Nicoletta Orsomando
Nicoletta Orsomando (born Nicolina Orsomando; 11 January 1929 – 21 August 2021) was an Italian television personality. She was the first Italian continuity announcer to appear on television, on 22 October 1953, and is considered the "dean" of Italian continuity announcers.
Nicoletta Orsomando
- Name
- Nicoletta Orsomando
- Birth Name
- Nicolina Orsomando
- Born
- 11 January 1929
- Birthplace
- Casapulla, Italy
- Died
- 21 August 2021
- Place of death
- Rome, Italy
- Occupation
- * Continuity announcer
- Full name
- Nicolina Orsomando.
- Nationality
- Italy.
- Honours
- Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic and Premio Simpatia.
- Languages
- Italian.
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Nicoletta Orsomando (born Nicolina Orsomando; 11 January 1929 – 21 August 2021) was an Italian television personality. She was the first Italian continuity announcer to appear on television, on 22 October 1953, and is considered the "dean" of Italian continuity announcers.
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• Name — Nicoletta Orsomando • Birth Name — Nicolina Orsomando • Born — 11 January 1929 • Birthplace — Casapulla, Italy • Died — 21 August 2021 • Place of death — Rome, Italy • Children — Federica Rollino • Occupation — * Continuity announcer • actress
Biography
Biography
Born in 1929 in Casapulla, at that time in the province of Naples, she moved while still a baby with her family to Mazzarino, and later to Lavello. They then moved to Littoria (currently Latina) and finally to Rome. She appeared for the first time on 22 October 1953 on Italian television at a time when television in Italy was still experimental, as the first announcer. She presented a program for children, a documentary about the Encyclopædia Britannica. In 2010, she participated in the variety show on Rai 1 Insegnami a sognare, presented by Pino Insegno. At the beginning of 2011, she appeared on the program Domenica in in the section In onda, hosted by Lorella Cuccarini. Later, she had a column in the monthly magazine 50 & Più in which she answered reader letters. Orsomando died at a hospital in Rome on 21 August 2021, at the age of 92.
Filmography
Filmography
• Piccola posta (1955), directed by Steno – herself • Totò lascia o raddoppia? (1956), directed by Camillo Mastrocinque – herself • Parenti serpenti (1992), directed by Mario Monicelli – herself
Television (selection)
Television (selection)
• Announcer and speaker at Rai 1 between 1953 and 1993 • L'amico degli animali (1956) • Un disco per l'estate 1966 (1966) • Ischia International Journalism Award (1981–1982) • Omaggio a Venezia (1984)
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Casapulla.
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Rome.
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Honours
• Oscar Capitolino (Rome, 1977) • Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (Rome, 1994)
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- 1.Nicoletta Orsomando compie 90 anni: la reunion delle "Signorine Buonasera" per festeggiarla. La Repubblica. 8 gennaio 2019.
- 2.Armando Pepe. Giovanni Orsomando. Storia Glocale. 31 marzo 2024.
- 3.Nicoletta Orsomando: «Mi chiamavano Signorina Buonasera. Troppi sorrisi, dicevano. Ma piansi in video quando morì la Magnani». www.corriere.it. 23 maggio 2011.
- 4.Signorine buonasera#Note
- 5.E' morta Nicoletta Orsomando, storica annunciatrice Rai. repubblica.it. 21 agosto 2021.
- 6.Cita web https://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/insigniti/172583 Presidenza della Repubblica - dettaglio del conferimento dell'onorificenza
- 7.La Orsomando ora è Commendatore e Stone racconta la realtà virtuale. Archivio storico del Corriere della Sera. 2 gennaio 1994.
- 8.TV: La Orsomando diventa commendatore. Adnkronos. 31 dicembre 1993.
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