Maria Laura Rocca | |
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![]() Rocca in
L'oro di Roma, (1961) | |
Born | Maria Laura Gayno 5 October 1917
Pasian di Prato, Italy |
Died | 6 May 1999
Rome, Italy | (aged 81)
Occupation | Actress |
Maria Laura Rocca (5 October 1917 – 6 May 1999) was an Italian actress and writer.
Born Maria Laura Gayno in Pasian di Prato, Udine, Rocca spent her adolescence in Genoa, her mother's birthplace. [1] After acting in some amateur dramatics, she studied drama under Teresa Franchini, with whom she also made her professional debut on stage at 30 years old. [1] In films, she was mainly active in supporting roles in adventure and peplum genres, sometimes credited as Manuela Kent. [1] She retired from acting in the mid-1960s. [1] In 1959, she was the author of the book Cina senza muraglia, and in 1969, she wrote the film Mr. Superinvisible, being credited as Mary Eller. [1]
In 1939, Rocca married Giuseppe Bisazza, and they had a son, Oreste. [1] In 1948 she remarried to Communist politician Umberto Terracini. [1]
Rocca died in a clinic in Rome, following a long illness, in 1999, at 81 years old. [2]
Maria Laura Rocca | |
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![]() Rocca in
L'oro di Roma, (1961) | |
Born | Maria Laura Gayno 5 October 1917
Pasian di Prato, Italy |
Died | 6 May 1999
Rome, Italy | (aged 81)
Occupation | Actress |
Maria Laura Rocca (5 October 1917 – 6 May 1999) was an Italian actress and writer.
Born Maria Laura Gayno in Pasian di Prato, Udine, Rocca spent her adolescence in Genoa, her mother's birthplace. [1] After acting in some amateur dramatics, she studied drama under Teresa Franchini, with whom she also made her professional debut on stage at 30 years old. [1] In films, she was mainly active in supporting roles in adventure and peplum genres, sometimes credited as Manuela Kent. [1] She retired from acting in the mid-1960s. [1] In 1959, she was the author of the book Cina senza muraglia, and in 1969, she wrote the film Mr. Superinvisible, being credited as Mary Eller. [1]
In 1939, Rocca married Giuseppe Bisazza, and they had a son, Oreste. [1] In 1948 she remarried to Communist politician Umberto Terracini. [1]
Rocca died in a clinic in Rome, following a long illness, in 1999, at 81 years old. [2]