Mourning in the world of Italian entertainment. The actress and writer Maria Rosaria Homagea great protagonist of cinema and television in Italy over the last 48 years, died today in Rome at the age of 67 after a long illness.
from tv to cinema
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Born on January 11, 1957, Maria Rosaria Homage She made her TV debut at a very young age alongside Pippo Baudo in the edition of Great song in 1973, and then soon dedicated himself to his true passion, cinema and theatre. In 1976 he made his debut alongside Maurizio Merli and Tomas Milian in films Rome a mano armata e Anti-theft teamand then continued her activity as an actress in the following years Friend’s wife is getting better and better from 1980, Ass and shirt in 1981 and To gamble by Cinzia TH Torrini the following year.
A reassuring face for the Italian public
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Maria Rosaria Omaggio has never stopped, ranging between cinema and TV and participating in successful series and sitcoms such as Dear teacher, Don Matteo and the TV movie Saturday, Sunday and Monday by Edoardo De Angelis. Also very active in the theatre, Omaggio has taken part in important productions since 1985, when she debuted in The Slave of the East by Carlo Goldoni. Then they arrived The theater manager, Shakespeare Horror Show by Claudio Boccaccini and I can of Seneca.
Very prolific also in recent years, Maria Rosaria Omaggio was directed by Woody Allen in 2012 in the film To Rome with Love and the following year she played the writer Oriana Fallaci in the film Walesa – The Man of Hope by Andrzej Wajda, a role which in 2014 brought her a Special Mention from the Francesco Pasinetti award at the 70th Venice Film Festival, the 2014 Oriana Fallaci award, and the Arechi d’oro at the Salerno International Film Festival.
three Playboy covers
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A few weeks ago, interviewed by Corriere della SeraMaria Rosaria Omaggio had remembered hers three covers of the Italian edition of Playboy in 1976, 1980 and 1982: “I posed for Playboy in the studio of the great Angelo Frontoni and I already knew that I would enter the collective imagination. You understand, three editions of half a million copies each…”
Four Great Loves for Maria Rosaria Omaggio
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Always reserved when it comes to love stories and acquaintances, Omaggio took advantage of that interview to clarify that she has not been married four times, as erroneously written online: “I only married the first one, Salvatore Vanacore, an entertainment impresario I met at Canzonissima We stayed together for 14 years.
In looking back over her successful life, the actress and writer admitted that she regretted not having had children: “I did everything to get pregnant, including uterine surgery. At 25 I lost my mother. I was left with Antonio, my older brother, a doctor, but he recently passed away due to lymphoma. Today I only have a 46-year-old nephew and the role of “goodwill ambassador” for Unicef children”.
Writing and the last years
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Alongside her work as an actress in cinema, TV and theatre, Maria Rosaria Omaggio has published several books, from Journey into the incredible which earned her the Fregene prize in Transparent energy – healing with crystals; precious stones and metalstranslated into six languages, passing through The language of Jewelery – the hidden and rediscovered meaning of the eternal art of ornamentation from A to Zpublished by Baldini & Castaldi Dalai editors.
Her latest performances date back to 2021, when she appeared in the cinema in A Martian named Ennio by Davide Cavuti, in the TV movie Saturday, Sunday and Monday and at the theater with his show Homage to Carla Fracci – love dialogues on pointewhich she wrote and directed.
