Claudia Mori

Claudia Mori
Mori in the movie Yuppi du (1975)
Born
Claudia Moroni

(1944-02-12) 12 February 1944 (age 80)
Occupations
  • Television producer
  • record producer
  • actress
  • singer-songwriter
Years active
  • 1959–1985 (actress)
  • 1964–2009 (singer)
  • 1998–present (producer)
Spouse
(m. 1964)
ChildrenRosita Celentano
Giacomo Celentano
Rosalinda Celentano

Claudia Moroni (born 12 February 1944), known as Claudia Mori, is an Italian producer, former actress and former singer.

Biography

Luigi De Filippo with Claudia Mori in Cerasella (1959)

1960s

She began her career in show business as an actress playing in musicals, then in major films such as Rocco e i suoi fratelli by Luchino Visconti and Sodoma e Gomorra by Robert Aldrich.

In 1963, she met Adriano Celentano on the film set of Uno strano tipo. Celentano left his girlfriend Milena Cantù, and in 1964 he secretly married Claudia at the church of San Francesco in Grosseto. She bore three children: Rosita (1965), Giacomo (1966) and Rosalinda (1968).[1]

In 1964, she acted in Super rapina a Milano, the first film directed by Celentano. Since then her acting career suffered a setback, in favor of that as singer, in 1964, in fact, with Non guardarmi, she recorded her first album. The flip side of the vinyl record includes a cover of Little Eva's "The Loco-Motion".

She achieved a big success while singing with her husband, in 1967 with La coppia più bella del mondo and in 1970, winning the Sanremo Music Festival with "Chi non-lavora non-fa l'amore".[2]

1970s

She returned to the film set many years later, in 1971, with her husband in Er più - Storia d'amore e coltello with Vittorio Caprioli, Romolo Valli, Maurizio Arena and Ninetto Davoli directed by Sergio Corbucci. In 1973 she acted in the film Rugantino, with Adriano Celentano, and played Rosita Flores in L'emigrante, directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile.

In 1974, she recorded the album Fuori tempo, collaborating with Paolo Limiti, who wrote the song "Buonasera dottore", sung with Franco Morgan.

In 1975, Claudia participated in Yuppi du, a film directed by Celentano. In the same year, she starred in the film Culastrisce Nobile Veneziano with Marcello Mastroianni.

Another foray into the world of music was in 1977, with release of the album È amore, with the title song written by Shel Shapiro. It is the first single "Ehi, ehi, ehi", written by Roberto Vecchioni. The LP also contains "Mi vuoi" (written by Ivano Fossati and published the following year on a single version of Marcella Bella) and a cover of Roberto Carlos' "Io bella figlia".

In 1978, she was Marcella in her husband's film Geppo il folle, and in 1979, she took part in the movie Bloodline by Terence Young, with Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, Irene Papas, Romy Schneider and Omar Sharif.

1980s and 1990s

In 1980, she played Mirandolina in the film La locandiera, directed by Paolo Cavara, with Paolo Villaggio and Milena Vukotic.

In 1982, Claudia returned as a guest at the Sanremo Music Festival, singing the known song "Non succederà più"). The song, which enjoyed some commercial success in Spain, France and Germany, contains a vocal interlude by Adriano Celentano. This success helped the couple at an alleged time of crisis, and therefore the text was understood as autobiographical. In 1988 the song was featured in the Soviet movie Igla (Russian: Игла), starring Viktor Tsoi. In 1984, she released Claudia canta Adriano, an album where she sings her husband's songs.

In 1985, she acted in the film Joan Lui - Ma un giorno nel paese arrivo io di lunedì and participated at the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Chiudi la porta".

In 1989, she hosted the show Du du du with Pino Caruso; in 1991, she became the CEO of the label Clan Celentano, producing her husband's famous albums, as Mina Celentano (1998). In 1994, Claudia participated at the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Se mi ami", written by Toto Cutugno.

Recent activities

In 2009, Claudia Mori released the Claudia Mori Collection, containing a CD with her greatest hits and a DVD with a Celentano family private movie. In September 2009, she joined the X Factor judging panel, with Mara Maionchi and Morgan.

Recently she emerged as a TV series and TV movie producer, such as with C'era una volta la città dei matti... ("There Was Once a City of Fools"), with her production company Ciao ragazzi!, winning the Roma FictionFest Special Award for her achievements as a TV producer.

Discography

Albums

  • Fuori tempo (1974)
  • È amore (1977)
  • Claudia canta Adriano (1984)
  • Chiudi la porta (1985)

Filmography

As an actress

Year Title Role Notes
1959 Cerasella Cerasella
1960 Rocco and His Brothers Laundress
Il carrozziere Mirella Lanfranchi
1962 Sodom and Gomorrah Maleb
L'amore difficile Bruna segment: "Le donne"
1963 La leggenda di Fra Diavolo Luisa
Ursus in the Land of Fire Mila
The Magnificent Adventurer Piera
1964 Super rapina a Milano Wanda
1965 Un amore e un addio Lisa Branzeri
1971 Er Più - storia d'amore e di coltello Rosa Turbine
1973 Rugantino Rosetta
Little Funny Guy Rosita Flores
1975 Yuppi du Adelaide
1976 Lunatics and Lovers Luisa/ Nadia
1978 Geppo il folle Gilda
1979 Bloodline Donatella
1980 La locandiera Mirandolina
1982 Grand Hotel Excelsior Hotel guest
1985 Joan Lui Tina Foster

As a producer

Year Title Notes
1998 Treno di panna feature film
2002 Padri miniseries
2005 Un anno a primavera miniseries
De Gasperi, l'uomo della sapienza miniseries
2007 Rino Gaetano: Ma il cielo è sempre più blu miniseries
2008 Einstein television movie
2010 Once Upon a Time the City of Fools miniseries
2012 Caruso, la voce dell'amore miniseries
2019 Adrian animated television series

References

  1. ^ "The true love of Adriano Celentano and Claudia Mori". Steemit.com. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  2. ^ Giannotti, Marcello (2005). L'enciclopedia di Sanremo: 55 anni di storia del festival dalla A alla Z ("Sanremo: 55 Years of History of the Festival from A to Z"). Gremese Editore. p. 50. ISBN 978-88-8440-379-7.