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Eleonora Brown (born August 22, 1948, in
Naples Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of N ...
) is an Italian film actress. Her first, and perhaps biggest, role was at age twelve as the daughter of
Sophia Loren Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone (; born 20 September 1934), known professionally as Sophia Loren ( , ), is an Italian actress, active in her native country and the United States. With a career spanning over 70 years, she is one of the ...
's character in '' Two Women'' (1960).


Career

Brown's primary acting role was in '' Two Women''. 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
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brought her to tears for the climactic final scene (upon hearing that the character played by
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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 ''
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'', '' 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 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
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.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