Nora Ricci

Nora Ricci

Born: July 19, 1924
Died: April 16, 1976
in Viareggio, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy
Eleonora Ricci (19 July 1924 – 16 April 1976) was an Italian actress.

Born in Viareggio, Tuscany, Ricci was the daughter of actors Renzo Ricci and Margherita Bagni. Ermete Zacconi was her mother's stepfather. At 17 years old, she moved to Rome to enroll in the Academy of Dramatic Arts, where she met Vittorio Gassman, who became her husband in 1944 and from whom she separated shortly after the birth of her only child, actress Paola Gassman (born June 1945), divorcing Vittorio in 1952 so he could marry Shelley Winters.

Ricci made her professional debut in 1943, in the theatrical company led by Laura Adani. During her career she was active on stage, radio, television and in films, notably working with Luchino Visconti, Pietro Germi, Liliana Cavani. She died after a long illness, aged 51.

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Movies for Nora Ricci...

Title: Anna Karenina
Character: Lidia Ivanovna
Released: November 10, 1974
Type: TV
A miniseries based on the novel by Leo Tolstoi.
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Title: Nel mondo di Alice
Character: La cuoca
Released: September 3, 1974
Type: TV
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The Night Porter
Title: The Night Porter
Character: The Neighbor
Released: April 3, 1974
Type: Movie
A concentration camp survivor discovers her former torturer and lover working as a porter at a hotel in postwar Vienna. When the couple attempt to re-create their sadomasochistic relationship, his former SS comrades begin to stalk them.
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Ludwig
Title: Ludwig
Character: Countess Ida Ferenczy
Released: January 18, 1973
Type: Movie
Historical evocation of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in 1886, as a romantic hero. Fan of Richard Wagner, betrayed by him, in love with his cousin Elisabeth of Austria, abandoned by her, tormented by his homosexuality, he will little by little slip towards madness.
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Paulina 1880
Title: Paulina 1880
Released: June 9, 1972
Type: Movie
In 1880's Italy, young Paulina must join a monastery to escape a doomed relationship with a married count. However, neither she, nor the count can just move on and all elements for a tragedy are there.
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Title: Come un uragano
Character: Kitty Ryan
Released: November 28, 1971
Type: TV
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Roma bene
Title: Roma bene
Character: donna Serena
Released: October 8, 1971
Type: Movie
A parade of corrupt and sleazy characters in the high society of Rome.
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Death in Venice
Title: Death in Venice
Character: Tadzio's Governess
Released: March 5, 1971
Type: Movie
Composer Gustav von Aschenbach travels to Venice for health reasons. There, he becomes obsessed with the stunning beauty of an adolescent Polish boy named Tadzio who is staying with his family at the same Grand Hôtel des Bains on the Lido as Aschenbach.
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The Damned
Title: The Damned
Character: Governess
Released: October 30, 1969
Type: Movie
In the early days of Nazi Germany, a powerful noble family must adjust to life under the new dictatorship regime.
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Love Circle
Title: Love Circle
Character: 1st Actress
Released: April 13, 1969
Type: Movie
A liberal-thinking author watches his wife as she attempts to seduce his best friend at a dinner party. She ends up taking on another man as well, and the writer has an affair with the another dinner guest. Soon the three men and two women are entangled in a confusing series of partner-swapping sex sprees where everyone's morals are challenged in the wake of the sexual revolution.
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The Libertine
Title: The Libertine
Character: Madre di Mimmi
Released: December 23, 1968
Type: Movie
A sexy widow discovers her late husband had a secret apartment where he cheated on her. Now she decides to use the same apartment to explore her own sexuality.
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The Girl Who Couldn't Say No
Title: The Girl Who Couldn't Say No
Character: Eleonora
Released: September 26, 1968
Type: Movie
Childhood friends Franco and Jolanda accidentally meet again after 15 years and both know it is love. This comedy traces their troubled relationship.
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The Witches
Title: The Witches
Character: Gloria's Secretary (segment "La strega bruciata viva")
Released: February 22, 1967
Type: Movie
Five short stories loosely dealing with the roles of women in society. A superstar actress travels to a mountain resort, only to evoke jealousy from women and lust from men. A woman offers to take an injured man to the hospital. A widowed father and his son seek for a new wife/mother. A man seeks revenge for a woman's honor. A bored housewife tries to explain to her husband that he's not as romantic as he used to be.
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The Birds, the Bees and the Italians
Title: The Birds, the Bees and the Italians
Character: Gilda Bisigato
Released: February 10, 1966
Type: Movie
An anthology film that presents three storylines, all set in the Italian town of Treviso. In the first story, a husband pretends to be impotent as a cover for having an affair. In the second, a bank clerk abandons his wife for his mistress, but the rest of the town's husbands become jealous and unite to conspire against them. In the third, men of the town all seduce a promiscuous teenager, but her father eventually reveals that she is underage, and they face prosecution for statutory rape.
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Six Characters In Search Of An Author
Title: Six Characters In Search Of An Author
Character: La prima attrice
Released: September 25, 1965
Type: Movie
Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore is an Italian staged filmmaking of the play of the same name, written by Luigi Pirandello about the relationship between authors, their characters and theater practitioners. The story follows six characters: Il Padre (Romolo Valli), la Figliastra (Rossella Falk), la Madre (Elsa Albani), Il Figlio (Piero Sammataro), la bambina (Patrizia Ponzelli) and Il giovinello(Paolo Figna) that invading a essay by a theater company looking for an author.
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The Shortest Day
Title: The Shortest Day
Character: Donna alla stazione (uncredited)
Released: February 14, 1963
Type: Movie
Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.
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Eighteen Year Olds
Title: Eighteen Year Olds
Character: Una assistente del collegio
Released: December 23, 1955
Type: Movie
Love and jealousy in a female public school. Most of the co-eds are in love with professor La Rovere. One, Anna, accuses Maria to have an affair with him.
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Il medico dei pazzi
Title: Il medico dei pazzi
Character: La figlia di Amalia
Released: October 19, 1954
Type: Movie
Felice Sciosciammocca, the mayor of Roccasecca, sends his nephew Ciccillo to Naples so that he will become a good doctor.
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Bellissima
Title: Bellissima
Character: Laundry Worker
Released: January 4, 1952
Type: Movie
Film director Blasetti is looking for a little girl for his new movie. Along with other mothers, Maddelena takes her daughter to Cinecittà, hoping she’ll be selected and become a star. She is ready to sacrifice anything for little Maria.