Kiki Palmer | |
Birth Name: | Giulia Fogliata |
Birth Place: | Milan, Kingdom of Italy |
Death Place: | Milan, Italy |
Occupation: | Actress |
Giulia Fogliata (July 11, 1907 – August 11, 1949), better known by her stage names Kiki Palmer and Daniela Palmer, was an Italian stage, film, and radio actress.
Born in Milan, after an occasional acting experience at the Teatro degli Arcimboldi Palmer left her universitary studies in medicine to became an actress.[1] After studying acting under Ida Carloni Talli, in 1931 she began using the 'Kiki Palmer' stage name.[2] Palmer was one of the most well known and highly regarded Italian stage actresses of her time, and came to be highly regarded outside of Italy as well.[3] [4] From 1938-1939, Palmer used the stagename "Palma Palmer", a name suggested to her by artist Gabriele D'Annunzio.[5] [6]
Palmer committed suicide in Rome on August 11, 1949 after the death of her friend Eva Mangili, who she considered a second mother.
Palmer was the adoptive mother of actor Renzo Palmer.