Bice Valori
Maria Bice Valori (13 May 1927 – 17 March 1980) was an Italian actress, comedian and television and radio personality.
Maria Bice Valori | |
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Valori and Gianrico Tedeschi on stage (1957) | |
Born | Rome, Italy | 13 May 1927
Died | 17 March 1980 52) Rome, Italy | (aged
Occupation | Actress |
Spouse(s) |
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]
Selected filmography
- Toto the Third Man (1951)
- Il padrone del vapore (1951)
- My Heart Sings (1951)
- Seven Hours of Trouble (1951)
- His Last Twelve Hours (1951)
- Inganno (1952)
- Siamo tutti inquilini (1953)
- Good Folk's Sunday (1953)
- Papà Pacifico (1954)
- The Three Thieves (1954)
- Marriage (1954)
- The Belle of Rome (1955)
- Susanna Whipped Cream (1957)
- The Most Wonderful Moment (1957)
- Maid, Thief and Guard (1958)
- Guardatele ma non toccatele (1959)
- Tough Guys (1960)
- Il carro armato dell'8 settembre (1960)
- Ferragosto in bikini (1960)
- Le signore (1960)
- Hercules in the Valley of Woe (1961)
- 5 marines per 100 ragazze (1962)
- Amori pericolosi (1964)
- Le sedicenni (1965)
- Rita the Mosquito (1966)
- Be Sick... It's Free (1968)
References
- Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. pp. 359–360. ISBN 888440214X.
- Aggeo Savioli (18 March 1980). "Una simpatica burbera dalla voce grossa e dal cuore d'oro". L'Unità. p. 9.
- e. b. (18 March 1980). "È morta Bice Valori; il teatro perde un volto della simpatia". La Stampa (61). p. 7.