Alessandra Panaro

Biography

Alessandra Panaro was a talented Italian film actress of the late 1950s and early 1960s, known for her breakout role in Luchino Visconti's crime drama "Rocco and His Brothers" (1960). Born into a wealthy family in Rome, she began studying acting under Teresa Franchini at 16. Panaro specialized in romantic comedies, including Dino Risi's "Poor, But Handsome" (1956), before marrying Italian banker Jean-Pierre Sabet in her youth and later actor Giancarlo Sbragia in 1992. She passed away in Geneva on May 1, 2019, at the age of 79.