| Elena Varzi | |
| Birth Date: | 1926 12, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Rome, Italy |
| Death Place: | Sperlonga, Italy |
| Occupation: | Actress |
Elena Varzi (21 December 1926 – 1 September 2014) was an Italian film actress.
Born in Rome, in spite of a non-professional acting background, Varzi made her film debut in a leading role, as the Sicilian Maria Antonia in Renato Castellani's neorealist post-war comedy-drama It's Forever Springtime.[1] [2] Her second role, as the mistress of a Sicilian bandit in Pietro Germi's Path of Hope, received critical acclaim.[1] It was during filming The Forbidden Christ that Varzi met and later married Raf Vallone. She eventually left her film career, devoting herself to the family.[1] [2] She was the mother of Arabella, Saverio, and Eleonora Vallone.[3] Her husband died in 2002.
Varzi died of cardiac arrest at her holiday cottage in Sperlonga, Latina, on 1 September 2014. She was 87.[3]