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Federica Ranchi | |
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Ranchi in Violent Summer (1959) | |
| Born | 5 May 1939 |
| Died | 15 May 2025 (aged 86) Aegina, Greece |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1956–1962 |
Federica Ranchi (5 May 1939 – 15 May 2025) was an Italian actress.
Born in Trieste, while a student at liceo linguistico Ranchi was noted by a Cines employee through a picture of her ballet company, and subsequently won an audition for the Leonardo De Mitri's comedy-drama Wives and Obscurities.[1][2]
Typically cast in roles of sensitive and fragile women, following several roles with auteurs such as Valerio Zurlini and Gillo Pontecorvo and in some genre films, in 1963 Ranchi married a Greek shipowner and eventually retired from showbusiness, even refusing a five-year contract with Dino De Laurentiis.[1][2]
Ranchi died on 15 May 2025, at the age of 86.[3]