Emma Danieli (born Emma Fretta; 14 October 1936 – 21 June 1998) was an Italian actress and television personality.

Life and career

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, Danieli started her career at very young age as an actress of commercials. After winning a beauty contest, she made her film debut in 1953, in the anthology film ''

Siamo donne ''We, the Women'' (also known as ''Of Life and Love'' and in ) is a 1953 Italian portmanteau film divided into five segments and directed by five different directors. Four of these segments focus upon alleged events in the private lives of the f ...

''. While her film career ended after a little more than a decade, Danieli was better appreciated on television, where she was one of the first announcers as well as a TV presenter and an actress in television films and series.Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni, ''Enciclopedia della Televisione'', Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. . She was also active on stage. Danieli was married to director Franco Morabito.

Selected filmography

*'' We, the Women'' (1953) *'' Doctor Antonio'' (1954) *'' Devil's Cavaliers'' (1959) *'' The Corsican Brothers'' (1961) *'' Guns of the Black Witch'' (1961) *'' The Last Man on Earth'' (1964) *'' Slalom'' (1965) *'' God's Thunder'' (1965) *'' The Spy Who Loved Flowers'' (1966) *'' Spies Strike Silently'' (1966) *'' Commissariato di notturna'' (1974)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Danieli, Emma Actors from the Province of Mantua Actresses from Lombardy Italian stage actresses Italian film actresses Italian television actresses 1936 births 1998 deaths 20th-century Italian actresses Italian television presenters Italian women television presenters