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Italian television personality and actress

Edy Campagnoli
Born(1934-06-12)12 June 1934
Milan, Kingdom of Italy
Died6 February 1995(1995-02-06) (aged 60)
Milan, Italy
Occupations
  • Television personality
  • actress

Edda "Edy" Campagnoli (Italian pronunciation: [ˈɛdda ˈɛːdi kampaɲˈɲɔːli]; 12 June 1934 – 6 February 1995) was an Italian television personality and actress.

Life and career

Born in Milan, Campagnoli started her career as a runway model after World War II. In 1954 she played Venus in the opera La Vestale by Luchino Visconti.

Campagnoli made her television debut in the program Vetrine, then, noticed by a RAI manager, in 1955 she was chosen as the assistant of Mike Bongiorno in the popular quiz show Lascia o raddoppia?. In spite of the controversies surrounding her ornamental role, for which she was nicknamed la valletta muta (i.e. "the mute valet"), Campagnoli achieved a large popularity, as to be referred to as "the most famous woman in Italy".

After abandoning the quiz show in 1959, Campagnoli appeared in a number of other television programs, then she left the showbusiness in mid-1960s to pursue a career as a fashion businesswoman. She died at 60 years old for the consequences of a stroke. She had been married to Italian football goalkeeper Lorenzo Buffon for a time, although they later divorced. She had previously also dated Buffon's career rival, goalkeeper Giorgio Ghezzi.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1956 La voce che uccide Giovanna
1956 Totò lascia o raddoppia? Herself
1956 I miliardari Herself
1965 I complessi Herself Segment "Guglielmo il Dentone" (final film role)

References

  1. ^ Anna Bandettini (7 February 1995). "Addio Edy la madre di tutte le vallette". La Repubblica. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Addio Edy Campagnoli, dolce valletta "muta"". Corriere della Sera. 7 February 1995. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  3. "Ci ritorni in mente... Lorenzo Buffon". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  4. "Il kamikaze Ghezzi e le notti di Cesenatico" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2016.

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