Claudia Mori

Claudia Mori (born Claudia Moroni, Rome, 12 February 1944), is an Italian producer, former actress and former singer, and wife of the singer Adriano Celentano.

Biography

1960s

She began her career in show business as an actress playing in musicals, but also in major films such as ''Rocco e i suoi fratelli'' (''Rocco and His Brothers'') by Luchino Visconti and ''Sodoma e Gomorra'' (''Sodom and Gomorrah'') by Robert Aldrich.

In 1963, she met Adriano Celentano on the film set of ''Uno strano tipo'' ("A Strange Type"). Celentano left his girlfriend Milena Cantù, and in 1964 he married Claudia, secretly in the night, at the church of San Francesco in Grosseto. She bore three children: Rosita (1965), Giacomo (1966) and Rosalinda (1968).

In 1964, she acted in ''Super rapina a Milano'' ("The Great Robbery in Milan"), the first film directed by Celentano. Since then her acting career suffered a setback, in favor of that as singer, in 1964, in fact, with ''Non guardarmi'' ("Do Not Look at Me"), she recorded her first album. The flip side of the vinyl record includes a cover of Little Eva, ''Quello che ti dico'' ("What I Say", The Locomotion).

She achieved a big success while singing with her husband, in 1967 with ''La coppia più bella del mondo'' ("The Most Beautiful Couple in the World") and in 1970, winning the Sanremo Music Festival, with "Chi non-lavora non-fa l'amore" ("Those who don't work don't make love").

1970s

She returned to the film set many years later, in 1971, with her husband in '' Er più - Storia d'amore e coltello'' (The best-a story of romance and knife) with Vittorio Caprioli, Romolo Valli, Maurizio Arena and Ninetto Davoli directed by Sergio Corbucci. In 1973 she acted in the film '' Rugantino'', with Adriano Celentano, and played Rosita Flores in '' L'emigrante'' ("The Emigrant"), directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile.

In 1974, she recorded the album ''Fuori tempo'' ("Out of Time"), collaborating with Paolo Limiti, who wrote the famous song ''"Buonasera dottore"'' ("Good Evening Doctor"), sung with Franco Morgan.

In 1975, Claudia participated in '' Yuppi du'', a film directed by Celentano. In the same year, she starred in the film '' Culastrisce Nobile Veneziano'' ("Culastrisce Noble Venetian") alongside Marcello Mastroianni.

Another foray into the world of music was in 1977, with release of the album ''È amore'' ("It is Love"), with the title song written by Shel Shapiro. It is the first single ''"Ehi, ehi, ehi"'' ("Hey, Hey, Hey"), written by Roberto Vecchioni. The LP also contains ''"Mi vuoi"'' ("You want me", written by Ivano Fossati and published the following year on a single version of Marcella Bella) and a cover of Roberto Carlos, ''"Io bella figlia"'' ("I, Beautiful Daughter").

In 1978, she was Marcella in her husband's film '' Geppo il folle'' ("The Crowds"), and in 1979 she took part in the movie '' Bloodline'' by Terence Young, with actors like Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, Irene Papas, Romy Schneider and Omar Sharif.

1980s and 1990s

In 1980, she played Mirandolina in the film '' La locandiera'' ("The Landlady of Goldoni"), directed by Paolo Cavara, with Paolo Villaggio and Milena Vukotic.

In 1982, Claudia returned as a guest at the Sanremo Music Festival, singing the known song "''Non succederà più"'' ("Will Not Happen Again"). The song, which enjoyed some commercial success in Spain, France and Germany, contains a vocal interlude by Adriano Celentano. This success helped the couple at an alleged time of crisis, and therefore the text was understood as autobiographical. In 1988 the song was featured in the Soviet movie ''Igla'' (Russian: Игла), starring Viktor Tsoi
In 1984, she released ''Claudia canta Adriano'', an album where she sings her husband's covers.

In 1985, she acted in the film '' Joan Lui - Ma un giorno nel paese arrivo io di lunedì'' ("Joan - But One Day I Arrive in the Country on Monday") and participated at the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Chiudi la porta" ("Close the Door").

In 1989, she hosted the show ''Du du du'' with Pino Caruso; in 1991, she became the CEO of the label ''Clan Celentano'', producing her husband's famous albums, as ''Mina Celentano'' (1998). In 1994, Claudia participated at the Sanremo Music Festival with the song ''"Se mi ami"'' ("If You Love Me"), written by Toto Cutugno.

Recent activities

In 2009, Claudia Mori released the ''Claudia Mori Collection'', containing a CD with her greatest hits and a DVD with a Celentano family private movie. In September 2009, she joined the '' X Factor'' judging panel, with Mara Maionchi and Morgan.

More over, recently she emerged as a TV series and TV movie producer, such as with ''C'era una volta la città dei matti...'' ("There Was Once a City of Fools"), with her production company ''Ciao ragazzi!'' ("Hello Boys"), winning the Roma FictionFest Special Award for her achievements as a TV producer.

Discography

Albums

*''Fuori tempo'' (1974)
*''È amore'' (1977)
*''Claudia canta Adriano'' (1984)
*''Chiudi la porta'' (1985)

Filmography

As an actress

As a producer

References

External links

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1944 births
Italian film actresses
Italian women singers
Italian television producers
Living people
Musicians from Rome
Women television producers
Spanish-language singers of Italy
Sanremo Music Festival winners