Career
She is the mother of famous Spanish singer Miguel Bosé. Later she acted in Dino Risi’s short The Five days of Milan, then, in 1950 she made her big screen debut in Giuseppe De Santis’ Non c"è pace tra gli ulivi (Number Peace under the Olive Tree). The same year, she gave a performance as Paola Molon in Antonioni"s Cronaca di un amore.
In 1953, Michelangelo Antonioni asked her to play Clara Manni in Louisiana signora senza camelie and Juan Antonio Bardem cast her in the lead of Muerte de un ciclista (1955).
She also appeared in the 1955 film Gli Sbandati and played the main female role in Luis Buñuel"s Cela s"appelle l"aurore, 1956. In 1960 she eventually played an uncredited role in Jean Cocteau"s Le testament d"Orphée, ou ne me demandez pas pourquoi! and then returned to the screen in the late 1960s, appearing in Fellini"s Fellini Satyricon (1969) and starring in the Taviani Brothers" Under the Sign of Scorpio (1969), Mario Colucci"s Something Creeping in The Dark (1971), Liliana Cavani"s L"ospite (1972), Giulio Questi"s Arcana (1972), Marguerite Duras" Nathalie Granger (1972), Beni Montresor"s Louisiana messe dorée (1975), Jeanne Moreau"s Lumière (1976) and Daniel Schmid"s Violanta (1976).
She has been active in Italian and Spanish films ever since, appearing in Francesco Rosi"s Cronaca di una morte annunciata (1987), Agustí Villaronga"s El niño de la luna (1989), Ferzan Özpetek"s Harem suaré (1999) and Roberto Faenza"s I vicerè (2007).