Eleonora Giorgi
Known For
Acting
Born
1953-10-21 in Rome, Lazio, Italy
Died
2025-03-03
Biography
Eleonora Giorgi (born 21 October 1953) is an Italian actress. Giorgi was born in Rome, Italy. Her father was of Italian and English origin. Her mother was of Italian and Hungarian origin. She made her film debut in a minor role in Paolo Cavara's horror film Black Belly of the Tarantula (1970) and subsequently appeared in nearly fifty films, mostly in prominent roles. Domenico Paolella's Story of a Cloistered Nun (1973), an important nunsploitation, marked her film debut, at age eighteen. She then took part in Il bacio (The kiss), a fantasy drama directed by Mario Lanfranchi, and in erotic comedies such as Salvatore Samperi's La sbandata (1974), in which she plays near Domenico Modugno and Luciana Paluzzi, Luciano Salce's Alla mia cara mamma nel giorno del suo compleanno (1974), Pasquale Festa Campanile's The Sex Machine (U.S. title: Love and Energy) (1975) and Gianluigi Calderone's Appassionata, that definitively gaine her the public acclaim. Roles in movies like Franco Brusati's To Forget Venice (1979), Dario Argento's Inferno (1980), Nino Manfredi's Nudo di donna (1981), and Liliana Cavani's Beyond Obsession (1982) are some of her most known and remarkable dramatic performances but in the beginning of the eighties, Giorgi decides to rejoin comedy. She's near Adriano Celentano in Mani di velluto and Grand hotel excelsior; for her performance in Carlo Verdone's Borotalco (1982), she won the Nastro d'Argento award and David di Donatello award for Best Actress. In 2003, Giorgi wrote and directed her first film Uomini & donne, amori & bugie (U.S. title: Love, Lies, Kids... & Dogs), with Ornella Muti.
Most Known For
Father Matteo
as Amelie Rosario
The Cesaronis
as Iva Zavattini
Roma
as Motorbike Rider (uncredited)
Appassionata
as Nicola
Steno
Inferno
as Sara
TV Story Superstar
as Self (archive footage)
Yesterday - Vacanze al mare
as Susy Armani
Story of a Cloistered Nun
as Carmela Simoni
The Black Belly of the Tarantula
as Maid in beauty parlor
Lo zio d'America
as Beatrice Ricciardi
Grand Hotel Excelsior
as Ilde Vivaldi
Compagni di scuola
as Valeria Donati
Talcum Powder
as Nadia Vandelli
Heart of a Dog
as Zina
Taste of the Sea 2: One Year Later
as Tea
The Three Musketeers of the West
as Lover in Opening Scene
Uno di noi
The Sex Machine
as Piera
Let's Make It Clear
as Eleonora Bauer