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Daniela Rocca (12 September 1937 – 28 May 1995) was an Italian actress, model and writer.




Biography



Rocca was born and raised in Acireale, a small town near Catania. She became Miss Catania in 1953, and was discovered by talent scouts after competing in a Miss Italy competition.
Rocca made her film debut in French director Maurice Cloche's Marchands de Filles (1957) and also appeared in the Riccardo Freda film Caltiki – The Immortal Monster (Caltiki – il mostro immortale, 1959), and Esther and the King (1960). More film roles followed, but Rocca did not garner international attention until Divorce, Italian Style (Divorzio all'Italiana, 1961). Rocca became a star after playing the part of the smothering wife Marcello Mastroianni is desperate to escape in Pietro Germi's international box-office hit. Rocca fell in love with Germi during filming and attempted suicide when he rejected her. After that, she was considered unstable and was not offered significant roles. A nervous breakdown led to a stay in a mental hospital.
After playing minor roles in movies and television, her show business career ended in 1967. She ended her days in a retirement home in Milo, near Catania. There she wrote four books: Agente segreto con licenza di vivere; Avvocato offresi; Il condannato a morte; and Psicoanalisi, sogni, fantasie nascosti nella mente; and a collection of poems, Ara.




Partial filmography






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External links


Daniela Rocca at IMDb

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Divorce: Italian Style
• Divorzio all'italiana
• Aktris Utama Terbaik (BAFTA)
• João Gilberto
• Daftar Runner-up Miss International
• Daftar negara peserta Miss International
• Miss World 1990
• Daniela Rocca
• Divorce Italian Style
• Danielle
• Symphony for a Massacre
• 1995 in film
• Rocca (surname)
• Revenge of the Barbarians
• La dolce vita
• Esther and the King
• Renato Balestra