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Franca Rame(1929-2013)

  • Actress
  • Writer
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Franca Rame was born on 18 July 1929 in Parabiago, Lombardy, Italy. She was an actress and writer, known for Rascel-Fifì (1957), Love in Four Dimensions (1964) and Amarti è il mio destino (1957). She was married to Dario Fo. She died on 29 May 2013 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
BornJuly 18, 1929
DiedMay 29, 2013(83)
BornJuly 18, 1929
DiedMay 29, 2013(83)
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Known for

Rascel-Fifì (1957)
Rascel-Fifì
4.9
  • Barbara
  • 1957
Love in Four Dimensions (1964)
Love in Four Dimensions
5.5
  • Suzy (segment "Amore e alfabeto")
  • 1964
Amarti è il mio destino
  • Jessica Blaine
  • 1957
Maurizio Arena and Ingeborg Schöner in Il cocco di mamma (1957)
Il cocco di mamma
7.1
  • Deli - la fidanzata diCarlo
  • 1957

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Actress

  • Una lepre con la faccia di bambina (1988)
    Una lepre con la faccia di bambina
    TV Movie
    • Madre Marco
    • 1988
  • Dario Fo and Franca Rame in Smid damen ud (1968)
    Smid damen ud
    TV Movie
    • 1968
  • Extraconiugale (1964)
    Extraconiugale
    5.9
    • Anna (segment "Il mondo è dei ricchi")
    • 1964
  • Love in Four Dimensions (1964)
    Love in Four Dimensions
    5.5
    • Suzy (segment "Amore e alfabeto")
    • 1964
  • Follie d'estate (1963)
    Follie d'estate
    4.6
    • Pupa del gangster
    • 1963
  • Caporale di giornata (1958)
    Caporale di giornata
    5.9
    • Dorian Greco
    • 1958
  • La zia d'America va a sciare (1958)
    La zia d'America va a sciare
    5.3
    • Caterina
    • 1958
  • Rascel-Fifì (1957)
    Rascel-Fifì
    4.9
    • Barbara
    • 1957
  • Amarti è il mio destino
    • Jessica Blaine
    • 1957
  • Maurizio Arena and Ingeborg Schöner in Il cocco di mamma (1957)
    Il cocco di mamma
    7.1
    • Deli - la fidanzata diCarlo
    • 1957
  • Lo svitato (1956)
    Lo svitato
    6.3
    • Diana
    • 1956
  • Rosso e nero (1954)
    Rosso e nero
    • 1954
  • Poppy (1953)
    Poppy
    5.8
    • Silvana
    • 1953
  • Ha fatto 13 (1951)
    Ha fatto 13
    • 1951

Writer

  • La puta en el manicomio
    Short
    • Writer
    • 2015
  • Yo, Ulrike, grito (2015)
    Yo, Ulrike, grito
    Short
    • co-writer
    • 2015
  • La roulotte de la rencontre: 'La Vita Bella!' (2010)
    La roulotte de la rencontre: 'La Vita Bella!'
    Short
    • writer: "Récits de femmes et autres histoires"
    • 2010
  • Estudio 1 (1965)
    Estudio 1
    7.8
    TV Series
    • play
    • 2002
  • Television Theater (1953)
    Television Theater
    7.7
    TV Series
    • drama
    • 2000
  • Un dia qualsevol
    TV Special
    • play
    • 1991
  • Joc de dos (1989)
    Joc de dos
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1989
  • Offene Zweierbeziehung (1986)
    Offene Zweierbeziehung
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1986
  • One Woman Plays (1983)
    One Woman Plays
    TV Movie
    • in collaboration with
    • 1983
  • Yksinäinen nainen (1982)
    Yksinäinen nainen
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1982

Personal details

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  • Height
    • 5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
  • Born
    • July 18, 1929
    • Parabiago, Lombardy, Italy
  • Died
    • May 29, 2013
    • Milan, Lombardy, Italy(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Dario FoJune 24, 1954 - May 29, 2013 (her death, 1 child)
  • Children
    • Jacopo Fo
  • Relatives
      Pia Rame(Sibling)
  • Other works
    She acted in Dario Fo and her play, "Tutta Casa; Letto; E Chiesa (It's All Bed. Board and Church);" in the 1986 New States Series production at the American Repertory Theatre production in Cambridge, Massachusetts with Franca Rame in the cast. Dario Fo was director. Maria Consagra was onstage translator. Lino Avolio was set and lighting designer. Robert Brustein was artistic director.

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    Mother of Jacopo Fo

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