Alma Franca Maria Norsa OMRI (31 July 1920 – 9 August 2020), known professionally as Franca Valeri, was an Italian actress, playwright, screenwriter, author, and theatre director.
Queer Places:
Cimitero di Trevignano Romano
Trevignano Romano, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy
Alma Franca Maria Norsa OMRI (31 July 1920 – 9 August 2020), known professionally as Franca Valeri, was an Italian actress, playwright, screenwriter, author, and theatre director.
In 2011, celebrated at the Mix Milano with the Queen of comedy award, she revealed that she had "always known that the homosexual public likes her a lot and I am pleased with this party: it is a sophisticated, non-trivial audience". According to her, the passions of homosexuals "always went for a certain type of actor, especially women, with a strong temperament, elegant and ironic women, especially towards themselves, whether they are aware of it or not" . Among her openly gay friends, “Luchino Visconti, Giuseppe Patroni Griffi. Enlightened homosexuals. On the other hand, if we take a look at the history of the world, homosexuality has always touched intelligence and art".
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