She was one of the Signorine Buonasera and one of the most beloved faces of Italian TV. The historic Rai announcer died at the age of 92 Nicoletta Orsomando. She died in hospital in Rome after a short illness. The family announced it.
Born on 11 January 1929 in Casapulla in the province of Caserta, and moved with her family to Rome in 1937, Nicoletta Orsomando she arrived at the selections for the nascent Italian television in 1953, after an unsuccessful attempt to try the radio path, driven by her family and acquaintances who recognized her as a beautiful voice and some experience in the theater.
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The 90 years of Nicoletta Orsomando, one of the family for millions of Italians
Silvia Fumarola
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At the beginning he dedicated himself to running: The children’s TV, Cineselection, The friend of animals signed by Angelo Lombardi. In 1957 he leads the Sanremo Festival alongside Marisa Allasio, Fiorella Mari e Nunzio Filogamo. Then move on to political broadcasts, participate in Seven days in Parliament and in 1968 together with Jader Jacobelli inaugurates the parliamentary newsletter Today in Parliament.
The reunion of “Signorine Buonasera” for Nicoletta Orsomando’s birthday
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Over the years she became famous as “Signorina buonasera”, the Rai announcer par excellence, thanks to her polite and reassuring manner and her perfect diction. Her career as an announcer lasted forty years and ended on November 20, 1993, the date of her official retirement.
She returned to TV to participate in 1999 in Up and down, the entertainment program hosted by Gaia De Laurentiis on Raidue and, on 21 January 2008, a Long live Radio2 Minutes, the show of Fiorello broadcast after Tg1 at 8pm. The same year, again on Raiuno, he participated in a All crazy for the television presented by Antonella Clerici and, in early 2011, alongside Lorella Cuccarini a Sunday In. In June of that year, Nicoletta Orsomando participates in Hotel Patria, the program of Mario Calabresi broadcast on Rai 3, during which he reads letters written by ordinary people and famous people.
“She was a vestal of the telescreen,” he commented Pippo Baudo, moved. “She was the first announcer, she was a very sweet woman, very simple, a true friend of the screen. The announcers were domestic divas, they had a fixed camera on their close-ups, without cameramen. the announcements. They were real vestals of the telescreen “. The funeral of Nicoletta Orsomando will be held in the church of Santa Maria in Trastevere next Monday at 10 and 15.
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