Eleonora Rossi Drago
Acting
Biography
Eleonora Rossi Drago, born Palmira Omiccioli, (23 September 1925 – 2 December 2007) was an Italian film actress. She was born in Quinto al Mare, Genoa, Italy, and had the leading role in Michelangelo Antonioni's Le amiche. She worked with Pietro Germi in Un maledetto imbroglio. In 1960, for her performance in Valerio Zurlini's Estate violenta she won the best actress prize of the Mar del Plata Film Festival and the Nastro d'argento. In 1964, she appeared in an adaptation of A. J. Cronin's novel, The Citadel. She died in Palermo, Italy. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eleonora Rossi Drago, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: September 23, 1925
Place of Birth: Genoa, Liguria, Italia
Known For
The Apartment
A building instructor cheats on his wife with a young fashion model.
The Bible: In the Beginning...
Covering only the first 22 chapters of the Book of Genesis, vignettes include: Adam and Eve frolicking in the Garden of Eden until their indulgence in the forbidden fruit sees them driven out; Cain murdering his brother Abel; Noah building an ark to preserve the animals of the world from the coming flood; and Abraham making a covenant with God.
Violent Summer
Summer, 1943: wealthy youth in the Riccione district of Rimini play while the war gets closer. Carlo Caremoli, a young man who follows the crowd, has found ways to avoid military service. Then, on the beach, he meets Roberta, a war widow with a child. Roberta's mother warns Roberta to avoid Carlo, but to her, he seems attentive and to her daughter he is kind. Romance develops. Within a few weeks, Roberta is risking everything. Can there be a resolution between passion, on the one hand, and war, duty, and social expectation on the other?
Pigeon Shoot
Young man Marco Laudato, after the '8/9/1943's WW2 armistice, enlists in the Italian Social Republic army, attending the last days of the old regime in decay.
The Facts of Murder
A police inspector comes into contact with people of all types and dispositions during a grueling murder investigation.
La Cittadella
La Cittadella is a 1964 Italian miniseries based on A. J. Cronin's 1937 novel, The Citadel, and produced by Radiotelevisione Italiana. It was directed by Anton Giulio Majano and stars Alberto Lupo as Dr. Manson and Anna Maria Guarnieri as his wife, Christine. Other television versions include an American, another Italian, and two British adaptations.
On Trial
Prosecutor Etzel discovers that his father has sentenced a man, Leonardo Maurizius, on mere presumptions. He then makes it a point of honor to trace the sources of the case to uncover the truth.
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
England, first half of the 19th century. Edmund Kean is a celebrated theatre actor, notorious for his tumultuous private life. He is in love with the beautiful countess Koefeld, wife of the Danish ambassador, to the consternation of his friend, the Prince of Wales. He is also hounded by Anna Damby, who wants to become an actress to escape a marriage to Lord Mewill.
Le Amiche
Clelia, a self-made woman coming from humble means, travels back to Turin, her hometown, to scout locations for the successful Roman atelier she works for. At the hotel, she encounters some upper middle-class women and she finds herself drawn into their friendships.
Love at Twenty
Love at Twenty unites five directors from five different countries to present their different perspectives on what love really is at the age of 20. The episodes are united with the score of Georges Delerue and still photos of Henri Cartier-Bresson.
Filmography
as Lucille
as Esther Clouston
as Anne d'Autriche
as Prudence
as Dory
as Countess
as Lot's wife
as Conchita Sebastián Sebiña y Lopez
as Violante Persici
as Mrs. Saint-Claire
as Vera (segment "Il Plenilunio")
as Ana Sandoval
as Clelia
as (segment "Ultima carta, L'")
as Lisa Bollati (segment "Il vedovo bianco")
as Indolent Lady
as Rosy Pallante
as Francis Lawrence
as Maharani von Tungal
as Jasmine
as Alessandra
as Mabel Hughes
as Valentina
as Valentina
as Clara Ducci
as Rosmunda
as Anna
as Linda Valore
as Violetta Scotoni
as Elsa
as Merab
as L'Ispettrice Jacobetti
as Giulia Fiorini
as Roberta Parmesan
as L'assassinata, Signora Balducci
as Marco's mother
as Marina
as Paola Parioli
as Susanna
as La comtesse Malvina d'Amalfi
as Odette, la femme du directeur
as Countess Elena Koefeld
as Anna
as Assunta
as Clelia
as Luisa
as Anna Jahn
as Ersilia Drei
as Angela Ascari / Farmgirl (segment "Elisabeth")
as Elena Landa
as Marion
as Gianna Aragona
as Alda
as Franca Gabrie
as Marisa
as Mara Sibilia
as Sandra
as Grazia