---
name: "Rossana Rory"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rossana-rory"
fi1m_id: "rossana-rory"
imdb_id: "nm0740735"
tmdb_id: 91543
wikidata_id: "Q3442274"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 September 1927"
died: "1 April 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T14:34:25.173277+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."
---

# Rossana Rory

## Identity

Rossana Rory

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rossana-rory
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rossana-rory
- **IMDb ID:** nm0740735
- **TMDB ID:** 91543
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3442274
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossana_Rory, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3442274, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0740735/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/91543

Actor. Born 7 September 1927 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. Died 1 April 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 September 1927, Rome, Lazio, Italy
- **Died:** 1 April 2020
- **Also known as:** Россана Рори
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 80 (1), 1960s 88 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossana_Rory, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3442274, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0740735/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/91543

## Biography

Rossana Rory was an Italian actress and model. Born Rossana Coppa in Rome on 7 September 1927, she began her career as a glamour model and in fotoromanzi before making her film debut in 1951. She appeared in supporting roles in Italian productions and briefly pursued opportunities in Hollywood, studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

Rory is known for her performances in *Big Deal on Madonna Street* (1958) as Norma, *L'Eclisse* (1962) as Anita, *Come September* (1961) as Anna, and *Europa '51* (1952). Her final screen role was in *Jessica* (1962). She died in Ciampino, Italy, on 1 April 2020.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *L'Eclisse* (1962), Fi1m 88, as Anita — [page](https://film.one/film/leclisse.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Europa '51* (1952), Fi1m 80, as Nursing Home Nurse (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/europa-51.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Jessica* (1962), as Rosa Masudino
- *L'Eclisse* (1962), as Anita — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/leclisse.md)
- *Come September* (1961), as Anna
- *Robin Hood and the Pirates* (1960), as Lizbeth Brooks
- *The Angel Wore Red* (1960), as Mercedes
- *The Sword and the Cross* (1958), as Claudia
- *Captain Falcon* (1958), as Elena di Roccalta
- *Big Deal on Madonna Street* (1958), as Norma
- *Hell Canyon Outlaws* (1957), as Maria
- *The Tanks of El Alamein* (1957), as Nancy Carson
- *The Big Boodle* (1957), as 'Fina' Ferrer
- *The River Changes* (1956), as Mayram
- *The Fate of Two Queens* (1954), Actor
- *Piccola santa* (1954), Actor
- *In amore si pecca in due* (1954), as Elvira Galli
- *Perdonami!* (1953), as Marcella
- *Europa '51* (1952), as Nursing Home Nurse (uncredited) — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/europa-51.md)
- *Licenza premio* (1951), as Paola

## Gallery

- ![Rossana Rory](https://film.one/media/person/3868887/gallery-37d0412bd59a.png) Rossana Rory — Mario Monicelli (director) / Gianni Di Venanzo (cinematographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Rossana_Rory_I_soliti_ignoti_%28cropped%29.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![scena dal film I soliti ignoti (1958)](https://film.one/media/person/3868887/gallery-2e155ae02f5a.png) scena dal film I soliti ignoti (1958) — Mario Monicelli (director) / Gianni Di Venanzo (cinematographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/I_soliti_ignoti_28.png/1280px-I_soliti_ignoti_28.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![scena dal film I soliti ignoti (1958)](https://film.one/media/person/3868887/gallery-66eee2015eaa.png) scena dal film I soliti ignoti (1958) — Mario Monicelli (director) / Gianni Di Venanzo (cinematographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/I_soliti_ignoti_26.png/1280px-I_soliti_ignoti_26.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![scena dal film I soliti ignoti (1958)](https://film.one/media/person/3868887/gallery-19ab73025e62.png) scena dal film I soliti ignoti (1958) — Mario Monicelli (director) / Gianni Di Venanzo (cinematographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/I_soliti_ignoti_12.png/1280px-I_soliti_ignoti_12.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rossana Rory](https://film.one/media/person/3868887/gallery-7a4d31df9311.jpg) Rossana Rory — Image via TMDB
- ![scena dal film I soliti ignoti (1958)](https://film.one/media/person/3868887/gallery-5593eef73aa5.png) scena dal film I soliti ignoti (1958) — Mario Monicelli (director) / Gianni Di Venanzo (cinematographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/I_soliti_ignoti_14.png/1280px-I_soliti_ignoti_14.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![scena dal film I soliti ignoti (1958)](https://film.one/media/person/3868887/gallery-69f98af1dba2.png) scena dal film I soliti ignoti (1958) — Mario Monicelli (director) / Gianni Di Venanzo (cinematographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/I_soliti_ignoti_13.png/1280px-I_soliti_ignoti_13.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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