Aurora "Rori" Quattrocchi (born 18 March 1943) is an Italian television, stage and film actress.

Life and career

Born in

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(at the time part of the

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with the name Mattuglie) where her Sicilian father was serving as an army officer, at 5 years old Quattrocchi lost her mother and went to live in

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with her aunt and uncle. She started her career on stage in the 1970s, and made her film debut in 1989, in

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's '' Forever Mary''. Among Quattrocchi's best known roles, there are Fortunata in '' Golden Door'', which got her a

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nomination, and the mother in '' Nostalgia'', for which Quattrocchi got

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and

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nominations as bet supporting actress. Quattrocchi was awarded the International Starlight Cinema Award for her career at the

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Selected filmography

* '' Forever Mary'' directed by

(1989) * ''

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'', directed by Marco Risi (1990) * '' The Rebel'', directed by

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(1993) * '' The Star Maker'', directed by

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(1995) * ''

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'', directed by

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(2000) * '' Malèna'', directed by Giuseppe Tornatore (2000) * '' The Council of Egypt'', directed by

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(2002) * '' Un día de suerte'', directed by Sandra Gugliotta (2002) * ''

Nati stanchi ''Nati stanchi'' (a.k.a. ''Born Tired'') is a 2002 Italian comedy film co-written by and starring the comic duo Ficarra e Picone. Plot Salvo and Valentino are two happy Sicilian friends, who do not want to work, because they know that if they fi ...

'', directed by Dominick Tambasco (2002) * '' Secret File'', directed by Paolo Benvenuti (2003) * '' Golden Door'', directed by

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(2006) * '' Wild Blood'', directed by Marco Tullio Giordana (2008) * '' La fidanzata di papà'', directed by

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(2008) * ''

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'', directed by

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(2008) * ''

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'', directed by Donatella Maiorca (2009) * ''

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'', directed by

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(2010) * '' Scossa'' (segment: ''Speranza''), directed by

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(2011) * ''

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'', directed by

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(2012) * ''

Amiche da morire ''Amiche da morire'' (''Friends to Die For'') is a 2013 Italian black comedy film written and directed by . Plot Gilda, Olivia and Crocetta are three women who live in a small island of Sicily. The women try to live as they can: Gilda works as ...

'', directed by Giorgia Farina (2013) * ''

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'', directed by

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(2014) * ''

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'', directed by Pif (2016) * '' Friends by Chance'', directed by Francesco Bruni (2017) * '' Cetto c'è, senzadubbiamente'', directed by Giulio Manfredonia (2019) * '' Cruel Peter'', directed by Christian Bisceglia and Ascanio Malgarini (2019) * '' Nostalgia'', directed by

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(2022) * '' L'immensità'', directed by Emanuele Crialese (2022) * ''

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'', directed by

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(2022) * '' Spaccaossa'', directed by

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(2022)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Quattrocchi, Aurora 1943 births Living people People from Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Italian film actresses Italian stage actresses Italian television actresses 20th-century Italian actresses 21st-century Italian actresses