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Annie Gorassini
Annie Gorassini (born 8 January 1941 in Milan) is an Italian actress and singer, originally a participant in the 1957 Miss World beauty pageant, she went on to star in ''Messalina'' (1960), ''Vulcan, Son of Giove'' (1962), ''8½'' (1963), and '' Stop Train 349'' (1963). She also sang in the Zecchino d'Oro Zecchino d'Oro (; meaning "Golden Sequin") is an annual Italian competition dedicated to children's music established in 1959 by Niny Comolli. It is broadcast by Rai 1 and is open to singers aged 4 to 10. The first two contests were held i ... competition in 1972. References 1941 births Living people Italian actresses Italian singers {{Italy-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan
Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nearly 1.4 million, while its Metropolitan City of Milan, metropolitan city has 3.2 million residents. Within Europe, Milan is the fourth-most-populous List of urban areas in the European Union, urban area of the EU with 6.17 million inhabitants. According to national sources, the population within the wider Milan metropolitan area (also known as Greater Milan) is estimated between 7.5 million and 8.2 million, making it by far the List of metropolitan areas of Italy, largest metropolitan area in Italy and List of metropolitan areas in Europe, one of the largest in the EU.* * * * Milan is the economic capital of Italy, one of the economic capitals of Europe and a global centre for business, fashion and finance. Milan is reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss World
Miss World is the oldest existing international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has co-chaired the pageant. Along with Miss Universe, Miss International, and Miss Earth, it is one of the Big Four beauty pageants. The current Miss World is Suchata Chuangsri of Thailand who was crowned on 31 May 2025 in Hyderabad, India. History 20th century In 1951 Eric Morley organised a bikini contest as part of the Festival of Britain celebrations that he called the Festival Bikini Contest. The event was popular with the press, which dubbed it "Miss World". The swimsuit competition was intended as a promotion for the bikini, which had only recently been introduced to the market and was still widely regarded as immodest. When the 1951 Miss World pageant winner, Kerstin "Kiki" Hakansson from Sweden, was crowned in a bikini, it added to the controversy. The pageant was originally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauty Pageant
A beauty pageant is a competition in which the contestants are judged and ranked based on various physical and mental attributes. Per its name, beauty pageants traditionally focus on judging the contestants' physical attractiveness, sometimes solely so, but most modern beauty pageants have since expanded to also judge contestants based on "inner beauty"—their individual traits and characteristics, including personality, Human intelligence, intelligence, aptitude, moral character, and Charity (practice), charity. Though typically perceived as a female-oriented competition, male beauty pageants also exist, as do child beauty pageants for youth. The term beauty pageant refers originally to the Big Four beauty pageants: Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, and Miss Earth. Hundreds and thousands of beauty contests are held annually, but the Big Four are considered the most prestigious, and are widely covered and broadcast by news media. The earliest formal beauty pageants w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Messalina (1960 Film)
''Messalina'' () is a 1960 Italian ''peplum'' film directed by Vittorio Cottafavi. Plot After the death of the Emperor Caligula, Claudius is chosen to replace him. Claudius decides to take a new wife, the Vestal Virgin Messalina, the niece of Augustus Caesar. The night before the wedding Messalina murders a noble via poison. An assassin is sent to kill Messalina; she seduces him, has him killed and presents his severed head. Cast * Belinda Lee as Valeria Messalina * Spiros Focás as Lucius Maximus * Carlo Giustini as Lucius Geta (as Carlo Justini) * Giancarlo Sbragia as Aulo Celso (as Gian Carlo Sbragia) * Arturo Dominici as Gaius Lilius * Giulio Donnini as Narcissus * Ida Galli as Silvia * Mino Doro as Claudius * Giuliano Gemma as Marcellus * Annie Gorassini as Courtisan lover of Aulo Ceso * Lia Angeleri as Vipidia * Aroldo Tieri as Pirgo Pollinice * Vittorio Congia as Ortotrago * Paola Pitagora (as Paola Gargeloni) * Bruno Scipioni Production Belinda Lee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vulcan, Son Of Giove
