Daniela Rocca

Daniela Rocca was an Italian model and actress.

Rocca was born and raised in Acireale, a small town near Catania. She became Miss Catania in 1953, and was discovered by talent scouts after competing in a Miss Italy competition. She made her film debut in French director Maurice Cloches Marchands de Filles and also appeared in the Riccardo Freda film Caltiki il mostro immortale , and Esther and the King . More film roles followed, but Rocca did not find fame until Divorzio allItaliana . Rocca became a star after playing the part of the smothering wife Marcello Mastroianni is desperate to escape in Pietro Germis international boxoffice hit. Rocca fell in love with Germi during filming and attempted suicide when he rejected her. After that, she was considered unstable and was not offered significant roles. A nervous breakdown led to a stay in a mental hospital. After playing minor roles in movies and television, her show business career ended in 1967. She ended her days in a retirement home in Milo, near Catania. There she wrote four

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