Federica Ranchi

Italian film actress (1939–2025)

Federica Ranchi

Ranchi in Violent Summer (1959)

Born| (1939-05-05)5 May 1939

Trieste, Italy

Died| 15 May 2025(2025-05-15) (aged 86)

Aegina, Greece

Occupation| Actress
Years active| 1956–1962

Federica Ranchi (5 May 1939 – 15 May 2025) was an Italian actress.

## Life and career

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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]

## Selected filmography

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* Wives and Obscurities (1956)
* The Wide Blue Road (1957)
* Devil's Cavaliers (1959)
* Violent Summer (1959)
* Son of Samson (1960)
* Goliath and the Dragon (1960)
* Women of Devil's Island (1962)

## References

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1. ^ a b Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. "Ranchi, Federica". Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 888440214X.
2. ^ a b "Federica Ranchi, l'attrice che rifiutò Hollywood". Il Piccolo (in Italian). 17 September 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
3. ^ Pastorcich, Nadia (16 May 2025). "Il mondo del cinema dà l'addio a Federica Ranchi, triestina nella dolce vita". Il Piccolo (in Italian). Retrieved 17 May 2025.

## External links

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* Federica Ranchi at IMDb

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