Ilaria Occhini

Ilaria Occhini (28 March 1934 – 20 July 2019) was an Italian stage, television and film actress. She appeared in more than 30 films.

Life and career Born in Florence, niece and daughter of novelists, Occhini started her film career at 19 with the Luciano Emmer's comedy film Terza Liceo with the stage name Isabella Redi, then attended the Accademia d'Arte Drammatica in Rome, graduating in 1957. The same year she came back to acting with Mario Monicelli's Il medico e lo stregone, and at the same time she debuted on stage with Luchino Visconti's La ragazza delle smirne and had her first leading role in the Anton Giulio Majano's TV series Jane Eyre. In 2008 she was awarded Best Actress at the Locarno International Film Festival for her role in Black Sea.

Selected filmography

High School (1954) Doctor and the Healer (1957) The Dragon's Blood (1957) Carthage in Flames (1960) His Women (1961) Damon and Pythias (1962) The Shortest Day (1962) The Betrothed (1964) The Tramplers (1965) I complessi (1965) The Man Who Laughs (1966) Brigade antigangs (1966) Almost a Man (1966) Hearth Fires (1972) Two Men in Town (1973) Welcome to Home Gori (1990) Return to Home Gori (1996) Tomorrow (2001) Black Sea (2008) Loose Cannons (2010) All at Sea (2011) A Perfect Family (2012)