Laura Efrikian(Armenian:Լաուրա Էֆրիկյան;born 14 June 1940), is an Italian actress and television personality. She is ofArmeniandescent.

Laura Efrikian
Efrikian in 1965
Born
Laura Ephrikian

(1940-06-14)14 June 1940(age 84)
Treviso,Kingdom of Italy
OccupationActress
Spouse
(m.1966;div.1979)

Life and career

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Born inTrevisoasLaura Ephrikian,the daughter of the conductor and musicologistAngelo Ephrikian,Efrikian graduated in acting at the drama school of thePiccolo TeatroinMilan.[1]

Since 1960 Efrikian intensively worked in theater, television and films,[1]notably hosting the 1962 edition of theSanremo Music Festival.[1][2]After the film debut in the 1961peplum filmHercules and the Conquest of Atlantis,Efrikian starred in severalmusicarellifilmswithGianni Morandi,whom she married in 1966;[1]the couple divorced in 1979.[3]

She considers herself Roman Catholic.[4]

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^abcdLancia, Enrico; Poppi, Roberto, eds. (2003). "EFRIKIAN Laura".Le attrici: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri.Dizionario del cinema italiano (in Italian). Rome: Gremese Editore. p. 123.ISBN88-8440-214-X.
  2. ^Anselmi, Eddy (2009).Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana(in Italian). Modena: Panini.ISBN978-88-6346-229-6.
  3. ^Zizzo, Vivì (1 February 2011)."Laura Efrikian torna a parlare. Intervista esclusiva alla prima moglie di Gianni Morandi".Oggi(in Italian).Retrieved8 January2014.
  4. ^Giordano, Lucio (2 August 2024). "Quando ho incontrato i bambini orfani dell'Africa ho incontrato Dio e L'ho amato".Dipiù(in Italian). No. 30. pp. 82–85.
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