Maria Laura Rocca | |
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Rocca inGold of Rome, (1961) | |
| Born | Maria Laura Gayno 5 October 1917 (1917-10-05) Pasian di Prato, Italy |
| Died | 6 May 1999 (1999-05-07) (aged 81) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
Maria Laura Rocca (5 October 1917 – 6 May 1999) was an Italian actress and writer.
BornMaria Laura Gayno inPasian di Prato,Udine, Rocca spent her adolescence inGenoa, her mother's birthplace.[1] After acting in some amateur dramatics, she studied drama underTeresa 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 andpeplum genres, sometimes credited asManuela Kent.[1] She retired from acting in the mid-1960s.[1] In 1959, she was the author of the bookCina senza muraglia, and in 1969, she wrote the filmMr. Superinvisible, being credited as Mary Eller.[1]
In 1939, Rocca married Giuseppe Bisazza, and they had a son, Oreste.[1] In 1948 she remarried toCommunist politicianUmberto Terracini.[1]
Rocca died in a clinic in Rome, following a long illness, in 1999, at 81 years old.[2]
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