Dalila Di Lazzaro

Dalila Di Lazzaro
Di Lazzaro in 1975
Born (1953-01-29) 29 January 1953 (age 71)
Udine, Italy
Other namesDalila Parker
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
  • writer
Years active1972–2015

Dalila Di Lazzaro (born 29 January 1953) is an Italian model, actress and writer.

Life and career

Born in Udine, Di Lazzaro started as a fashion model and was the subject of famous photographers such as Andy Warhol. She then gained attention in the tabloid press as a supposed relative of Sophia Loren and even a potential rival in love.[1]

Between the mid-1970s and the early 1980s Di Lazzaro worked in notable films with directors such as Alberto Lattuada, Luigi Comencini, Florestano Vancini, Alberto Sordi, Dario Argento, Klaus Kinski and Jacques Deray, then focused primarily on television.[1] In 1983 she refused the role of Domino, later played by Kim Basinger, in Never Say Never Again.[2]

In 1997 she was involved in a motorcycle crash on a Rome street which caused a fracture of a vertebra in her neck. The result was chronic pain which severely limited her career.[3]

Her last role in a movie was in 2015 in 80 Voglia di te, directed by Andrea Vialardi.

She considers herself Catholic.[4]

Partial filmography

References

  1. ^ a b Lancia, Enrico; Poppi, Roberto, eds. (2003). Dizionario del cinema italiano (in Italian). Vol. Le attrici: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Rome: Gremese. ISBN 88-8440-214-X.
  2. ^ Masi, Stefano; Lancia, Enrico (1997). Les séductrices du cinéma italien (in French). Rome: Gremese International. ISBN 88-7301-075-X.
  3. ^ Pascoli, Andrea (2 January 2023). "Dalila Di Lazzaro e l'incidente che le ha cambiato la vita: "Per undici anni non mi sono nemmeno lavata"". La Repubblica. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  4. ^ Giordano, Lucio (23 December 1998). "Dio si prese mio figlio e Lo abbandonai, ma poi Lo ritrovai con una carezza del Papa". Dipiù (in Italian).

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