Daniela Rocca (b. September 12 1937 in Catania, Italy - d. May 28 1995 in Milo, Sicily) was an Italian model and actress.
Rocca was born and raised in Acireale, a poor neighborhood in Catania. She became Miss Catania in 1953, and was discovered by talent scouts after competing in a Miss Italy competition. She made her film debut in French director Maurice Cloche's Marchands de Filles (1957) and also appeared in the Riccardo Freda film Caltiki - il mostro immortale (1959). More film roles followed, but Rocca did not find fame until Divorzio all'Italiana (1962). Rocca became a star after playing the part of the smothering wife Marcello Mastroianni is desperate to escape in Pietro Germi's international box-office hit. Rocca fell in love with Germi during filming and attempted suicide when he rejected her. After that, she was considered unstable and was not offered significant roles. A nervous breakdown led to a stay in a mental hospital. After playing minor roles in movies and television, her show business career ended in 1967. She ended her days in a retirement home in Milo, near Catania. There she wrote four books: Agente segreto con licenza di vivere; Avvocato offresi; Il condannato a morte; and Psicoanalisi, sogni, fantasie nascosti nella mente; and a collection of poems, Ara.
External links
Daniela Rocca at the Internet Movie Database
Obituary: Daniela Rocca, by Peter Achtner. The Independent (London) June 2, 1995
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NAME
Rocca, Daniela
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DATE OF BIRTH
1937-9-12
PLACE OF BIRTH
Catania, Italy
DATE OF DEATH
May 28, 1995 (aged 57)
PLACE OF DEATH
Milo, Sicily)
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