Ketty Fusco

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Ketty Fusco
Born5 August 1926
Died18 February 2021(2021-02-18) (aged 94)
Lugano, Switzerland
NationalitySwiss
OccupationActress

Ketty Fusco (5 August 1926 – 18 February 2021) was an Italian-born Swiss actress, director, and writer.

Biography

At the age of five, Fusco's family was forced to leave

fascism and settled in Lugano. As a child, she was chosen to participate in a radio program on Radiotelevisione svizzera
, which was called Radio Monte Ceneri at the time. She would end up making a stable career in the field of acting.

In 1989, Fusco received the Maschera d'argento della Sipario prize for lifetime achievement in Milan.[1] In 1994, she was cast in the film The Butterfly's Dream, and starred in the television series Regina madre from 1993 to 1994.[2]

Ketty Fusco died in Lugano on 18 February 2021 at the age of 94.[3]

Works

  • Nella luce degli occhi (1962)
  • La preistoria sul balcone (1973)
  • Giorni della memoria (1974)
  • Il caminetto che canta (1994)
  • Acrostici (1995)
  • Lettera a zia Eva (1995)
  • Natale (1995)
  • Giove in via Nassa (1996)
  • In quell'albergo sul fiume (1999)
  • Storia di Dolly (1999)
  • Umca: storia di una capra intraprendente (2002)
  • La preistoria sul balcone (2006)
  • L'isola degli ottanta (2007)
  • La bambina e le bombe: assaggi di vita e racconti (2007)
  • Arco e Baleno sulle orme di Ulisse (2007)

Honors

References

  1. ^ "Fusco Ketty". bibliomedia.ch (in Italian). Archived from the original on 15 November 2008.
  2. ^ "Regina madre". Albert e Gianni Buscaglia (in Italian). Archived from the original on 14 May 2011.
  3. ^ "È morta Ketty Fusco". RSI (in Italian). 19 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Evento SBT". SBT (in Italian). 20 October 2007.