Valeria Fabrizi
{{Short description|Italian actress and singer}}
{{Infobox pageant titleholder
| name = Valeria Fabrizi
| image = Valeria Fabrizi 1974.jpg
| caption = Fabrizi in 1974
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1936|10|20}}
| birth_place = Rome, Kingdom of Italy
| spouse = {{marriage|Tata Giacobetti|1964|1988|end=died}}
| death_date =
| death_place =
| title = Miss Italia 1957
| competitions = Miss Italia 1957
(Winner)
Miss Universe 1957
(Top 15)
}}
Valeria Fabrizi (born 20 October 1936) is an Italian actress, singer, tv host and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Italia 1957.
Life and career
Born in Verona, in 1936 Fabrizi made her acting debut in the revue Campione senza valore.{{cite book|author1=Felice Cappa |author2=Piero Gelli |author3=Marco Mattarozzi |title=Dizionario dello spettacolo del '900|publisher=Baldini & Castoldi, 1998|isbn=8880892959}} The same year, she had her first leading role in the comedy play Carlo non farlo. she entered in Miss Universe 1957 where she placed Top 15 and appeared in the comedy play L'adorabile Giulio. After having been the soubrette of the 1959 musical Una storia in blue jeans she became the prima donna of the Erminio Macario's stage company. In 1964 Fabrizi married Tata Giacobetti, member of the group Quartetto Cetra, and started appearing in their television works. Fabrizi also has a film career of about thirty films, and she recorded several singles with EMI.{{cite book|last=Gianni Canova|title=Enciclopedia del cinema|publisher=Garzanti, 2009|isbn=881150516X}}
Filmography
=Films=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
!scope="col"|Year !scope="col"|Title !scope="col"|Role(s) !scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
| rowspan="4"|1955
!scope="row"|Girls of Today |Red-head woman |Cameo appearance |
| scope="row"|Io piaccio
|Theatre attender |Cameo appearance |
|---|
| scope="row"|Beautiful but Dangerous
|Silvana | |
| scope="row"|Il falco d'oro
|Waitress |Cameo appearance |
| rowspan="2"|1957
!scope="row"|Mama's Boy |Wanda | |
| scope="row"|Engaged to Death
|Pretty woman |Cameo appearance |
| 1958
!scope="row"|Vento di primavera |Carla | |
| rowspan="4"|1959
!scope="row"|Knight Without a Country |Countess of Holten | |
| scope="row"|Le sorprese dell'amore
|Mimma | |
| scope="row"|La cento chilometri
|Giuseppina | |
| scope="row"|Un canto nel deserto
|Jacqueline | |
| rowspan="3"|1960
!scope="row"|Caccia al marito |Maresa Ferrari | |
| scope="row"|Adua and Her Friends
|Fosca | |
| scope="row"|Ferragosto in bikini
|Ainé | |
| rowspan="6"|1961
!scope="row"|Akiko |Tosca | |
| scope="row"|Walter e i suoi cugini
|Claudia | |
| scope="row"|Le magnifiche 7
|Minou | |
| scope="row"|Scandali al mare
|Lolita | |
| scope="row"|Un figlio d'oggi
|{{nowrap|Laura Raghi}} | |
| scope="row"|Bellezze sulla spiaggia
|Nurse Valeria | |
| rowspan="4"|1962
!scope="row"|Il segugio |Morenita | |
| scope="row"|Il medico delle donne
|Beatrice | |
| scope="row"|L'assassino si chiama Pompeo
|Solange | |
| scope="row"|Le massaggiatrici
|Milena | |
| rowspan="4"|1963
!scope="row"|Queste pazze, pazze donne |Carmelina |Segment: {{nowrap|"Siciliani a Milano"}} |
| scope="row"|Mathias Sandorf
|Helene | |
| scope="row"|Torpedo Bay
|Susanne | |
| scope="row"|Le motorizzate
|Valeria |Segment: "La signora ci marcia" |
| rowspan="2"|1964
!scope="row"|I marziani hanno 12 mani |Hotel waitress |Cameo appearance |
| scope="row"|{{nowrap|Le sette vipere}}
|Claude | |
| rowspan="2"|1965
!scope="row"|Questo pazzo, pazzo mondo della canzone |Aroldo's wife | |
| scope="row"|Här kommer bärsärkarna
|Elina | |
| rowspan="2"|1966
!scope="row"|Delitto d'amore |Cristina | |
| scope="row"|Ringo and His Golden Pistol
