Eleonora Giorgi is an Italian

Italy

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 actress, screenwriter

Screenwriter

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 and film director

Film director

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.

Giorgi was born in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

. She made her film debut in a minor role in Paolo Cavara's horror film

Horror film

Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...

 Black Belly of the Tarantula

Black Belly of the Tarantula

The Black Belly of the Tarantula is a 1971 Italian film directed by Paolo Cavara. It is one of many Italian giallo films to be inspired by Dario Argento's successful debut thriller The Bird with the Crystal Plumage. The film was shot on location in Rome, Italy in 1970...

(1970). Giorgi has appeared in nearly fifty films, including Pasquale Festa Campanile

Pasquale Festa Campanile

Pasquale Festa Campanile was an Italian screenwriter, film director and novellist. He was born at Melfi and died in Rome.- Director :* Un tentativo sentimentale * La nonna Sabella...

's Conviene far bene l'amore (U.S. title: Love and Energy) (1976), Franco Brusati's To Forget Venice

To Forget Venice

Dimenticare Venezia is a 1979 Italian awarded drama film written and directed by Franco Brusati.-Awards:*Academy Award nominee: Best Foreign Film*David di Donatello: Best Film...

(1979), Dario Argento

Dario Argento

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's Inferno

Inferno (1980 film)

Inferno is a 1980 Italian supernatural horror film written and directed by Dario Argento. The film stars Irene Miracle, Leigh McCloskey, Eleonora Giorgi, Daria Nicolodi, and Alida Valli. The cinematography was by Romano Albani, and Keith Emerson composed the film's thunderous musical score...

(1980), Nino Manfredi

Nino Manfredi

Nino Manfredi was an Italian actor, one of the most prominent in the commedia all'italiana genre....

's Nudo di donna (1981), and Liliana Cavani

Liliana Cavani

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's Beyond Obsession (1982). For her performance in Carlo Verdone

Carlo Verdone

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's Borotalco (1982), she won the Nastro d'Argento

Nastro d'Argento Best Actress

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 award and David di Donatello

David di Donatello for Best Actress

-Albo d'oro:1956Gina Lollobrigida - La donna più bella del mondo1958*Anna Magnani - Wild Is the Wind1959*Anna Magnani - Nella città l'inferno1961*Sophia Loren - La ciociara1963...

award for Best Actress.

In 2003, Giorgi wrote and directed the film Uomini & donne, amori & bugie (U.S. title: Love, Lies, Kids... & Dogs).