A singer, a presenter, but above all the first great Italian imitator. Loretta Goggi turns 70 today. A significant personal milestone also because it is combined with the 60 years of career. She is a great icon of Italian TV, an all-round artist, loved by everyone and appreciated for her sympathy and comedy. A well-known face of Raiuno, where for some years he has been on the jury of the television program “Tale e which show” does not cease to amaze and above all has no intention of stopping. In fact, in a recent interview she announced that she is writing a book, to talk about women like her and her age.
Loretta Goggi, imitator of Mina and more: her career
Romana, Loretta Goggi, made her debut in the entertainment world as an actress. She was 10 when her parents gave her an audition for Anton Giulio Majano's script "Under process" with Ilaria Occhini and Alberto Lupo. And there he got the part. In the sixties he took part in other television dramas and in 1969 in the transposition of the novel "The black arrow". After TV as an actress, Loretta Goggi becomes a beloved face of the variety. The seventies are those of the artistic partnership with Alighiero Noschese in "Formula 2". And then “Fantastic” with Beppe Grillo and Heather Parisi. But it is also singer: how can we forget his big hit "Cursed spring".
In the eighties she was the protagonist of many broadcasts: from “Hello Goggi”, to “Loretta Goggi in quiz” and then also leads the Sanremo Festival. But he does not leave the cinema either: in 2012 he is in the film “Pazze di me”, in the fiction “Another life” and in “Sorelle”. In the last few years from the first edition he is judge of the broadcast of Carlo Conti. Where he has fun and entertains the public.
The great love story with Gianni Brezza
In the seventies, with his transfer to Milan for work reasons, the artist's career on TV continued. But these are also the years in which he meets the dancer and choreographer Gianni Brezza. From friendship to great love: he will become her partner and they will only marry in 2008, after 29 years of living together. Theirs was a great love story: Brezza was manager, choreographer and director for Loretta Goggi until her death.
The commitments to cinema in recent years and the role of women
Not just TV, however, in Loretta Goggi's future. In recent days he took part in the presentation of the film "Burraco fatale", a comedy by Giuliana Gamba in which she plays a toned and gossipy mother-in-law. "I didn't have any children - he told Ansa -, but here I am confronted with a daughter-in-law (Caterina Guzzanti) and it is different. You can also tell a daughter-in-law that you have cheated on your husband, but if you are a mother you have to be a mother, not a friend, you have to lead by example.".
And then her testimony as a committed woman. "If I think about my path, I must say that I immediately started to fight for feminism - detects -. On a professional level, we women have made many steps forward, at least on TV. I think of Milly Carlucci and Mara Venier, but compared to the feminism that I remember there was also some step back. I see so many girls today who face the world of entertainment still relying on youth and beauty, both of which are fleeting. Focusing everything on the physical aspect is deleterious for me because the body has a deadline like the products of the supermarket".
