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Bice Valori
Bice Valori
	Valori in 1973
Born	Maria Bice Valori; 13 May 1927; Rome, Italy
Died	17 March 1980 (aged 52); Rome, Italy
Education	Silvio d'Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts
Occupation	Actress
Spouse	Paolo Panelli (m. 1952)
Family	Aldo Valori [it] (father) ; Michele Valori (brother)

Maria Bice Valori (13 May 1927 – 17 March 1980) was an Italian actress, comedian and television and radio personality.

Early life and career

Born in Rome, Valori studied at the Silvio d'Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts, graduating in 1948.^[1] The same year, she entered the stage company of the Piccolo Teatro of Rome directed by Orazio Costa.^[1]^[2] 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.^[1]^[2] In films, she was a very active character actress, mainly cast in humorous roles.^[1] Valori appeared often on television, as a comedian, a presenter and an actress in series and TV-movies of some success.^[1]^[2] She also had a consistent success on radio, in which she created the character of "Sora Bice", a shrewish RAI telephone operator.^[1]^[2]

Personal life and death

Valori often shared the scene with her husband, the actor and comedian Paolo Panelli, whom she had married in 1952.^[1] Their daughter Alessandra [it] is also an actress.^[3] Valori died in 1980, aged 52, as a result of a tumor.^[3]

Partial filmography

His Last Twelve Hours (1950) – a witness of the accident
Accidents to the Taxes!! (1951) – boarding school pupil
Toto the Third Man (1951) – Luisa, Pietro's wife
Seven Hours of Trouble (1951) – Maddalena, the nursemaid
The Steamship Owner (1951) – Marga
My Heart Sings (1951) – Liliana
Deceit (1952) – Giustina
Good Folk's Sunday (1953) (uncredited)
Siamo tutti inquilini (1953) – waitress
Marriage (1954) – Anna Snakina, the midwife
Papà Pacifico (1954) – Gina, the servant
The Three Thieves (1954) – a friend of Doris'
The Belle of Rome (1955) – Sister Serafina
La moglie è uguale per tutti (1955) – Giulietta's sister
Bravissimo (1955) – soprano
The Most Wonderful Moment (1957) – Carla
Susanna Whipped Cream (1957) – Rossella
Femmine tre volte (1957) – Katiuscia
La zia d'America va a sciare (1957) – Faustina
Maid, Thief and Guard (1958) – the countess
Le dritte (1958) – Edna Piselli
Caporale di giornata (1958) – Gelsomina
Mia nonna poliziotto (1958) – Francesca
Le confident de ces dames (1959) – Lucienne
Guardatele ma non toccatele (1959) – Irma, La Notte's wife
Tough Guys (1960) – Genzianetta
Le signore (1960) – Nora
Caccia al marito (1960) – Giuditta, the nursemaid
Il carro armato dell'8 settembre (1960)
Ferragosto in bikini (1960) – Gladys
5 marines per 100 ragazze (1961) – the director
Hercules in the Valley of Woe (1961)
Scandali al mare (1961) – Beatrice Garfanò
Mariti a congresso (1961)
Adultero lui, adultera lei (1963) – the defense attorney
Le motorizzate (1963) – Lola Rossi (segment "La roulotte squillo")
Salad by the Roots (1964) – aunt Ophélie (uncredited)
Amori pericolosi (1964) – the housekeeper (segment "Il generale")
Oltraggio al pudore (1964)
Il giornalino di Gian Burrasca (1964) – Geltrude, the boarding school director
Le sedicenni (1965)
Rita the Mosquito (1966) – Luigina, the school director
The Taming of the Shrew (1967) – the widow
Be Sick... It's Free (1968) – Amelia, Dr. Bui's wife
Gli infermieri della mutua (1969) – Dr. Venanzi
Il suo nome è Donna Rosa (1969) – Donna Rosa
Lisa dagli occhi blu (1970) – mom Coco Prandi
Mezzanotte d'amore (1970) – Donna Rosa

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. pp. 359–360. ISBN 888440214X.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Aggeo Savioli (18 March 1980). "Una simpatica burbera dalla voce grossa e dal cuore d'oro". L'Unità. p. 9.
^ ^a ^b e. b. (18 March 1980). "È morta Bice Valori; il teatro perde un volto della simpatia". La Stampa. No. 61. p. 7.