Eleonora Brown (born August 22, 1948, in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

) is an Italian film actress. Her first, and perhaps biggest, role was at age twelve as the daughter of Sophia Loren's character in ''

Two Women ''Two Women'' ( it, La ciociara , rough literal translation "The Woman from Ciociaria") is a 1960 war drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica from a screenplay by Cesare Zavattini and De Sica, based on the novel of the same name by Alberto ...

'' (1960).

Career

Brown's primary acting role was in ''

''. In an interview about the movie, Brown stated that Sophia Loren, who played her mother, protected her from some of the underlying implications of the rape scene in the film. She also said that director

Vittorio De Sica Vittorio De Sica ( , ; 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement. Four of the films he directed won Academy Awards: ''Sciuscià'' and ''Bicycle Thieves'' (honorary) ...

brought her to tears for the climatic final scene (upon hearing that the character played by

Jean-Paul Belmondo Jean-Paul Charles Belmondo (; 9 April 19336 September 2021) was a French actor and producer. Initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s, he was a major French film star for several decades from the 1960s onward. His best known credits ...

had died) by saying that a telegram had arrived saying that Brown's parents had died in an accident. Brown appeared in a few other films in the 1960s, including '' The Sailor from Gibraltar'', '' The Tiger and the Pussycat'' and '' Cuore matto... matto da legare'', before choosing to retire from acting at age 19, after her appearance in '' The Young, the Evil, and the Savage'' (1968). Brown later attended

John Cabot University John Cabot University (JCU) is a private American-style university in Rome, Italy. It was founded in 1972 and it offers undergraduate degrees, graduate degrees, and study abroad programs to English-speaking students. The university has more tha ...

in Rome, graduating with a degree in Business and Economics. She then worked as a translator at the

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, while also doing voice acting, in both English and Italian, for two decades in Italy. Brown made her first screen appearance in 50 years in the 2018 Italian film ''Un Amore Così Grande'' (''A Love So Big''). The film focuses on the world of opera in

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, Italy, and features performances by the operatic pop trio Il Volo.Un amore così grande (2018)
at IMDb

Family

Brown's parents met when her American father was introduced to her Neapolitan mother while he was working with the

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in post-

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Italy. Brown was married once, and was widowed in 1993.

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* 1948 births Living people Actresses from Naples Italian actresses Italian child actresses {{Italy-film-actor-stub