Full Name Milan Role Film actress Name Elena Cotta | Years active 1950s-present Occupation Actress Spouse Carlo Alighiero (m. 1952) | |
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Born 19 August 1931 (age 93) ( 1931-08-19 ) Movies A Street in Palermo, Looking for Alibrandi Children Barbara Animali, Olivia Animali Nominations AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress Similar People Carlo Alighiero, Kate Woods, Emma Dante, Giorgio Vasta, Melina Marchetta |
Festival di Venezia 70 - Via Castellana Bandiera: intervista a Elena Cotta
Elena Cotta (born 19 August 1931) is an Italian stage, film and television actress.
Contents
- Festival di Venezia 70 Via Castellana Bandiera intervista a Elena Cotta
- Via Castellana Bandiera Emma DanteElena Cotta
- Life and career
- Filmography
- References

Via Castellana Bandiera (Emma Dante,Elena Cotta)
Life and career

Born in Milan, at a young age Cotta won a scholarship to attend the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico; after just one year she quit the Academy to enter the stage company "La compagnia dei giovani". In 1975, she founded her own company together with her husband, Carlo Alighiero.

Cotta made her film debut in 1951, in Miracolo a Viggiù. In 2000, she was nominated as Best Supporting Actress at AFI award and FCCA Award for her performance in Kate Woods' Looking for Alibrandi. In 2013, at 82 years old, she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress for her performance in Via Castellana Bandiera, in which she played an Albanian illegal immigrant.



Filmography
Actress
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Le belle rane (pre-production)
2023
Il punto di rugiada
2022
Briciole (Short)
2021
Yara as
Laura Poli
2021
Ostaggi as
Regina (as Elena Cotta Ramusino)
2021
Mentre non c'eri (Short) as
Lorenza
2019
La regina si addormenta dove vuole (Short) as
Regina
2019
Cento metri quadri (Short)
2019
The Man Without Gravity as
Alina
2018
Loro (uncredited)
2018
The Miracle (TV Series) as
Madre di Marcello
- Il Primo Dovere dei Vivi (2018) - Madre di Marcello
- Lazzaro a Parte (2018) - Madre di Marcello
2017
Wedding in Rome (TV Movie) as
Donna Costanza
2017
Dove cadono le ombre as
Gertrude
2016
Il camionista
2016
The Habit of Beauty as
Teresina
2016
L'età d'oro as
Sig.ra Furchì
2013
A Street in Palermo as
Samira
2011
The Last Fashion Show as
Giuseppina Marinoni
2000
Looking for Alibrandi as
Katia Alibrandi
1997
La guerra è finita (Short)
1975
La traccia verde (TV Mini Series) as
Eleanor
- Episode #1.3 (1976) - Eleanor
- Episode #1.1 (1975) - Eleanor
1975
Diagnosi (TV Mini Series) as
Cinzia
- Il guaritore (1975) - Cinzia
1973
Lungo il fiume e sull'acqua (TV Mini Series) as
Dorothy Merson
- Episode #1.5 (1973) - Dorothy Merson
- Episode #1.4 (1973) - Dorothy Merson
- Episode #1.3 (1973) - Dorothy Merson
- Episode #1.2 (1973) - Dorothy Merson
1972
Con rabbia e con dolore (TV Mini Series) as
Giovanna
- Episode #1.2 (1972) - Giovanna
- Episode #1.1 (1972) - Giovanna
1972
Il socio (TV Movie) as
Claudia Borrusi
1970
Le tue mani sul mio corpo
1966
Bandiera bianca (TV Movie) as
Nina
1963
Il successo (TV Movie) as
Eugenia
1960
La pisana (TV Mini Series) as
Aquilina
- Episode #1.6 (1960) - Aquilina
- Episode #1.2 (1960)
- Episode #1.1 (1960)
1960
Tre giorni a Roma (TV Movie) as
Anna
1959
Arriva la banda as
Giulia
1958
Antigone (TV Movie) as
Ismene
1956
Romanzo (TV Movie) as
Susette Armstrong
1955
Baci perduti (TV Movie) as
Silvia
1952
La leggenda del piave as
Gabriella (as Elena Cotta Ramusino)
Thanks
2018
Loro 2 (the director wishes to thank)
Self
2015
Ogni preziosa giornata (Documentary)(voice)
References
Elena Cotta Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA