| Aïché Nana | |
| Birth Name: | Kiash Nanah |
| Birth Place: | Beirut, Lebanon |
| Death Place: | Rome, Italy |
| Occupation: | Actress, dancer, stripper |
| Spouse: | Sergio Pastore |
| Years Active: | 1954–2014 |
Kiash Nanah (1935/36 - 29 January 2014), better known by her stage name Aïché (Ayşe) Nana, was a Lebanese-born dancer and stripper.
Born in Beirut, Lebanon to Armenian parents, she began her career in 1954, before moving to France then Italy and becoming a belly dancer. She was married to Italian film director and producer and screenwriter Sergio Pastore.
She became a celebrity in Italy, following a famous striptease on 5 November 1958 during a private party at the Rugantino restaurant and nightclub on the Viale di Trastevere in Rome, which caused a national scandal and went on to provide the inspiration for the 'orgy' scene in Federico Fellini's film La dolce vita.[1] [2]
Nana died from cancer on 29 January 2014 at the Aurelia Hospital in Rome, Italy. She was 78.[3] [4]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | The Lebanese Mission | La danseuse | ||
| 1956 | A Touch of the Sun | Belly Dancer | ||
| 1965 | Sheriff Won't Shoot | Desiree | ||
| 1966 | A... For Assassin | Adriana Prescott | ||
| 1966 | Thompson - 1880 | Fanny | ||
| 1968 | Giurò... e li uccise ad uno ad uno... Piluk il timido | Daisy Sugar Candy | ||
| 1968 | Due occhi per uccidere | Nadia | ||
| 1968 | Crisantemi per un branco di carogne | |||
| 1970 | Edipeon | Lola | ||
| 1977 | I nuovi mostri | La principessa Altoprati | (segment "First Aid") | |
| 1978 | Porco mondo | |||
| 1978 | Enfantasme | Gipsy | ||
| 1979 | Images in a Convent | Mother Superior | ||
| 1983 | The Story of Piera | La veggente / Midwife | ||
| 1985 | King David | Ahinoab | ||
| 1991 | Strepitosamente... flop | Pon | (final film role) |