---
name: "Lily Romanelli"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lily-romanelli"
fi1m_id: "lily-romanelli"
imdb_id: "nm0738801"
tmdb_id: 3107266
wikidata_id: "Q110153337"
roles: []
born: "20 October 1930"
died: "22 November 2021"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T04:34:46.468090+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Lily Romanelli

## Identity

Lily Romanelli

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lily-romanelli
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lily-romanelli
- **IMDb ID:** nm0738801
- **TMDB ID:** 3107266
- **Wikidata ID:** Q110153337
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110153337, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0738801/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3107266

Actor. Born 20 October 1930 in Naples, Italy. Died 22 November 2021.

## Details

- **Born:** 20 October 1930, Naples, Italy
- **Died:** 22 November 2021
- **Also known as:** Lilli Romanelli
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110153337, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0738801/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3107266

## Biography

Lily Romanelli, also credited as Lilli Romanelli, was an Italian actress and singer. Born Rachele Pensa on 20 October 1930 in Naples, she died on 22 November 2021 in Fonte Nuova.

She began her career in Neapolitan theatre, performing with revue companies including those of Macario, Totò and Nino Taranto. She was the daughter of dialect actress Olga Romanelli and the sister of actress and singer Ria De Simone.

Romanelli appeared in films including *Cerasella* (1959), *Purple Noon* (1960) as the housekeeper, and *Totòtruffa '62* (1961). She also featured in the 1955 television production of *Miseria e nobiltà*.

*Sources: imdb.com, it.wikipedia.org, wikidata.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Purple Noon* (1960), Fi1m 82, as Housekeeper — [page](https://film.one/film/purple-noon.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Totòtruffa '62* (1961), Actor
- *Purple Noon* (1960), as Housekeeper — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/purple-noon.md)
- *Cerasella* (1959), Actor
- *Miseria e nobiltà* (1955), Actor

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