Maria Giovanna Elmi
Illustration — Elmi in 1975 Maria Giovanna Elmi (born 25 August 1940, in Rome) is an Italian former television announcer, presenter, journalist, actress and singer. Her popularity raised in early seventies, when she hosted the children show Il dirigibile together with the singer Mal, playing the fairy Azzurrina, from which she inherited the nickname "fatina" (i.e. young fairy in Italian). Elmi hosted two editions of the Sanremo Music Festival (in 1977 and 1978).
Maria Giovanna Elmi
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Illustration — Elmi in 1975 Maria Giovanna Elmi (born 25 August 1940, in Rome) is an Italian former television announcer, presenter, journalist, actress and singer. Her popularity raised in early seventies, when she hosted the children show Il dirigibile together with the singer Mal, playing the fairy Azzurrina, from which she inherited the nickname "fatina" (i.e. young fairy in Italian). Elmi hosted two editions of the Sanremo Music Festival (in 1977 and 1978).
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She ranked at first place in two public polls of the most appreciated female television personalities in 1970 (Doxa (company)) and in 1981 (Abacus). In 1970, Elmi also became a journalist and publicist, collaborating for three years with the newspaper Il Messaggero and later with a large number of magazines and newspapers. In 2005 she took part to the reality show L'isola dei famosi, ranking third. She considers herself Roman Catholic.
The recorded working language is Italian. Residence is recorded at Tarvisio.
Italian presenter Maria Giovanna Elmi, backstage of TV-show Il dirigibile
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The italian act Matia Bazar celebrate the win of the 1978 Sanremo Music Festival. From left to right, the bassist Aldo Stellita, the festival's host Maria Giovanna Elmi, the singer and frontwoman Antonella Ruggiero, guitarist Carlo Marrale, keyboardist Piero Cassano and drummer Giancarlo Golzi.
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