Laura Efrikian
Laura Efrikian | |
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 Efrikian in 1965 | |
| Born | Laura Ephrikian 14 June 1940 Treviso, Kingdom of Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse | |
Laura Efrikian (Armenian: Լաուրա Էֆրիկյան; born 14 June 1940), is an Italian actress and television personality. She is of Armenian descent.
Life and career
[edit]Born in Treviso as Laura Ephrikian, the daughter of the conductor and musicologist Angelo Ephrikian, Efrikian graduated in acting at the drama school of the Piccolo Teatro in Milan.[1]
Since 1960 Efrikian intensively worked in theater, television and films,[1] notably hosting the 1962 edition of the Sanremo Music Festival.[1][2] After the film debut in the 1961 peplum film Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis, Efrikian starred in several musicarelli films with Gianni Morandi, whom she married in 1966;[1] the couple divorced in 1979.[3]
She considers herself Roman Catholic.[4]
Selected filmography
[edit]- Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis (1961)
- La Cittadella (1964)
- Tears on Your Face (1964)
- Non son degno di te (1965)
- Se non avessi più te (1965)
- The Young Nun (1965)
- Nessuno mi può giudicare (1966)
- Perdono (1966)
- Rita the Mosquito (1968)
- Chimera (1968)
- Things from Another World (2011)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Lancia, Enrico; Poppi, Roberto, eds. (2003). "EFRIKIAN Laura". Le attrici: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Dizionario del cinema italiano (in Italian). Rome: Gremese Editore. p. 123. ISBN 88-8440-214-X.
- ^ Anselmi, Eddy (2009). Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana (in Italian). Modena: Panini. ISBN 978-88-6346-229-6.
- ^ Zizzo, Vivì (1 February 2011). "Laura Efrikian torna a parlare. Intervista esclusiva alla prima moglie di Gianni Morandi". Oggi (in Italian). Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- ^ Giordano, Lucio (2 August 2024). "Quando ho incontrato i bambini orfani dell'Africa ho incontrato Dio e L'ho amato". Dipiù (in Italian). No. 30. pp. 82–85.
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