Bolkan's sister, married Willy Bogner Jr. in 1972.

Filmography

File:Florinda Bolkan 1973.jpg

=Film=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Role ! scope="col" \| Notes
scope="row" \| Candy \| {{center\|1968}} \| Lolita \|
scope="row" \| Una ragazza piuttosto complicata \| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" \| 1969 \| Greta \| International title: "A Complicated Girl" David di Donatello Award for Best Performance
scope="row" \| Gli intoccabili \| Joni Amado \| International title: "Machine Gun McCain"
scope="row" \| Metti, una sera a cena \| Nina \| David di Donatello Award for Best Performance
scope="row" \| Le voleur de crimes \| Florinda \| International title: "Crime Thief"
scope="row" \| Un detective \| Vera Fontana \| International title: "Detective Belli"
scope="row" \| La caduta degli dei (Götterdämmerung) \| Olga \| International title: "The Damned"
scope="row" \| Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto \| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" \| 1970 \| Augusta Terzi \| International title: "Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion"
scope="row" \| Mafia Connection \| Rossana Sciortino \|
scope="row" \| Anonimo veneziano \| Valeria \| International title: "The Anonymous Venetian" David di Donatello Award for Best Actress
scope="row" \| Una stagione all'inferno \| Gennet \|
scope="row" \| The Last Valley \| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" \| 1971 \| Erica \|
scope="row" \| Una lucertola con la pelle di donna \| Carol Hammond \| International title: "A Lizard in a Woman's Skin"
scope="row" \| Incontro \| Claudia Ridolfi \| International title: "Romance"
scope="row" \| Le droit d'aimer \| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" \| 1972 \| Helena \|
scope="row" \| Non si sevizia un paperino \| Maciara \| International title: "Don't Torture a Duckling"
scope="row" \| Un uomo da rispettare \| Anna \| International title: "The Master Touch"
scope="row" \| Cari genitori \| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" \| 1973 \| Giulia Bonanni \| International title: "Dear Parents" David di Donatello Award for Best Actress
scope="row" \| Una breve vacanza \| Clara Mataro \| International title: "A Brief Vacation" Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress New York Film Critics Circle Awards (2nd Place)
scope="row" \| Le mouton enragé \| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" \| 1974 \| Flora Danieli \| International title: "Love at the Top"
scope="row" \| Flavia, la monaca musulmana \| Flavia Gaetani \| International title: "Flavia the Heretic"
scope="row" \| Le orme \| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" \| 1975 \| Alice Cespi \| International title: "Footprints on the Moon"
scope="row" \| Royal Flash \| Lola Montez \|
scope="row" \| Sarajevski atentat \| Sophie Chotek \| International title: "The Day That Shook the World"
scope="row" \| A Common Sense of Modesty \| {{center\|1976}} \| Loredana Davoli \|
scope="row" \| {{ill\|The Devil's Bed\|de\|3=Die Wölfin vom Teufelsmoor\|lt=Die Wölfin vom Teufelsmoor}} {{aka}} Tod im November \| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" \| 1978 \| Walpurga \| International title: "The Devil's Bed"
scope="row" \| La settima donna \| Sister Cristina \| International title: "The Last House on the Beach"
scope="row" \| Manaos \| {{center\|1979}} \| Manuela Aranda \|
scope="row" \| Habibi, amor mío \| {{center\|1981}} \| \|
scope="row" \| Acqua e sapone \| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" \| 1983 \| Wilma Walsh \| International title: "Soap and Water"
scope="row" \| Legati da tenera amicizia \| Adelaide \|
scope="row" \| La gabbia \| {{center\|1985}} \| Hélène \| International title: "The Trap"
scope="row" \| Some Girls \| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" \| 1988 \| Mrs. D'Arc \|
scope="row" \| Prisoner of Rio \| Stella \|
scope="row" \| Portaritratto per signora \| {{center\|1989}} \| \|
scope="row" \| Millions \| {{center\|1991}} \| Margherita \|
scope="row" \| Delitto passionale \| {{center\|1994}} \| Julia Yancheva \|
scope="row" \| L'ombre du pharaon \| {{center\|1995}} \| \|
scope="row" \| Bela Donna \| {{center\|1998}} \| Mãe Ana \|
scope="row" \| Eu Não Conhecia Tururu \| {{center\|2000}} \| Eleonora \| International title: "I Didn't Know Tururu" Also writer, producer & director Nominated – Golden Kikito Award for Best Film
scope="row" \| Cattive inclinazioni \| {{center\|2003}} \| Mirta Valenti \| International title: "Bad Inclination"
scope="row" \| Magari \| {{center\|2020}} \| Olga \| International title: "If Only"

