Gisella Sofio

Italian actress

Gisella Sofio
Sofio in 1957
Born	(1931-02-19)19 February 1931 Milan, Italy
Died	27 January 2017(2017-01-27) (aged 85) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actress
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)

Gisella Sofio (19 February 1931 – 27 January 2017) was an Italian actress.

Life and career

Born in Milan, Sofio started her career at the age of 16 as a model. In 1951 she began her acting career in Mario Mattoli's film Accidents to the Taxes!!. Since then she had a prolific career as an actress in theatres, movies, and television, working with directors like Michelangelo Antonioni, Luigi Comencini and Pupi Avati.

Sofio died on 27 January 2017 in Rome at the age of 85.^[1]

Partial filmography

Accidents to the Taxes!! (1951) - Silvia
The Steamship Owner (1951) - La coreografa
Il microfono è vostro (1951) - Maria Variani
Viva il cinema! (1952)
Hello Elephant (1952) - Fidanzata del maestro
Er fattaccio (1952)
The Lady Without Camelias (1953) - Simonetta Rota's Friend
Cronaca di un delitto (1953) - Sorella di Elena
Una donna prega (1953) - Silvana
Sul ponte dei sospiri (1953) - Barberina
Viva la rivista! (1953)
Rascel-Fifì (1957) - La signora al telefono
Angel in a Taxi (1958) - Suor Celeste
Via col para... vento (1958)
Caporale di giornata (1958) - Maria
My Wife's Enemy (1959) - RCA Worker
Destinazione Sanremo (1959) - Rosetta
Quel tesoro di papà (1959) - Mafalda
La cento chilometri (1959) - The Chic Lady in the Bar
I mafiosi (1959) - Giornalista Snob
Spavaldi e innamorati (1959) - Serafina
Perfide.... ma belle (1959) - Luciana
Femmine di lusso (1960) - Mariella
A Qualcuna Piace Calvo (1960) - Giovanna
Rage of the Buccaneers (1961) - Rosita, Manuela's maid
Lo smemorato di Collegno (1962) - Giornalista Milanese
L'assassino si chiama Pompeo (1962) - Police Commissioner De Santis' Wife
Latin Lovers (1965) - Signorina Beata (segment "Il telefono consolatore")
Vacanze sulla neve (1966)
La vuole lui... lo vuole lei (1968) - Gisella
Story of a Woman (1970) - Mrs. Curtis
La ragazza del prete (1970) - Antonella, la direttrice del collegio
La liceale (1975) - Elvira, Loredana's Mother
The School Teacher in the House (1978) - Teresa / Marcello's mother
L'insegnante al mare con tutta la classe (1980) - Wife of Headmaster
Voltati Eugenio (1980) - Grandmother Edvige
Gian Burrasca (1982) - Margherita Stoppani
Italiani a Rio (1987) - Moglie del commendatore
Cain vs. Cain (1993) - Giuliana
Peggio di così si muore (1995) - Anna's mother
Simpatici & antipatici (1998)
Cucciolo (1998) - Lucia
Incontri proibiti (1998) - Nun at hospital
The Bodyguard's Cure (2006) - Madre di Gorilla
Fuoco su di me (2006) - Giocatrice
No Problem (2008) - Signora Pairo
Torno a vivere da solo (2008) - Giacomo's mother
Alice (2010) - Nonna di Alice
Wedding in Paris (2011) - Nonna
The Worst Week of My Life (2011) - Nonna
The Big Heart of Girls (2011) - Olimpia Osti
The Unlikely Prince (2013) - Anziana Contessa
Il crimine non va in pensione (2017) - Ersilia (final film role)

References

^ "Morta Gisella Sofio, la 'signorina snob' del cinema". la Repubblica (in Italian). 27 January 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gisella Sofio.

Gisella Sofio at IMDb
Gisella Sofio at AllMovie

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