|Margie | |
| 1967
!scope="row"|Soldati e capelloni |Concetta Sciortino | |
| 1968
!scope="row"|I due magnifici fresconi |Carmela | |
| rowspan="2"|1971
!scope="row"|When Men Carried Clubs and Women Played Ding-Dong |Wife | |
| scope="row"|Four Gunmen of the Holy Trinity
|Adeline Martinez | |
| 1973
!scope="row"|Women in Cell Block 7 |La Romana | |
| rowspan="4"|1975
!scope="row"|Amore mio spogliati… che poi ti spiego |Benita | |
| scope="row"|Paolo Barca, Schoolteacher and Weekend Nudist
|Mrs. Manzotti | |
| scope="row"|Lover Boy
|Celeste | |
| scope="row"|Calore in provincia
|Martha | |
| 1976
!scope="row"|Vai col liscio |Valeria | |
| 1981
!scope="row"|Chaste and Pure |Second wife | |
| 1984
!scope="row"|Windsurf - Il vento nelle mani |Car driver |Cameo appearance |
| 1991
!scope="row"|Caldo soffocante |Housekeeper |Cameo appearance |
| 1994
!scope="row"|Declarations of Love |Piera | |
| 1999
!scope="row"|Bagnomaria |Brunello's widow |Cameo appearance |
| 2006
!scope="row"|Notte prima degli esami |Adele | |
| 2008
!scope="row"|The Seed of Discord |Veronica's mother | |
| 2017
!scope="row"|Non c'è campo |Grandma | |
| 2018
!scope="row"|Dreamfools |Carmen | |
| 2019
!scope="row"|Se mi vuoi bene |Olivia | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
!scope="col"|Year !scope="col"|Title !scope="col"|Role(s) !scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 1959
!scope="row"|Farse d'altri tempi |Marietta |Episode: "In pretura" |
| 1963
!scope="row"|La moglie di papà |Clara |Television film |
| 1964
!scope="row"|Biblioteca di Studio Uno |Margie / Bella |2 episodes |
| 1967
!scope="row"|TuttoTotò |Waitress |Episode: "Il grande maestro" |
| 1968
!scope="row"|Non cantare, spara |Pernice |Episode: "Settima puntata" |
| 1970
!scope="row"|Un certo Harry Brent |Sarah Miles |5 episodes |
| 1973
!scope="row"|Qui squadra mobile |Doris Scott |Episode: "Tutto di lei tranne il nome" |
| 1978
!scope="row"|The Nativity |Mado Fioresi |Television film |
| 1981
!scope="row"|Storia di Anna |Edvige |2 episodes |
| 1991
!scope="row"|I ragazzi del muretto |Gigi's mother |Episode: "Amori difficili" |
| 1995
!scope="row"|Voci notturne |Matilde Fiorenza |3 episodes |
| 1996
!scope="row"|Il maresciallo Rocca |Catherina Moghi |Episode: "Morte di una ragazza polacca" |
| 1997
!scope="row"|Un prete tra noi |Sandra Lancetti |Episode: "Per troppo amore" |
| 1998
!scope="row"|Linda e il brigadiere |Nietta |Episode: "Il fratello di Linda" |
| 2000–2001
!scope="row"|Sei forte, maestro |Lucina Nardi |52 episodes |
| 2000
!scope="row"|Il rumore dei ricordi |Matteo's mother |Television film |
| 2005
!scope="row"|Il bambino sull'acqua |Pina |Television film |
| 2007–2008
!scope="row"|Un posto al sole |Ginevra D'Ambrosio |9 episodes |
| 2010
!scope="row"|Tutti per Bruno |Enza |12 episodes |
| 2011–present
!scope="row"|Che Dio ci aiuti |rowspan="2"|Sister Costanza |132 episodes |
| 2011
!scope="row"|Don Matteo |Episode: "Don Matteo sotto accusa" |
| 2013–2014
!scope="row"|Un matrimonio |Rosalia Osti |6 episodes |
| 2015–2017
!scope="row"|Il paradiso delle signore |Countess Terrani |16 episodes |
| 2020
!scope="row"|Doc – Nelle tue mani |Tilde Ravelli |Episode: "L'errore" |
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{IMDb name|0264776}}
- [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Valeria+Fabrizi Valeria Fabrizi] at Discogs
{{Miss Universe 1957 delegates}}
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Category:20th-century Italian actresses
Category:Italian film actresses
Category:Italian stage actresses
Category:Italian television actresses
Category:Italian television presenters
Category:Miss Universe 1957 contestants
Category:Actresses from Verona