Emma Danieli

Italian actress and television personality

Emma Danieli
Danieli in 1956
Born	Emma Fretta (1936-10-14)14 October 1936 Curtatone, Mantua, Kingdom of Italy
Died	21 June 1998(1998-06-21) (aged 61) Lugano, Switzerland
Occupation	Actress

Emma Danieli (born Emma Fretta; 14 October 1936 – 21 June 1998) was an Italian actress and television personality.

Life and career

Born in Curtatone, Mantua, Danieli started her career at very young age as an actress of commercials.^[1] After winning a beauty contest, she made her film debut in 1953, in the anthology film Siamo donne.^[1] While her film career ended after a little more than a decade, Danieli was better appreciated on television, where she was one of the first announcers as well as a TV presenter and an actress in television films and series.^[1]^[2] She was also active on stage.^[1] Danieli was married to director Franco Morabito. ^[1]

Selected filmography

We, the Women (1953)
Doctor Antonio (1954)
Devil's Cavaliers (1959)
The Corsican Brothers (1961)
Guns of the Black Witch (1961)
The Last Man on Earth (1964)
Slalom (1965)
God's Thunder (1965)
The Spy Who Loved Flowers (1966)
Spies Strike Silently (1966)
Commissariato di notturna (1974)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano - Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 888440214X.
^ Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni, Enciclopedia della Televisione, Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. ISBN 881150466X.