Born in Milan to a traffic-policeman father of Austrian descent and a Milanese seamstress mother, she combined early jobs as a window dresser with painting lessons before enrolling at the Accademia dei Filodrammatici, where Esperia Sperani guided her acting studies. After debuting on stage with Fantasio Piccoli’s company in the early 1960s, she collaborated with Dario Fo, Luca Ronconi and Luchino…
