| Laura Efrikian | |
|---|---|
 Efrikian in 1965 | |
| Born | Laura Ephrikian (1940-06-14) 14 June 1940 (age 84) Treviso, Kingdom of Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse |
Gianni Morandi (m. 1966; div. 1979) |
Laura Efrikian (Armenian: Լաուրա Էֆրիկյան; born 14 June 1940), is an Italian actress and television personality. She is of Armenian descent.
Life and career
Born in Treviso as Laura Ephrikian, the daughter of the conductor and musicologist Angelo Ephrikian, Efrikian graduated in acting at the drama school of the Piccolo Teatro in Milan.
Since 1960 Efrikian intensively worked in theater, television and films, notably hosting the 1962 edition of the Sanremo Music Festival. After the film debut in the 1961 peplum film Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis, Efrikian starred in several musicarelli films with Gianni Morandi, whom she married in 1966; the couple divorced in 1979.
She considers herself Roman Catholic.
Selected filmography
- Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis (1961)
- La Cittadella (1964)
- Tears on Your Face (1964)
- Non son degno di te (1965)
- Se non avessi più te (1965)
- The Young Nun (1965)
- Nessuno mi può giudicare (1966)
- Perdono (1966)
- Rita the Mosquito (1968)
- Chimera (1968)
- Things from Another World (2011)
References
- ^ Lancia, Enrico; Poppi, Roberto, eds. (2003). "EFRIKIAN Laura". Le attrici: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Dizionario del cinema italiano (in Italian). Rome: Gremese Editore. p. 123. ISBN 88-8440-214-X.
- Anselmi, Eddy (2009). Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana (in Italian). Modena: Panini. ISBN 978-88-6346-229-6.
- Zizzo, Vivì (1 February 2011). "Laura Efrikian torna a parlare. Intervista esclusiva alla prima moglie di Gianni Morandi". Oggi (in Italian). Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- Giordano, Lucio (2 August 2024). "Quando ho incontrato i bambini orfani dell'Africa ho incontrato Dio e L'ho amato". Dipiù (in Italian). No. 30. pp. 82–85.
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