Olimpia Carlisi

Olimpia Carlisi
Born (1946-12-29) 29 December 1946
Campi Bisenzio, Florence
Occupation actress
Notable work The Middle of the World (1974)

Olimpia Carlisi (born 29 December 1946) is an Italian stage, film and television actress.

Career

Carlisi was Born in Campi Bisenzio, Florence. After her debut as a stage actress, she made her film debut working with Roberto Rossellini in Atti degli apostoli (1968). She then worked with Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet in Othon (1970),[1] and with American director Mike Nichols in the role of Luciana in the 1970 film Catch-22.[2]

Also active on television, in 1970 Carlisi was the protagonist of the RAI experimental drama Olimpia agli amici, directed by the film critic Adriano Aprà.[1]

Carlisi primarily focused her career, however, on intellectual and art films, and on stage work.[1]

In 1980 she hosted a controversial edition of the Sanremo Music Festival alongside Roberto Benigni and Claudio Cecchetto.[3]

Awards and recognition

In 1975 Carlisi won a Globo d'oro for best breakthrough actress.

In 1978 she was nominated to the BAFTA Award for most promising newcomer for her performance in Alain Tanner's The Middle of the World.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano - Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. pp. 36–37. ISBN 888440214X.
  2. ↑ Olimpia Carlisi at the Internet Movie Database
  3. ↑ Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.
  4. ↑ "Prix et nominations : BAFTA Awards / Orange British Academy Film Awards 1978". Allociné. Retrieved 29 December 2013.

External links


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, October 27, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.