Spouse(s) Tony Hughes (divorced) Children Bianca Venuti | Name Maria Venuti Role Actress | |
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Occupation Actress (film, Stage and television) Movies Bathing Franky, Big Mamma's Boy, Fistful of Flies People also search for Franco di Chiera, Owen Elliott, Monica Pellizzari | ||
Maria venuti great balls of fire
Maria Francesia Anna Venuti (born, 1941) AM, is an Australian actress, entertainer and author, who has appeared in numerous television shows and film and theatre productions, for over 50 years. Her father was an Italian from Sicily, who came to Australia in 1926 and her mother, Bella who was 18 years younger than her father, was from Cairo, Egypt and came to Sydney Australia in 1939. Venuti is also a singer, as well as an accomplished pianist who is noted for her work in cabaret and supper clubs, including working throughout Asia. She has a daughter named Bianca by her previous husband, Tony; they are now divorced. She has a half sister, Gina and had a half brother Francesco, who died of Diphtheria . Venuti has written a memoir, called "A Whole Lot of Front".
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- Maria venuti great balls of fire
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Her early life was unsettled and when she was in kindergarten, she moved schools four times because of bullying due to her descent.
Maria venuti all that jazz
Stalking and intruder incident
In November 2016, she was hospitalized after suffering a stroke, and was subsequently placed in a coma after the stress of an intruder entering her home in Gladesville, New South Wales. The police had been called three times previously, after the 38-year-old man was seen lingering outside her home and stalking Ms Venuti, turning up with flowers and alleging he was married to her. The man was taken under escort to the Royal North Shore Hospital, for a mental evaluation
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