Photo: Elisabetta Villa/Getty Images Gown from The Age of Innocence (1993)

Born in Rosignano, Italy. Costume designer who entered Italian film in 1967 with I SETTE FRATELLI CERVI. In the early 1970s, she worked extensively for director Giuseppe Patroni Griffi (ADDIO, FRATELLO CRUDELE / 'TIS A PITY SHE'S A WHORE, 1971; IDENTIKIT, 1974; and DIVINA CREATURA / THE DIVINE NYMPH, 1975). Other notable credits include Fellini's PROVA D'ORCHESTRA / ORCHESTRA REHEARSAL (1978) and LA CITTÀ DELLE DONNE / CITY OF WOMEN (1980), and TRE FRATELLI / THREE BROTHERS (1981), ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (1984), THE NAME OF THE ROSE (1986), LA FAMIGLIA and THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN (both 1987), INDOCHINE (1992), THE AGE OF INNOCENCE (1993), THE SCARLET LETTER (1995), DANGEROUS BEAUTY, COUSIN BETTE and LES MISÈRABLES (all 1998), A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM and LE TEMPS RETROUVÉ / TIME REGAINED (both 1999), PERDUTO AMOR (2003), SECRET PASSAGE and VAN HELSING (both 2004), CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY and THE BROTHERS GRIMM (both 2005), and BEOWULF (2007), as well as several TV adaptations of operas.  Nominated for Achievement in Costume Design 1989: THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN  Best Achievement in Costume Design 1993: THE AGE OF INNOCENCE  Nominated for Achievement in Costume Design 2005: CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY 3 nominations, 1 Award