Laura Efrikian

Laura Efrikian
Efrikian in 1965
Born
Laura Ephrikian

(1940-06-14) 14 June 1940 (age 84)
Treviso, Kingdom of Italy
OccupationActress
Spouse
(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

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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.[1]

Since 1960 Efrikian intensively worked in theater, television and films,[1] notably hosting the 1962 edition of the Sanremo Music Festival.[1][2] 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;[1] the couple divorced in 1979.[3]

She considers herself Roman Catholic.[4]

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d 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.
  2. ^ Anselmi, Eddy (2009). Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana (in Italian). Modena: Panini. ISBN 978-88-6346-229-6.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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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