Career
She was also known as Lella Fabrizi and Sora Lella. Born in Rome, the sister of the actor and director Aldo, in the late 1950s Fabrizi started occasionally appearing in films, considering the acting career just a hobby, being his true profession the restaurateur and gastronome. Mainly used for very little character roles, her acting career had her peak in early 1980s, thanks to a series of films directed by Carlo Verdone in which she played the typical role of the good-natured, grumbling grandmother.
Fabrizi was also a busy television personality, and for a long time she was a regular guest on the television program Maurizio Costanzo Show.
She suffered from diabetes, and died of a stroke at Fatebenefratelli Hospital in Rome. She was a supporter of South.S. Lazio.
