Eleonora Giorgi

Eleonora Giorgi

1953-10-21 – 2025-03-03 (age 71) Rome, Lazio, Italy
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Biography

Eleonora Giorgi (born 21 October 1953) is an Italian actress. Giorgi was born in Rome, Italy. Her father was of Italian and English origin. Her mother was of Italian and Hungarian origin.

She made her film debut in a minor role in Paolo Cavara's horror film Black Belly of the Tarantula (1970) and subsequently appeared in nearly fifty films, mostly in prominent roles. Domenico Paolella's Story of a Cloistered Nun (1973), an important nunsploitation, marked her film debut, at age eighteen. She then took part in Il bacio (The kiss), a fantasy drama directed by Mario Lanfranchi, and in erotic comedies such as Salvatore Samperi's La sbandata (1974), in which she plays near Domenico Modugno and Luciana Paluzzi, Luciano Salce's Alla mia cara mamma nel giorno del suo compleanno (1974), Pasquale Festa Campanile's The Sex Machine (U.S. title: Love and Energy) (1975) and Gianluigi Calderone's Appassionata, that definitively gaine her the public acclaim.

Roles in movies like Franco Brusati's To Forget Venice (1979), Dario Argento's Inferno (1980), Nino Manfredi's Nudo di donna (1981), and Liliana Cavani's Beyond Obsession (1982) are some of her most known and remarkable dramatic performances but in the beginning of the eighties, Giorgi decides to rejoin comedy. She's near Adriano Celentano in Mani di velluto and Grand hotel excelsior; for her performance in Carlo Verdone's Borotalco (1982), she won the Nastro d'Argento award and David di Donatello award for Best Actress.

In 2003, Giorgi wrote and directed her first film Uomini & donne, amori & bugie (U.S. title: Love, Lies, Kids... & Dogs), with Ornella Muti.

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Known For

Appassionata
Appassionata

1974

as Nicola

Roma
Roma

1972

as Motorbike Rider (uncredited)

Inferno
Inferno

1980

as Sara

Story of a Cloistered Nun
Story of a Cloistered Nun

1973

as Carmela Simoni

Smell of Flesh
Smell of Flesh

1975

as Mariuccia, daughter of Raffaele

The Big Fox
The Big Fox

1988

as Francesca Corvino

Compagni di scuola
Compagni di scuola

1988

as Valeria Donati

Grand Hotel Excelsior
Grand Hotel Excelsior

1982

as Ilde Vivaldi

My Wife is a Witch
My Wife is a Witch

1980

as Finnicella

Talcum Powder
Talcum Powder

1982

as Nadia Vandelli

Portrait of a Nude Woman
Portrait of a Nude Woman

1981

as Laura / Riri

Velvet Hands
Velvet Hands

1979

as Tilli

The Black Belly of the Tarantula
The Black Belly of the Tarantula

1971

as Maid in beauty parlor

Young, Violent, Dangerous
A Spiral of Mist
A Spiral of Mist

1977

as Lidia

The Sex Machine
The Sex Machine

1975

as Piera

And Agnes Chose To Die
And Agnes Chose To Die

1976

as Vandina

Beyond the Door
Beyond the Door

1982

as Nina

The Kiss
The Kiss

1974

as Elena Vergani

Let's Make It Clear
Let's Make It Clear

1984

as Eleonora Bauer