Lyla Rocco
Lyla Rocco (18 January 1933 – 17 January 2015) was an Italian film actress. She was also a contestant in Miss Italy. After making her screen debut in 1951, Rocco appeared in over thirty productions before retiring in 1964.
Lyla Rocco
archivio personale · Public domain
- Name
- Lyla Rocco
- Birth Name
- Maria Luisa Rocco
- Born
- 18 January 1933
- Birthplace
- Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia Italy
- Died
- 17 January 2015
- Place of death
- Rome, Lazio Italy
- Occupation
- Actress
- Nationality
- Italy · Kingdom of Italy
- Languages
- Italian
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Lyla Rocco (18 January 1933 – 17 January 2015) was an Italian film actress. She was also a contestant in Miss Italy. After making her screen debut in 1951, Rocco appeared in over thirty productions before retiring in 1964.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Note VALÉORINE
Lyla Rocco (1933–2015) was an Italian and Italian actress and beauty pageant contestant. Born in Trieste, the actress died in Rome. Languages used include Italian.
Composed from admitted, traceable facts · 01 October 2026
VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Lyla Rocco. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q520868 · wikipedia · Lyla Rocco
In this article
Biography
Biography
In 1954 she played a supporting role in Roberto Rossellini's Journey to Italy. In 1960, in one of her final roles, she appeared in the horror film The Playgirls and the Vampire. She was married to the actor Steve Barclay.
Tomba nel cimitero di San Felice Circeo, Lyla Rocco
Macdorli
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Lyla Rocco • Birth Name — Maria Luisa Rocco • Born — 18 January 1933 • Birthplace — Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia Italy • Died — 17 January 2015 • Place of death — Rome, Lazio Italy • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1951–1964 (film)
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Anna (1951) • The Lady Without Camelias (1953) • Journey to Italy (1954) • High Fashion (1954) • One Step to Eternity (1954) • Tripoli, Beautiful Land of Love (1954) • He Died Fifteen Years Ago (1954) • Give 'em Hell (1955) • Songs of Italy (1955) • The Red Cloak (1955) • La ladra (1955) • Burning Fuse (1957) • No Sun in Venice (1957) • Young Husbands (1958) • The Playgirls and the Vampire (1960) The Vampire's Last Victim
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1933
Lyla Rocco born at Trieste.
2015
Lyla Rocco died at Rome.
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
Trieste.
Birth place
Rome.
Death place
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- “Lyla Rocco”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q520868: Lyla Rocco
General reference · Wikidata
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Masi & Lancia p.64
- 2.Hogan p.304
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Hogan, David J. Dark Romance: Sexuality in the Horror Film. McFarland, 1997.
- Masi, Stefano & Lancia, Enrico. I film di Roberto Rossellini. Gremese Editore, 1987.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessauthority record
General reference
People, houses and institutions
Knowledge graph
People, houses and institutions
Teachers, collaborators, publishers and institutions recorded against this person, each on a stated basis.
Born at
1- TriestePlace
Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.
Further particulars
Held on the record
Further particulars
Open the remaining particulars
Lyla Rocco is recorded with the occupation actor. Recorded as actress and beauty pageant contestant.
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Film memorabilia
37,928 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Lydia SmirnovaPerson
- Lydia ZimmermannPerson
- Lydie DenierPerson
- Lyes SalemPerson
- Lyle BettgerPerson
- Lyle TayoPerson
- Lyman Hakes HowePerson
- Lymari NadalPerson
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Lyla Rocco?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.