''Vulcan, Son of Jove'' () is a 1962 Italian fantasy-adventure film directed and co-written by Emimmo Salvi in his directorial debut. The film is also known as ''Vulcan, Son of Jupiter'' (American TV title). The film was partly shot in Iran. Plot summary Following a dispute between Jupiter and Mars the latter ascends to Earth. Together with Venus he instructs the Thracians how to erect a castle which is supposed to become more beautiful than Mount Olympus. Jupiter assigns Vulcan and Etna to find Mars. Eventually the Thracians capture Etna and torture her. Vulcan saves her life and incites the slaves of the Thracians into an uprising. Mars and Venus try to return to Olympus but Jupiter sends Vulcan back to Earth to be with Etna. Cast *Bella Cortez as Etna *Iloosh Khoshabe as Vulcan (billed as Rod Flash Ilush) * Roger Browne as Mars *Annie Gorassini as Venus *Furio Meniconi as Jupiter *Gordon Mitchell as Pluto *Omero Gargano as Neptune * Isarco Ravaioli as Mercurius *Lilian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stop Train 349
''Stop Train 349'' (, , ), is a 1963 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Rolf Hädrich. It was released in the US in 1964 by Allied Artists. It was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival. Screenwriter Will Tremper won the Film Award in Gold of the 1964 German Film Awards. The film's sets were designed by the art director Dieter Bartels. Plot An East Berlin refugee trying to escape to West Berlin sneaks aboard a train run by the US military and causes an international incident. Cast * José Ferrer as Cowan the Reporter * Sean Flynn as Lt. Novak * Nicole Courcel as Nurse Kathy * Jess Hahn as Sgt. Torre * Yossi Yadin as Maj. Menschikov (as Yoseph Yadin) * Hans-Joachim Schmiedel as Banner * Christiane Schmidtmer as Karin (as Christiane Schmidmer) * Joy Aston as Mrs. Abramson * Lothar Mann as East German Conductor * Arthur Brauss as I.M.P. (as Art Brauss) * Edward Meeks as Capt. Kolski * Fred Dur as Maj. Finnegan * Len Monroe as U.S. Soldie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zecchino D'Oro
Zecchino d'Oro (; meaning "Golden Sequin") is an annual Italian competition dedicated to children's music established in 1959 by Niny Comolli. It is broadcast by Rai 1 and is open to singers aged 4 to 10. The first two contests were held in Milan. In 1961, the contest was taken up by the Antoniano Institute and moved to Bologna Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the List of cities in Italy, seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its M .... In 2009, Cino Tortorella left Zecchino d'Oro. In 1963, Mariele Ventre, a conductor and director of young performers, created the Piccolo Coro dell'Antoniano Children's Choir (called Piccolo Coro "Mariele Ventre" dell'Antoniano after her death in 1995, and directed by Sabrina Simoni). From 1976, the contest took on an international perspective - each year seven songs performed by Italian contesta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1941 Births
The Correlates of War project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 3.49 million. However, the Uppsala Conflict Data Program estimates that the subsequent year, 1942, was the deadliest such year. Death toll estimates for both 1941 and 1942 range from 2.28 to 7.71 million each. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Euthanasia Centre in Germany, in the first phase of mass killings under the Aktion T4 program here. * January 1 – Thailand's Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram decrees January 1 as the official start of the Thai solar calendar new year (thus the previous year that began April 1 had only 9 months). * January 3 – A decree (''Normalschrifterlass'') promulgated in Germany by Martin Bormann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Italian Actresses
This is a list of Italian actresses, including those from other countries who mainly worked in the Italian film industry, and actresses who are of Italian descent. The list includes all actresses from :Italian actresses. Persons are listed alphabetically by surname. __NOTOC__ A * Cele Abba (1906–1992) * Marta Abba (1900–1988) * Alessandra Acciai (born 1965) * Anna Maria Ackermann (1932–2025) * Laura Adani (1913–1996) * Isabelle Adriani (born 1972) * Lucilla Agosti (born 1978) * Janet Agren (born 1949) ( Swedish actress who mainly worked in Italy) * Marcella Albani (1901–1959) *Anna Maria Alberghetti (born 1936) *Jane Alexander (born 1972) * Lydia Alfonsi (1928–2022) * Marisa Allasio (born 1936) * Irene Aloisi (1925–1980) *Elena Altieri (1910–1997) * Lia Amanda (born 1932) * Adriana Ambesi (1940–2023) * Anna Ammirati (born 1979) *Pier Angeli (1932–1971) *Edi Angelillo (born 1961) *Luciana Angiolillo (1925–2014) *Ambra An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
