Laura Troschel (3 November 1944 – 29 September 2016) was an Italian actress, singer and model.
Life and career
Born in
Varese
Varese ( , , or ; lmo, label=Varesino, Varés ; la, Baretium; archaic german: Väris) is a city and ''comune'' in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, north-west of Milan. The population of Varese in 2018 has reached 80,559.
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, Troschel made her debut in cinema in a role of weight in ''The Sex of Angels'' (1968), by Ugo Liberatore.
Later, she appeared in some movies as Constanza Spada, until she became the wife of comedian
Pippo Franco
Pippo Franco (pseudonym of Franco Pippo) was born 2 September 1940 and is an Italian actor, comedian, television presenter, and singer. He made his name first as a musician in the early 1960s, and in the late 1960s began a career in film, starrin ...
and resumed her original name. Between the 1970s and 1980s she participated with her husband in a number of comedy films.
[ She was also active in television, as a presenter of some popular shows with ]Pippo Franco
Pippo Franco (pseudonym of Franco Pippo) was born 2 September 1940 and is an Italian actor, comedian, television presenter, and singer. He made his name first as a musician in the early 1960s, and in the late 1960s began a career in film, starrin ...
and as an actress in several miniseries.[
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Selected filmography
* '' The Sex of Angels'' (1968)
* ''Four Flies on Grey Velvet
''Four Flies on Grey Velvet'' ( it, 4 mosche di velluto grigio) is a 1971 ''giallo'' film written and directed by Dario Argento. The film concerns Roberto Tobias (Michael Brandon), who accidentally kills a man and is then tormented by someone who ...
'' (1971)
* ''Terrible Day of the Big Gundown
''Terrible Day of the Big Gundown'' ( it, Quel maledetto giorno della resa dei conti, also known as ''Vendetta at Dawn'') is a 1971 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Garrone (here credited as Willy S. Regan).
Cast
* George Eas ...
'' (1971)
* '' Furto di sera bel colpo si spera'' (1973)
* '' Nerone'' (1977)
* '' L'imbranato'' (1979)
* '' Ciao marziano'' (1980)
* '' Il ficcanaso'' (1981)
* '' The Trap'' (1985)
* '' Raul: Straight to Kill'' (2005)
Discography
; Albums
* 1979 - ''C'era una volta Roma'' (Cinevox, CAB 2005, LP) (con Pippo Franco)
* 1988 - ''Laura Troschel'' (Yep, YLP 11, LP)
; Singles
* 1977 - ''Quanto sei bella Roma (con Pippo Franco)/L'autostop'' ( Cinevox, SC 1099)
* 1979 - ''Tu per me sei come Roma (con Pippo Franco)/La fornarina'' ( Cinevox, SC 1135)
* 1980 - ''Scacco matto (con Pippo Franco)/La sua mano'' ( CBS, 9094)
* 1985 - ''Per una donna/Vite di plastica'' (Video/Radio, VR 0024, 7")
* 1986 - ''Ma la domenica/A pensarci bene non mi piace il Brasile'' ( RCA Italiana, BB-7573)
References
External links
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1944 births
2016 deaths
Italian film actresses
Italian television personalities
Actors from Varese
Italian television actresses
Italian women singers
20th-century Italian actresses
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