Eleonora Ricci (19 July 1924 – 16 April 1976) was an Italian actress.

Life and career

Born in

Viareggio Viareggio () is a city and ''comune'' in northern Tuscany, Italy, on the coast of the Ligurian Sea. With a population of over 62,000, it is the second largest city in the province of Lucca, after Lucca. It is known as a seaside resort as well a ...

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, Ricci was the daughter of actors

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and

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was her mother's stepfather. At 17 years old, she moved to Rome to enroll in the

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, where she met

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, who became her husband in 1944 and from whom she separated shortly after the birth of her only child, actress Paola Gassman (born June 1945), divorcing Vittorio in 1952 so he could marry

Shelley Winters Shelley Winters (born Shirley Schrift; August 18, 1920 – January 14, 2006) was an American film actress whose career spanned seven decades. She won Academy Awards for ''The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 film), The Diary of Anne Frank'' (1959) and ' ...

. Ricci made her professional debut in 1943, in the theatrical company led by

Laura Adani Laura Adani (7 October 1913 – 30 August 1996) was an Italian actress. She appeared in 13 films between 1933 and 1980. She was born in Modena, Emilia-Romagna, and died in Moncalieri Moncalieri (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) of 56,134 ...

. During her career she was active on stage, radio, television and in films, notably working with

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. She died after a long illness, aged 51.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ricci, Nora 1924 births 1976 deaths 20th-century Italian actresses People from Viareggio Actors from the Province of Lucca Actresses from Tuscany Italian film actresses Italian stage actresses Italian television actresses Italian radio actresses Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico alumni Burials at the Cimitero Flaminio