Raffaella Baracchi Explained

Raffaella Baracchi
Birth Date:25 March 1964
Birth Place:Turin, Italy
Yearsactive:1986–1990
Spouse:
Children:Salomè Bene (b. 1993)

Raffaella Baracchi (born 25 March 1964) is an Italian former actress and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Italia 1983.

Miss Italia

Raffaella Baracchi, by the year 1983 and as Miss Piedmont, won the Miss Italia contest and represented Italy at the Miss Universe 1984.[1] [2]

Film career

Baracchi made her cinema debut in 1986 with Maurizio Ponzi's poliziottesco-comedy Il tenente dei carabinieri. She appeared in Ruggero Deodato's The Barbarians in 1987 and in Deodato's 1988 giallo Phantom of Death as prostitute Laura. She also appeared in the same year in Tinto Brass's neo-noir Snack Bar Budapest where she played the prostitute Milena.[3]

Personal life

Baracchi married actor Domiziano Arcangeli in 1988; the same year, she met actor and director Carmelo Bene with whom she started a relationship.[1] [2] [4] Her marriage to Arcangeli was annulled and in early 1992 she married Bene.[1]

The couple had a daughter named Salomè (b. 1993) after the 1964 play by Bene.[1] [5]

References

  1. Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. Catalogo dei viventi. Marsilio, 2009. .
  2. News: Lamberto Antonelli. Miss Raffaella Baracchi: una Ginevra per Bene.... Stampa Sera. 7 October 1988. 27.
  3. News: Lamberto Antonelli. Tinto Brass: Ecco la mia ultima favola erotica. La Stampa. 14 September 1988. 17.
  4. News: Donata Gianeri. Raffaella: sono una sposa per Bene. La Stampa. 18 January 1992. 19.
  5. News: Francesca Paci. Carmelo non conosceva Salomè, voleva il divorzio. La Stampa. 24 October 2002. 12.