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Biography
Bice Valori (13 May 1927 – 17 March 1980) was an Italian actress, comedian and television and radio personality.
Life and career
Born in Rome, Valori studied at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts, graduating in 1948. The same year, she entered the stage company of the Piccolo Teatro of Rome directed by Orazio Costa. After playing in several classics, Valori specialized as a comedic actress, and had her main successes in the musical theatre genre, notably appearing in Rugantino and Aggiungi un posto a tavola. In films, she was a very active character actress, mainly cast in humorous roles. Valori appeared often on television, as a comedian, a presenter and an actress in series and TV-movies of some success. She also had a consistent success on radio, in which she created the character of "Sora Bice", a shrewish RAI telephone operator. Valori often shared the scene with her husband, the actor and comedian Paolo Panelli, whom she had married in 1952. Their daughter Alessandra is also an actress. Valori died in 1980, aged 53, as a result of a tumor.
Selected filmography
- Toto the Third Man (1951)
- Il padrone del vapore (1951)
- My Heart Sings (1951)
- Seven Hours of Trouble (1951)
- His Last Twelve Hours (1951)
- Inganno (1952)
- Siamo tutti inquilini (1953)
- Good Folk's Sunday (1953)
- Papà Pacifico (1954)
- The Three Thieves (1954)
- Marriage (1954)
- The Belle of Rome (1955)
- Susanna Whipped Cream (1957)
- The Most Wonderful Moment (1957)
- Maid, Thief and Guard (1958)
- Guardatele ma non toccatele (1959)
- Tough Guys (1960)
- Il carro armato dell'8 settembre (1960)
- Ferragosto in bikini (1960)
- Le signore (1960)
- Hercules in the Valley of Woe (1961)
- 5 marines per 100 ragazze (1962)
- Amori pericolosi (1964)
- Le sedicenni (1965)
- Rita the Mosquito (1966)
- Be Sick... It's Free (1968)