Biography
Daniela Rocca (12 September 1937 – 28 May 1995) was an Italian actress, model and writer. Rocca was born and raised in Acireale, a small town near Catania. She became Miss Catania in 1953, and was discovered by talent scouts after competing in a Miss Italy competition.
Rocca made her film debut in French director Maurice Cloche's Marchands de Filles (1957) and also appeared in the Riccardo Freda film Caltiki – The Immortal Monster (Caltiki – il mostro immortale, 1959), and Esther and the King (1960). More film roles followed, but Rocca did not garner international attention until Divorce, Italian Style (Divorzio all'Italiana, 1961). Rocca became a star after playing the part of the smothering wife Marcello Mastroianni is desperate to escape in Pietro Germi's international box-office hit. Rocca fell in love with Germi during filming and attempted suicide when he rejected her. After that, she was considered unstable and was not offered significant roles. A nervous breakdown led to a stay in a mental hospital.
After playing minor roles in movies and television, her show business career ended in 1967. She ended her days in a retirement home in Milo, near Catania. There she wrote four books: Agente segreto con licenza di vivere; Avvocato offresi; Il condannato a morte; and Psicoanalisi, sogni, fantasie nascosti nella mente; and a collection of poems, Ara.
Filmography
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Movies 24
The Cinema Machine (1979)
Assicurasi vergine (1967)
Behold a Pale Horse (1964)
The Empty Canvas (1963)
Symphony for a Massacre (1963)
The Attic (1963)
Beach Casanova (1962)
Conquered City (1962)
Peccati d'estate (1962)
Divorce Italian Style (1961)
Rome, 1585 (1961)
Revenge of the Barbarians (1960)
Esther and the King (1960)
Colossus and the Amazon Queen (1960)
The Battle of Austerlitz (1960)
The Giant of Marathon (1959)
Legions of the Nile (1959)
Caltiki, the Immortal Monster (1959)
Non perdiamo la testa (1959)
The Head of a Tyrant (1959)
Girl Merchants (1957)
Goodbye dreams of glory (1957)
Il padrone sono me (1955)
La Luciana (1954)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1937-09-12
Deathday1995-05-28 (57 years old)
Birth PlaceAcireale, Italy
CitizenshipsKingdom of Italy, Italy
Also Known AsДаниэла Рокка
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