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Giulia Fogliata (July 11, 1907 – August 11, 1949), better known by her stage names Kiki Palmer and Daniela Palmer, was an Italian stage, film, and radio actress.


Life and career

Born in
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 nea ...
, after an occasional acting experience at the
Teatro degli Arcimboldi The ''Teatro degli Arcimboldi'' is a theatre and opera house in Milan. It was built over a 27-month period in anticipation of the closure and subsequent nearly three-year-long renovation of Milan's La Scala opera house in December 2001. It is lo ...
Palmer left her university studies in medicine to become an actress. After studying acting under Ida Carloni Talli, in 1931 she began using the 'Kiki Palmer' stage name. Palmer was one of the most well known Italian stage actresses of her time, and came to be highly regarded outside of Italy as well. From 1938-1939, Palmer used the stagename "Palma Palmer", a name suggested to her by artist Gabriele D'Annunzio. Palmer committed suicide in Rome on August 11, 1949 after the death of her friend Eva Mangili, who she considered a second mother.


Personal life

Palmer was the adoptive mother of actor
Renzo Palmer Renzo Palmer (20 December 1930 – 4 June 1988) was an Italian film, television and stage actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1957 and 1988. Life and career Born in Milan as Lorenzo Bigatti, Palmer was the adopted son of the stag ...
.


Selected filmography

* '' The Wedding March'' (1934) * '' La luce del mondo'' (1935)


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Palmer, Kiki 1907 births 1949 deaths Actresses from Milan 20th-century Italian actresses Italian film actresses Italian stage actresses 1949 suicides Suicides in Italy