Enrica Bonaccorti

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Enrica Bonaccorti
Bonaccorti in 2010
Born18 November 1949 (1949-11-18) (age 74)
Savona, Italy
Occupations
  • Actress
  • radio presenter
  • television presenter
  • lyricist

Enrica Bonaccorti (born 18 November 1949) is an Italian former actress, television and radio presenter, and lyricist.

Life and career[edit]

Born in Savona, Liguria, Bonaccorti spent her adolescence in several cities, including Sassari and Genoa, because of the work of her father, a police colonel.[1][2] She started her career on stage, debuting in the play Alla ringhiera and later joining the stage company held by Domenico Modugno and Paola Quattrini.[1][3] She also collaborated with Modugno composing the lyrics of several songs, notably Modugno's hits "La lontananza [it]" and "Amara terra mia [it]".[2][3] During the 1970s she also appeared in films and television series.[1][4] She debuted as radio presenter in 1974, with the program L'uomo della notte [it], which she hosted alongside the poet Alfonso Gatto, and as television presenter in 1978 with the quiz show Il sesso forte [it], which she co-hosted with Michele Gammino.[1][4] She had the peak of her career between the mid-1980s and the early 1990s, when she hosted the successful quiz shows Pronto, chi gioca? [it] (1985–1987), Cari genitori [it] (1988–1991) and the first season of the variety show Non è la Rai (1991–1992).[1][4] She is an atheist.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e Saporiti, Marco (2011). Canale 5 (in Italian). Vol. 1: La storia, i personaggi. Cerebro. ISBN 978-88-96782-13-2.
  2. ^ a b Memorie Sassaresi (31 January 2013). "Innamorarsi a Sassari, i ricordi di Enrica fanno bene alla città". La Nuova Sardegna (in Italian). Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b Ternavasio, Maurizio (2004). La leggenda di mister Volare: vita di Domenico Modugno (in Italian). Milan: Giunti. ISBN 88-09-03768-5.
  4. ^ a b c Grasso, Aldo, ed. (1996). Enciclopedia della televisione (in Italian). Milan: Garzanti. ISBN 88-11-50466-X.
  5. ^ Giordano, Lucio (10 June 2022). "Enrica Bonaccorti: io non credo ma sono invidiosa di chi ama Dio". Dipiù (in Italian). No. 23. pp. 86–89.

External links[edit]

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