Name Elena Fabrizi Siblings Aldo Fabrizi Children Aldo Trabalza | Parents Giuseppe Fabrizi Role Television actress | |
Born 17 June 1915 ( 1915-06-17 ) Rome Occupation actress, TV personality Died August 9, 1993, Rome, Italy Movies Bianco - rosso e Verdone, Soap and Water, Big Deal on Madonna, 7 chili in 7 giorni, The Overtaxed Similar People Aldo Fabrizi, Carlo Verdone, Mario Brega, Luca Verdone, Natasha Hovey | ||
Elena Fabrizi (17 June 1915 – 9 August 1993) was an Italian stage, television and film actress and a television personality. She was also known as Lella Fabrizi and Sora Lella.
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Life and career
Born in Rome, the sister of the actor and director Aldo, in the late 1950s Fabrizi started occasionally appearing in films, considering the acting career just a hobby, being her true profession the restaurateur and gastronome. Mainly used for very little character roles, her acting career had her peak in early 1980s, thanks to a series of films directed by Carlo Verdone in which she played the typical role of the good-natured, grumbling grandmother. For her role in Bianco, rosso e Verdone Fabrizi won a Silver Ribbon for Best New Actress, while in 1984 she won a David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Acqua e sapone.
Fabrizi was also a busy television personality, and for a long time she was a regular guest on the television program Maurizio Costanzo Show. She suffered from diabetes, and died of a stroke at Fatebenefratelli Hospital in Rome. She was a supporter of S.S. Lazio.