About Maria Laura Rocca
Lived 1917 – 1999 (aged 81). Maria Laura Rocca was an Italian actor, writer, screenwriter and stage actor.
Maria Laura Rocca (5 October 1917 – 6 May 1999) was an Italian actress and writer.
Life and career Born Maria Laura Gayno in Pasian di Prato, Udine, Rocca spent her adolescence in Genoa, her mother's birthplace. After acting in some amateur dramatics, she studied drama under Teresa Franchini, with whom she also made her professional debut on stage at 30 years old.
Selected filmography Attention! Bandits! (1951) Article 519, Penal Code (1952) At the Edge of the City (1953) For You I Have Sinned (1953) Love Song (1954) Love in Rome (1960) Gold of Rome (1961) The Fury of Achilles (1962) Imperial Venus (1962) The Fall of Rome (1963) Secret of the Sphinx (1964) Messalina vs. the Son of Hercules (1964) Lo scippo (1965) Captain from Toledo (1965)
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Who was Maria Laura Rocca?
Italian actress and writer (1917-1999)
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Maria Laura Rocca was born on 5 October 1917 in Pasian di Prato.
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Maria Laura Rocca died on 6 May 1999 in Rome.
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Maria Laura Rocca was an actor, writer, screenwriter and stage actor.
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Maria Laura Rocca was Italian.
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