The actress Maria Rosaria Homage And dead at the age of 67 years oldBorn in Naples, but resident in Rome for years, she was sick for a long time. In his career he has starred in dozens of films, plays and TV series, written books and directed prose shows and operas. She also received the Pasinetti Award at the Venice Film Festival for her portrayal of Oriana Fallaci in the film Walesa, the man of hope by Polish director Andrzej Wajda. “Dear Maria Rosaria. You left us. You began your new journey towards the spirituality you loved so much. You were a loving, enlightening, present friend. A beautiful and cultured woman. You will also be greatly missed by my little dogs, to whom you used to say, give a kiss from Aunt Marò. RIP”, commented a user on the actress’s Instagram profile. – “With the passing of Maria Rosaria Omaggio we bid farewell to a great Italian actress of cinema and theater, an icon of style who worked with the greatest actors and directors”, declared the President of the Culture Commission of the Chamber, Federico Mollicone. “I like to remember her in the guise of Oriana Fallaci, a character she loved very much, and of Christina of Sweden, an interpretation that I had the pleasure of sharing with her as President of the Roman Carnival with Alessandro Benvenuti. We will always remember her irony, her sensitivity, her elegance. We are honored to have known her and the confidence she received. Life is a stage of which you were the queen. Now you have climbed into your carriage towards other stages and other characters. Have a good trip Maria Rosaria”.
CINEMA, TELEVISION AND ORIANA FALLACI
In 1976, Maria Rosaria Omaggio made her debut at the cinema con Rome a mano armata e Anti-theft team alongside Maurizio Merli and Tomas Milian. Among the films performed appear Ass and shirt by Pasquale Festa Campanile, To gamble by Cinzia TH Torrini, The Adventures of the Incredible Hercules by Luigi Cozzi, It was a dark and stormy night…by Alessandro Benvenuti, Guido who challenged the Red Brigades by Giuseppe Ferrara, Looking at the stars by Stefano Calvagna and L’Ave Maria by Ninì Grassia. In television he has participated in numerous variety and fiction shows, from Very nice song a Expensive Master 2yes Mafia women a The teamuntil Don Matteo 5. A Oriana FallaciHomage has given voice on radio and in audiobooks Anger and Pride, If you are born a woman e Pasolini, an inconvenient man. In the theater you created and interpreted Oriana’s words in concert, a show staged at the end of January 2020 also in New York. She also acted in the film Saturday, Sunday and Mondayfrom the comedy by De Filippo, directed by Edoardo De Angelis with Sergio Castellitto, where she played aunt Memè and which won the Nastro d’Argento 2022 as Best TV movie. Among her latest shows there is instead Home Planet Earth, a journey through words, images and music of the West and the East, to communicate that Planet Earth is our home and that we are an integral part of it. In May 2023, in the Ara Pacis Auditorium in Rome, on the occasion of the Night of Museums, he brought the singer Grazia Di Michele back on stage call it life, a show based on works and songs by Italo Calvino and dedicated both to the children victims of wars and to the hundredth anniversary of the birth of the great writer. A great athlete, Omaggio has practiced fist, sword and fan Tai Ji since 1988 and was a federal instructor for the CSI – Italian Sports Center. For her social commitment, in 2005 she was named Unicef Goodwill Ambassador.
the funerals
The funeral of the actress Maria Rosaria Omaggio will take place tomorrow 2 July at 3.30 pm in Rome, in the parish of San Giuseppe al Trionfale.
