Valeria Moriconi(1931-2005)
- Actress
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Valeria Moriconi was born in Jesi, Marche region, in the centre of
Italy. She was very young when she acted in an art company, but the
success came with the movies "Gli Italiani si voltano" and "La
Spiaggia". She won the Golden Grolla award for "Le soldatesse". She
performed on stage in a lot of theatrical plays at Arlecchino Theater
(now Flaiano), from "Girotondo" of Schnitzler and "Per un amore a Roma"
of patti to "Arialda" of Testori and directed by Visconti. In the 60s
she met the director Franco Enriquez and for him left her husband Aldo
Moriconi, entwining a love affair. After Enriquez's death she loved
Vittorio Spiga, a journalist of Bologna and at her death he was at her
bed.
The president of Italian Republic, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, elected her Great master of Republic. In 2000 she was the voice for Papa's comments during Via Crucis. In 1999 she took the Renato Simoni award. She worked until the end of her life, notwithstanding the illness, but on 7th of June 2005 she was forced to interrupt her theater tour with "Gli Spettri" of Ibsen.
The president of Italian Republic, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, elected her Great master of Republic. In 2000 she was the voice for Papa's comments during Via Crucis. In 1999 she took the Renato Simoni award. She worked until the end of her life, notwithstanding the illness, but on 7th of June 2005 she was forced to interrupt her theater tour with "Gli Spettri" of Ibsen.
