# Italian Actress-Memory Block-Help? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 6, 2004, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-actress-memory-block-help/238592 "2004-04-06T18:14:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-actress-memory-block-help/238592/1 "2004-04-06T18:14:11Z")
I recall a film, in which there was an Italian actress. She was wearing a white dress, white-rimmed -plastic sunglasses with black lenses, & may have been using a cigarette holder. 50’s-60’s era. [Here is a link](http://web.iwebcenters.com/lasvegasspeedracers/images/BJTItalian.jpg) The woman on the left in the cartoon is a caricature of her. Who was the actress? What film did she wear the costume in? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Karmagun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Karmagun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karmagun)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-actress-memory-block-help/238592/2 "2004-04-06T18:19:47Z")
Haven’t got much to go by, but… [Franca Valeri](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0884518/)? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-actress-memory-block-help/238592/3 "2004-04-06T18:23:29Z")
> [@Karmagun](#): > > Haven’t got much to go by, but… [Franca Valeri](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0884518/)? Noooo…the film was in English. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-actress-memory-block-help/238592/4 "2004-04-06T18:23:45Z")
Gina Lollobrigida? Is the picture in the second row the glasses you are thinking of? [http://www.geocities.com/lollophotos/ginagallery5.html](http://www.geocities.com/lollophotos/ginagallery5.html) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-actress-memory-block-help/238592/5 "2004-04-06T18:34:01Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > Gina Lollobrigida? > > Is the picture in the second row the glasses you are thinking of? > > [http://www.geocities.com/lollophotos/ginagallery5.html](http://www.geocities.com/lollophotos/ginagallery5.html) It may or may not have been Gina, but the woman was wearing sunglasses, with black lenses. ---
**Author:** ![Karmagun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Karmagun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karmagun)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-actress-memory-block-help/238592/6 "2004-04-06T18:36:25Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Noooo…the film was in English. Err… well, that narrows it down considerably. Sofia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida are the likely candidates then. ---
**Author:** ![Karmagun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Karmagun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karmagun)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-actress-memory-block-help/238592/7 "2004-04-06T18:46:48Z")
Oh, also Claudia Cardinale, Stefania Sandrelli and Monica Vitti. If she’s not one of these five (with Sophia and Gina), well, I’m outa here. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-actress-memory-block-help/238592/8 "2004-04-06T19:31:30Z")
The other one who comes to mind is [Pier Angeli](http://perso.club-internet.fr/beamovclassics/pier_angeli/) who is stunningly beautiful and did English speaking films, but I can’t find a photo in those glasses… I don’t think Anna Magnani did many, if any, English-speaking films - I can’t remember…oops, a quick check of IMDB says she did - here is the link: > **[Anna Magnani - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0536167/)** > > Anna Magnani, Actress: Roma città aperta. Anna Magnani was born in Rome, Italy (not in Egypt, as some biographies claim), on March 7, 1908. She was the illegitimate child of Marina Magnani and an unknown father, often said to be from Alexandria,... but don’t see any shots with glasses. Man, what did they put in the water over there - these women are so beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-actress-memory-block-help/238592/9 "2004-05-17T23:42:45Z")
Anybody else have any ideas/input? ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-actress-memory-block-help/238592/10 "2004-05-18T00:45:51Z")
Well she’s not Italian, but Audrey Hepburn was wearing the exact white outfit you mention, complete with white-rimmed sunglasses and cigarette holder, in the opening scenes of the movie _Charade_. (I know it’s a long shot, but hey, you asked for other ideas). ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-actress-memory-block-help/238592/11 "2004-05-18T01:50:07Z")
**THIS IS NOT WORK-SAFE! DO NOT LOOK AT WORK!** **THIS IS NOT WORK-SAFE! DO NOT LOOK AT WORK!** **THIS IS NOT WORK-SAFE! DO NOT LOOK AT WORK!** The first person I thought of was Elsa Martinelli. Since it’s not work-safe, I made it unclickable. You’ll have to C&P the url, removing the embedded spaces in “http” and the word “celebs”. ht tp://151.196.192.190/ce lebs/martinelli\_elsa.jpg ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-actress-memory-block-help/238592/12 "2004-05-18T05:01:58Z")
On the cartoon is a big-busted, big nosed woman talking about meatballs. Sophia Loren was, IS, well endowned - both with her honker and bra-size-wise - and a good cook. [she has written several cook books] Is the picture you have in mind anything like [this?](http://www.sophialoren.com/about/photos/black/index.htm) [7th row, first pic on the left] As to the movie… There aren’t a whole lot English language movies with Loren in those days. Houseboat? The Black Orchid? That kind of woman? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-actress-memory-block-help/238592/13 "2004-05-18T12:22:51Z")
> [@gum](#): > > On the cartoon is a big-busted, big nosed woman talking about meatballs. Sophia Loren was, IS, well endowned - both with her honker and bra-size-wise - and a good cook. [she has written several cook books] > > Is the picture you have in mind anything like [this?](http://www.sophialoren.com/about/photos/black/index.htm) > [7th row, first pic on the left] > > As to the movie… There aren’t a whole lot English language movies with Loren in those days. Houseboat? The Black Orchid? That kind of woman? The woman on the _left_ in the cartoon. I distinctly recall the glasses had _white_ frames.