About Elena Varzi
Lived 1920 – 2014 (aged 94). Elena Varzi was an Italian actor.
Elena Varzi (21 December 1926 – 1 September 2014) was an Italian film actress.
Life and career Born in Rome, in spite of a non-professional acting background, Varzi made her film debut in a leading role, as the Sicilian Maria Antonia in Renato Castellani's neorealist post-war comedy-drama It's Forever Springtime. Her second role, as the mistress of a Sicilian bandit in Pietro Germi's Path of Hope, received critical acclaim. Her husband died in 2002.
Death Varzi died of cardiac arrest at her holiday cottage in Sperlonga, Latina, on 1 September 2014. She was 87.
Partial filmography It's Forever Springtime (1950) Path of Hope (1950) The Forbidden Christ (1951) Rome 11:00 (1952) The Eyes Leave a Trace (1952) Sunday Heroes (1952) Human Torpedoes (1954) Storm (1954)
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Who was Elena Varzi?
Italian actress
When was Elena Varzi born?
Elena Varzi was born on 27 February 1920 in Rome.
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Elena Varzi died on 1 September 2014 in Sperlonga.
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Elena Varzi was an actor.
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Elena Varzi was Italian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Elena Varzi. https://biography.guide/elena-varzi/
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