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Gina Rovere

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Gina Rovere
Rovere in Adua and Her Friends (1960)
Born
Regina Ciccotti

18 May 1936 (1936-05-18) (age 90)
Rome, Italy
OccupationActress

Regina Ciccotti (born 18 May 1936), known professionally as Gina Rovere, is an Italian actress.

Life and career

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Born in Rome, the daughter of a haulier, at young age Ciccotti studied opera singing with the tenor Arnaldo Luzzi.[1] Noted by a talent agent, she made her professional debut in an avanspettacolo company, and in 1954 she had her breakout replacing Franca Gandolfi [it] as soubrette in the revue Giove in doppiopetto alongside Carlo Dapporto.[1] In films, she was mostly cast in supporting roles; among her best known roles, she played Marcello Mastroianni's wife in Big Deal on Madonna Street by Mario Monicelli, and the prostitute Milly in Antonio Pietrangeli's Adua and Her Friends.[1][2]

Selected filmography

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Rovere with Peppino De Filippo and Totò in La cambiale
Rovere with Sandra Milo in Adua and Her Friends
Rovere and Memmo Carotenuto in I piaceri dello scapolo
Rovere in The Last Italian Tango

References

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  1. 1 2 3 Norcini, Matteo; Ippoliti, Stefano (January 2004). "Gina Rovere: Risate di gioia". Cine70. No. 10. pp. 53–65.
  2. Poppi, Roberto (2003). "Rovere, Gina". Dizionario del cinema italiano: Le Attrici. Gremese Editore. p. 305. ISBN 888440214X.
  3. Thrower, Stephen (2018) [May 1999]. Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci (Revised & Expanded Second ed.). England, United Kingdom: Fab Press (published February 2018). p. 60. ISBN 978-1-903254-90-5.
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