Liana Orfei was born in San Giovanni, Italy on June 6, 1937.
She is the daughter of the Orfei circus
owners Paride ‘Pippo’ Orfei [1909-1956] and Miranda Orfei [1913-1988] and
sister of circus performers Nando Orfei [1932- ], Rinaldo Orfei and cousin of
actress and circus owner Moira Orfe
[1931- ]. At the age of two she debuted in the circus as a clown called
Tear. At four she contracted a serious illness and was forced to stop her
activity with the circus for four years. In 1954 at the age of eighteen she
married juggler Angelo Piccinelli (the two later divorced). Liana became a film
actress during the 1950s working with such directors as Orson Welles , Dino
Risi, Mario Antonio and Pietrangeli Monicelli . She then became a TV
personality (among other things, she played in the 1965 telenovela musical
Scaramouche), and appeared in the theater as part of the company of Eduardo De
Filippo and Emma Gramatica. Liana also recorded several songs for various
labels. She received Festivalbar award in 1969 as "Face of the
juke-box" for that year. Orfei return to the theater and appeared in 2005
with Rosanna Ruffini, Max Giusti and Roberta Lanfranchi in the musical “Se il
tempo fosse un gambero”.She received a Lifetime Achievement Award last July 9,
2011 during the eleventh edition of the "Grand Prix City Corallo of
Alghero". Liana appeared in one Euro-western, 1967’s “Django Kills
Silently” as Linda/Liana. Today we celebrate Liana Orfei’s 75th
birthday.
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