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" | Notes

scope="row" | Candy

| {{center|1968}}

| Lolita

scope="row" | Una ragazza piuttosto complicata

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1969

| Greta

| International title: "A Complicated Girl"
David di Donatello Award for Best Performance

scope="row" | Gli intoccabili

| Joni Amado

| International title: "Machine Gun McCain"

scope="row" | Metti, una sera a cena

| Nina

| David di Donatello Award for Best Performance

scope="row" | Le voleur de crimes

| Florinda

| International title: "Crime Thief"

scope="row" | Un detective

| Vera Fontana

| International title: "Detective Belli"

scope="row" | La caduta degli dei (Götterdämmerung)

| Olga

| International title: "The Damned"

scope="row" | Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto

| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | 1970

| Augusta Terzi

| International title: "Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion"

scope="row" | Mafia Connection

| Rossana Sciortino

scope="row" | Anonimo veneziano

| Valeria

| International title: "The Anonymous Venetian"
David di Donatello Award for Best Actress

scope="row" | Una stagione all'inferno

| Gennet

scope="row" | The Last Valley

| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | 1971

| Erica

scope="row" | Una lucertola con la pelle di donna

| Carol Hammond

| International title: "A Lizard in a Woman's Skin"

scope="row" | Incontro

| Claudia Ridolfi

| International title: "Romance"

scope="row" | Le droit d'aimer

| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | 1972

| Helena

scope="row" | Non si sevizia un paperino

| Maciara

| International title: "Don't Torture a Duckling"

scope="row" | Un uomo da rispettare

| Anna

| International title: "The Master Touch"

scope="row" | Cari genitori

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1973

| Giulia Bonanni

| International title: "Dear Parents"
David di Donatello Award for Best Actress

scope="row" | Una breve vacanza

| Clara Mataro

| International title: "A Brief Vacation"
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
New York Film Critics Circle Awards (2nd Place)

scope="row" | Le mouton enragé

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1974

| Flora Danieli

| International title: "Love at the Top"

scope="row" | Flavia, la monaca musulmana

| Flavia Gaetani

| International title: "Flavia the Heretic"

scope="row" | Le orme

| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | 1975

| Alice Cespi

| International title: "Footprints on the Moon"

scope="row" | Royal Flash

| Lola Montez

scope="row" | Sarajevski atentat

| Sophie Chotek

| International title: "The Day That Shook the World"

scope="row" | A Common Sense of Modesty

| {{center|1976}}

| Loredana Davoli

scope="row" | {{ill|The Devil's Bed|de|3=Die Wölfin vom Teufelsmoor|lt=Die Wölfin vom Teufelsmoor}}
{{aka}} Tod im November

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1978

| Walpurga

| International title: "The Devil's Bed"

scope="row" | La settima donna

| Sister Cristina

| International title: "The Last House on the Beach"

scope="row" | Manaos

| {{center|1979}}

| Manuela Aranda

scope="row" | Habibi, amor mío

| {{center|1981}}

scope="row" | Acqua e sapone

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1983

| Wilma Walsh

| International title: "Soap and Water"

scope="row" | Legati da tenera amicizia

| Adelaide

scope="row" | La gabbia

| {{center|1985}}

| Hélène

| International title: "The Trap"

scope="row" | Some Girls

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1988

| Mrs. D'Arc

scope="row" | Prisoner of Rio

| Stella

scope="row" | Portaritratto per signora

| {{center|1989}}

scope="row" | Millions

| {{center|1991}}

| Margherita

scope="row" | Delitto passionale

| {{center|1994}}

| Julia Yancheva

scope="row" | L'ombre du pharaon

| {{center|1995}}

scope="row" | Bela Donna

| {{center|1998}}

| Mãe Ana

scope="row" | Eu Não Conhecia Tururu

| {{center|2000}}

| Eleonora

| International title: "I Didn't Know Tururu"
Also writer, producer & director
Nominated – Golden Kikito Award for Best Film

scope="row" | Cattive inclinazioni

| {{center|2003}}

| Mirta Valenti

| International title: "Bad Inclination"

scope="row" | Magari

| {{center|2020}}

| Olga

| International title: "If Only"

