Marisa Laurito

Italian actress, singer, and television personality

Marisa Laurito

Born|  (1951-04-19) 19 April 1951 (age 73)

Naples, Italy

Occupations|

* Actress
* singer
* television personality

Marisa Laurito (born 19 April 1951) is an Italian actress, singer and television personality.

## Life and career

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Born in Naples, Italy, Laurito debuted at a very young age entering the stage company of Eduardo De Filippo.[1][2][3] She obtained large popularity with Renzo Arbore's variety show Quelli della notte, and then went on to host several TV-programs, including two editions of the RAI Saturday night show Fantastico.[1][2][3] In 1989, she entered the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Il babà è una cosa seria", ranking twelfth.[1][3] Laurito is also author of several cookbooks. She believes in one God but she does not follow any religion.[4]

## Selected filmography

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* Perdutamente tuo... mi firmo Macaluso Carmelo fu Giuseppe (1976)
* L'Italia s'è rotta (1976)
* The Payoff (1978)
* Gegè Bellavita (1978)
* Odds and Evens (1978)
* Café Express (1980)
* La pagella (1980)
* A tu per tu (1984)
* Il mistero di Bellavista (1985)
* Il tenente dei carabinieri (1986)
* Terra Nova (1991)
* W gli sposi [it] (2019)
* I fratelli De Filippo (2021)

## References

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1. ^ a b c Anselmi, Eddy (2009). Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana (in Italian). Modena: Panini. ISBN 978-88-6346-229-6.
2. ^ a b Grasso, Aldo, ed. (1996). Enciclopedia della televisione (in Italian). Milan: Garzanti. ISBN 88-11-50466-X.
3. ^ a b c Dell'Arti, Giorgio; Parrini, Massimo (2008). Catalogo dei viventi 2009: 7247 italiani notevoli con l'indice di tutti i nomi citati (in Italian). Venice: Marsilio. ISBN 978-88-317-9599-9.
4. ^ Giordano, Lucio (10 November 2023). "Credo in un unico Dio che è amore, ma non nelle regole della religione". Dipiù (in Italian). No. 45\. pp. 86–89.

## External links

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* Official website
* Marisa Laurito at IMDb

Authority control databases

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National|

* Germany
* United States
* France
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* Italy
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