Elena Fiore (29 July 1914 – 1 February 1983) was an Italian film actress, best known for her roles in

Lina Wertmüller Arcangela Felice Assunta "Lina" Wertmüller (; 14 August 1928 – 9 December 2021) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. She is best known for her 1970s art film, art house films ''Seven Beauties'',' ''The Seduction of Mimi'', ''Lov ...

's films.

Life and career

Born in

Torre Annunziata Torre Annunziata (; ) is a (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples, in the Italian region of Campania. It is located on the Gulf of Naples, at the foot of Mount Vesuvius. History The city was destroyed in the Vesuvius eruption of 7 ...

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 ...

, Fiore debuted in 1972 in the role Amalia Finocchiaro, an overweight, middle-aged woman full of sexual desires, in Wertmuller's '' The Seduction of Mimi''. After similar roles in, among others, '' Love and Anarchy'', ''

Seven Beauties ''Seven Beauties'' (, "Pasqualino Sevenbeauties") is a 1975 historical black comedy drama Italian film written and directed by Lina Wertmüller and starring Giancarlo Giannini, Fernando Rey, and Shirley Stoler. Written by Wertmüller, the film ...

'', '' Neapolitan Mystery'' and '' The Marquis of Grillo'' she retired from acting in the early 1980s. Fiore died in Torre Annunziata on 1 February 1983, at the age of 68.

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* 1914 births 1983 deaths 20th-century Italian actresses Film people from Naples Italian film actresses {{Italy-film-actor-stub