Elena Varzi (21 December 1926 – 1 September 2014) was an Italian film actress.

Elena Varzi
Varzi in the Italian magazine Cineguida (1954)
Born	(1926-12-21)21 December 1926 Rome, Italy
Died	1 September 2014(2014-09-01) (aged 87) Sperlonga, Italy
Occupation	Actress
Spouse(s)	Raf Vallone ​ ​ (m. 1952; died 2002)​
Children	Arabella Vallone Saverio Vallone Eleonora Vallone

Life and career

Born in Rome, in spite of a non-professional acting background, Varzi made her film debut in a leading role, as the Sicilian Maria Antonia in Renato Castellani's neorealist post-war comedy-drama It's Forever Springtime.[1][2] Her second role, as the mistress of a Sicilian bandit in Pietro Germi's Path of Hope, received critical acclaim.[1] It was during filming The Forbidden Christ that Varzi met and later married Raf Vallone. She eventually left her film career, devoting herself to the family.[1][2] She was the mother of Arabella, Saverio, and Eleonora Vallone.[3] Her husband died in 2002.

Death

Varzi died of cardiac arrest at her holiday cottage in Sperlonga, Latina, on 1 September 2014. She was 87.[3]

Partial filmography

• It's Forever Springtime (1950)
• Path of Hope (1950)
• The Forbidden Christ (1951)
• Rome 11:00 (1952)
• The Eyes Leave a Trace (1952)
• Sunday Heroes (1953)
• Human Torpedoes (1954)

References

External links

• Elena Varzi at IMDb