Bice Valori
Maria Bice Valori | |
|---|---|
 Valori and Gianrico Tedeschi on stage (1957) | |
| Born | 13 May 1927 Rome, Italy |
| Died | 17 March 1980 (aged 52) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Family | Aldo Valori (father) Michele Valori (brother) |
Maria Bice Valori (13 May 1927 – 17 March 1980) was an Italian actress, comedian and television and radio personality.
Life and career[]
Born in Rome, Valori studied at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts, graduating in 1948.[1] The same year, she entered the stage company of the Piccolo Teatro of Rome directed by Orazio Costa.[1][2] After playing in several classics, Valori specialized as a comedic actress, and had her main successes in the musical theatre genre, notably appearing in Rugantino and Aggiungi un posto a tavola.[1][2] In films, she was a very active character actress, mainly cast in humorous roles.[1] Valori appeared often on television, as a comedian, a presenter and an actress in series and TV-movies of some success.[1][2] She also had a consistent success on radio, in which she created the character of "Sora Bice", a shrewish RAI telephone operator.[1][2] Valori often shared the scene with her husband, the actor and comedian Paolo Panelli, whom she had married in 1952.[1] Their daughter Alessandra is also an actress.[3] Valori died in 1980, aged 53, as a result of a tumor.[3]
Partial filmography[]
- His Last Twelve Hours (1950) - Un testimone dell'incidente
- Accidents to the Taxes!! (1951) - Allieva del collegio
- Toto the Third Man (1951) - Luisa - la moglie di Pietro
- Seven Hours of Trouble (1951) - Maddalena - la balia
- Il padrone del vapore (1951) - Marga
- My Heart Sings (1951) - Liliana
- Inganno (1952) - Giustina
- Good Folk's Sunday (1953) - (uncredited)
- Siamo tutti inquilini (1953) - Una cameriera
- Marriage (1954) - Anna Snakina, l'ostetrica
- Papà Pacifico (1954) - Gina - the servant
- The Three Thieves (1954) - Amica di Doris
- The Belle of Rome (1955) - Suor Serafina
- La moglie è uguale per tutti (1955) - Giulietta's Sister
- Bravissimo (1955) - Soprano
- The Most Wonderful Moment (1957) - Carla
- Susanna Whipped Cream (1957) - Rossella
- Femmine tre volte (1957) - Katiuscia
- La zia d'America va a sciare (1957) - Faustina
- Maid, Thief and Guard (1958) - La contessa
- Le dritte (1958) - Edna Piselli
- Caporale di giornata (1958) - Gelsomina
- Mia nonna poliziotto (1958) - Francesca
- Le confident de ces dames (1959) - Lucienne
- Guardatele ma non toccatele (1959) - Irma, moglie di La Notte
- Tough Guys (1960) - Genzianetta
- Le signore (1960) - Nora
- Caccia al marito (1960) - Giuditta - the nursemaid
- Il carro armato dell'8 settembre (1960)
- Ferragosto in bikini (1960) - Gladys
- 5 marines per 100 ragazze (1961) - La direttrice
- Hercules in the Valley of Woe (1961)
- Scandali al mare (1961) - Beatrice Garfano'
- Mariti a congresso (1961)
- Adultero lui, adultera lei (1963) - L'avvocato difensore
- Le motorizzate (1963) - Lola Rossi (segment "La Roulotte Squillo")
- Salad by the Roots (1964) - Tante Ophélie (uncredited)
- Amori pericolosi (1964) - La domestica (segment "Il generale")
- Oltraggio al pudore (1964)
- Le sedicenni (1965)
- Rita the Mosquito (1966) - Luigina, the school director
- The Taming of the Shrew (1967) - The Widow
- Be Sick... It's Free (1968) - Amelia-Doctor Bui's Wife
- Gli infermieri della mutua (1969) - Dr. Venanzi
- Il suo nome è Donna Rosa (1969) - Donna Rosa
- Lisa dagli occhi blu (1970) - Mamma Coco Prandi
- Mezzanotte d'amore (1970) - Donna Rosa
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. pp. 359–360. ISBN 888440214X.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Aggeo Savioli (18 March 1980). "Una simpatica burbera dalla voce grossa e dal cuore d'oro". L'Unità. p. 9.
- ^ Jump up to: a b e. b. (18 March 1980). "È morta Bice Valori; il teatro perde un volto della simpatia". La Stampa (61). p. 7.
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