Career

She had a major role in Caltiki - il mostro immortale the same year as well. She worked steadily in mainly Italian productions set in her native country and had a main supporting role in Sidney Lumet"s 1969 psycho-drama The Appointment. She also appeared in several British television series including The Avengers and Manitoba in a Suitcase.

Her last screen appearance was in 1992 and she died of cancer the year after.

Achievements

• She made her debut in 1959"s Death of a Friend and followed it up in the same year with perhaps her best-known performance, as Sofia in Kapò for which she won the Silver Ribbon for Best Supporting Actress from the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists.