Nicoletta Orsomando


Nicoletta Orsomando is an Italian actress and television personality. She was the first Italian television announcer, first appearing on 22 October 1953 and is considered the "dean" of Italian continuity announcers

Biography

Born in 1929 in Casapulla, at that time in the province of Naples, she moved while still a baby with her family to Mazzarino, and later to Lavello. Then, the family moved to Littoria and finally to Rome.
She appeared for the first time on 22 October 1953 on Italian television at a time when television in Italy was still experimental and was the first announcer. She presented a program for children, a documentary about the Encyclopædia Britannica.
In 2010, she participated in variety shows on Rai 1, Insegnami a sognare, directed by Pino Insegno. At the beginning of 2011, she appeared on the program Domenica in on the section In Onda directed by Lorella Cuccarini.
Nowadays, she has a column in the monthly magazine 50 & Più in which she answers reader letters.

Filmography