Leonora Ruffo
Born
Bruna Bovi

(1935-01-13)13 January 1935
Rome, Italy
Died28 May 2007(2007-05-28) (aged 72)
Rome, Italy
OccupationActress
Years active1951-1969
SpouseErmanno Curti (1950s-2007) (her death)[1]
Children2

Leonora Ruffo (13 January 1935 – 25 May 2007) was an Italian film actress.

Career

Born in Rome as Bruna Bovi, the daughter of Angelo Bovi, basketball coach of Ginnastica Roma, Italian Championship pluri-winner, Ruffo failed to obtain the main roles in Cielo sulla palude by Augusto Genina and Tomorrow Is Another Day by Léonide Moguy due to the opposition of her family. She eventually debuted in 1951 in Gli amanti di Ravello by Francesco De Robertis.[2]

She was almost entirely active in peplum and adventure films; an exception is her role as the sensible Sandra Rubini in Federico Fellini's I Vitelloni.[2]

She retired from acting in the late 1960s.[2]

Ruffo also starred in a number of fotoromanzi, usually being credited as Bruna Falchi or with the stage name Ingrid Swenson.[2] She was married to Italian producer Ermanno Curti, and had two sons Stefano and Gianluca. She was the aunt of Claudia Mori.

Filmography

Ruffo with Alberto Sordi in Il vedovo (1959)
Year Title Role Notes
1951The Lovers of Ravello
(Italian: Gli amanti di Ravello)		Elena
1952The Wonderful Adventures of Guerrin Meschino
(Italian: Le Meravigliose avventure di Guerrin Meschino)		Elisenda
1952The Queen of Sheba
(Italian: La regina di Saba)		Balkis, Queen of Sheba
1953I VitelloniSandra Rubini
1954Mid-Century Loves
(Italian: Amori di mezzo secolo)		Contessina Elena Micheli(segment "L'amore romantico")
1955RicordamiMaria Calise
1956Ciao, pais...Medy
1957The Black Devil
(Italian: Il diavolo nero)		Stella
1958The Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
(Italian: Le avventure di Nicola Nickleby)		Caterina Nickleby6 episodes
1958Sergente d'ispezioneGiovanna
1959Due selvaggi a corteAngela
1959Il vedovoGioia
1960Goliath and the Dragon
(Italian: La vendetta di Ercole)		Dejanira
1960Un dollaro di fifaSara Perkins
1961Spade senza bandieraGigliola
1961Maciste contro il vampiroGuja
1961Hercules in the Haunted WorldErcole al centro della terraPrincess Deianira
1966Star Pilot
(Italian: 2+5: Missione Hydra)		Kaena
1968Time and Place for KillingMulligan's daughter
1969A Woman on Fire
(Italian: Brucia, ragazzo, brucia)		Woman in Clara's dream(final film role)

References

  1. ↑ "Tribute to Leonora Ruffo".
  2. 1 2 3 4 Roberto Chiti (1999). Dizionario del cinema italiano - Le Attrici. Gremese, 1999. ISBN 8877423420.
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