Career
She is probably best known as the large and huge-breasted tobacconist in Federico Fellini"s Amarcord, whose sexual arousal by the male teenager protagonist ends with ironic results. This casting occurred ten years after Fellini first cast her in an uncredited role (as a screen test candidate for Louisiana Saraghina) in 8½. In a minor plot point, her performance in Amarcord is discussed fondly by the characters in John Irving"s Until I Find You (2005).