=Television=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Role ! scope="col" \| Notes
scope="row" \| The Word \| {{center\|1978}} \| Angela Monti \| Mini-series
scope="row" \| La piovra \| {{center\|1984}} \| Olga Camastra \| Mini-series; 6 episodes International title: "The Octopus"
scope="row" \| Affari di famiglia \| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" \| 1986 \| Lina Benetti \| Television film
scope="row" \| La piovra, {{Interlanguage link multi\|La piovra (season 2)\|it\|3=La piovra 2\|lt=season 2}} \| Olga Camastra \| Mini-series; 6 episodes International title: "The Octopus 2"
scope="row" \| A Rainha da Vida \| {{center\|1987}} \| Antônia Fidalgo / Jurema Matos \| Television film
scope="row" \| La trappola \| {{center\|1989}} \| \| Television film
scope="row" \| Mademoiselle Ardel \| {{center\|1990}} \| Bianca di Falco \| Television film
scope="row" \| Missione d'amore \| {{center\|1992}} \| Helena \| Television film
scope="row" \| Cherchez la femme \| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" \| 1993 \| Giovanna Bellocchi \| Television film
scope="row" \| La voyageuse du soir \| La baronne \| Television film
scope="row" \| La piovra, {{Interlanguage link multi\|La piovra (season 7)\|it\|3=La piovra 7 - Indagine sulla morte del commissario Cattani\|lt=season 7}} \| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" \| 1995 \| Olga Camastra \| Mini-series International title: "The Octopus 7"
scope="row" \| L'ombra abitata \| Mme Labronsky \| Television film International title: "Shadow of a Kiss"
scope="row" \| Alice auf der Flucht \| {{center\|1998}} \| Elisabetta Mancini \| Mini-series
scope="row" \| {{ill\|Shadows (1999 film)\|it\|Ombre (miniserie televisiva)\|lt=Shadows}} \| {{center\|1999}} \| Kalantan \| Television film
scope="row" \| Un bacio nel buio \| {{center\|2000}} \| Aldina \| Television film
scope="row" \| Incantesimo 5 \| {{center\|2002}} \| Corinne Grasso \| Television series
scope="row" \| La notte breve \| {{center\|2005}} \| Magistrato \| Television film

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" | Notes

scope="row" | The Word

| {{center|1978}}

| Angela Monti

| Mini-series

scope="row" | La piovra

| {{center|1984}}

| Olga Camastra

| Mini-series; 6 episodes
International title: "The Octopus"

scope="row" | Affari di famiglia

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1986

| Lina Benetti

| Television film

scope="row" | La piovra, {{Interlanguage link multi|La piovra (season 2)|it|3=La piovra 2|lt=season 2}}

| Olga Camastra

| Mini-series; 6 episodes
International title: "The Octopus 2"

scope="row" | A Rainha da Vida

| {{center|1987}}

| Antônia Fidalgo / Jurema Matos

| Television film

scope="row" | La trappola

| {{center|1989}}

| Television film

scope="row" | Mademoiselle Ardel

| {{center|1990}}

| Bianca di Falco

| Television film

scope="row" | Missione d'amore

| {{center|1992}}

| Helena

| Television film

scope="row" | Cherchez la femme

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1993

| Giovanna Bellocchi

| Television film

scope="row" | La voyageuse du soir

| La baronne

| Television film

scope="row" | La piovra, {{Interlanguage link multi|La piovra (season 7)|it|3=La piovra 7 - Indagine sulla morte del commissario Cattani|lt=season 7}}

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1995

| Olga Camastra

| Mini-series
International title: "The Octopus 7"

scope="row" | L'ombra abitata

| Mme Labronsky

| Television film
International title: "Shadow of a Kiss"

scope="row" | Alice auf der Flucht

| {{center|1998}}

| Elisabetta Mancini

| Mini-series

scope="row" | {{ill|Shadows (1999 film)|it|Ombre (miniserie televisiva)|lt=Shadows}}

| {{center|1999}}

| Kalantan

| Television film

scope="row" | Un bacio nel buio

| {{center|2000}}

| Aldina

| Television film

scope="row" | Incantesimo 5

| {{center|2002}}

| Corinne Grasso

| Television series

scope="row" | La notte breve

| {{center|2005}}

| Magistrato

| Television film

Awards and nominations

width="90%" class="wikitable"
width="33" \| Year ! width="33" \| Ceremony ! width="300" \| Award / Category ! width="150" \| Nominated work ! width="90" \| Result
rowspan="2" \| 1969 \| rowspan="4" \| David di Donatello Awards \| rowspan="2" \| Golden Plate \| {{center\|Metti, una sera a cena}} \| {{won}}
{{center\|Una ragazza piuttosto complicata}} \| {{won}}
1971 \| rowspan="2" \| David di Donatello Award for Best Actress \| {{center\|Anonimo veneziano}} \| {{won}}
1973 \| {{center\|Cari genitori}} \| {{won}}
rowspan="2" \| 1975 \| New York Film Critics Circle Awards \| New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress \| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" \| Una breve vacanza \| {{Runner-up}}
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards \| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress \| {{won}}
2000 \| Gramado Film Festival \| Golden Kikito Award for Best Film \| {{center\|Eu Não Conhecia Tururu}} \| {{nom}}
2002 \| Roseto First Work Festival \| Career Rose \| {{n/a}} \| {{won}}

width="90%" class="wikitable"

width="33" | Year

! width="33" | Ceremony

! width="300" | Award / Category

! width="150" | Nominated work

! width="90" | Result

rowspan="2" | 1969

| rowspan="4" | David di Donatello Awards

| rowspan="2" | Golden Plate

| {{center|Metti, una sera a cena}}

| {{won}}

1971