Acting
Gigliola Cinquetti
Born
1947-12-20 (78)
Place of birth
Verona, Veneto, Italy
Known for
Acting
Credits
40 titles
Gigliola Cinquetti (born Giliola Cinquetti on 20 December 1947) is an Italian singer, songwriter, and television presenter. Gigliola Cinquetti was born into a wealthy family in Verona. From the ages of 9 to 13, she studied and took piano lessons, taking exams in music theory. She loves painting and art. Her career as a professional singer began when she was 16. At the age of 16 she won the Sanremo Music Festival in 1964 singing "Non ho l'età" ("I'm not old enough"), with music composed by Mario Panzeri and lyrics by Nicola Salerno. Her win enabled her to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 in Copenhagen with the same song, where she claimed her country's first ever victory …
Known for
7.4The Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition, organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine the winner.
Eurovision Song Contest
1956
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Sacrée soirée
1987
No synopsis available yet.
Die Drehscheibe
1964
6.8No synopsis available yet.
Champs-Elysées
1982
6.0A talk show presented by Michel Drucker
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Midi trente
1972
Film credits
2020s · 3 titles
2.0Rylan Clark-Neal narrates a guide to all things Eurovision and takes a sideways look at the greatest singing contest on the planet. The A-Z of Eurovision features all the disasters, the costume changes and memorable musical moments from 65 years of Eurovision.
The A-Z of Eurovision
2020
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Milva, diva per sempre
2024
7.2Francesca has a serious problem: her grandson Alessandro. After the death of his parents, she has been a mother and also a father to him. But now that he is 27 years old, Alessandro cannot seem to find his place in the world.
The Right Age
2023
1960s · 6 titles
6.7Gigliola is a young and humble Neapolitan swimmer who will compete in a competition in Spain and finds herself falling for the fiance of her best friend. But when they come to visit her in Italy, she pretends to be rich, with the complicity of their parents.
How Do I Love You?
1966
9.0The 19th century tale of Testadirapa and his young son Gosto who live an idyllic life until authorities jail for the father for keeping the boy from school.
Testadirapa
1966
9.0In Ferrari, Italy two young pizza chefs named Mario and Luigi traverse all around the town looking for a lost violin.
Questi pazzi, pazzi italiani
1965
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Il professor Matusa e i suoi hippies
1968
6.5In order to promote a plumcake an adman associates with a mad scientist who has found a way to interfere with TV broadcasts.
Songs, Bullies and Chicks
1964
No synopsis available yet.
Show - Charme - Chansons
1965
Series credits
7.4The Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition, organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine the winner.
Eurovision Song Contest
1956
7.4The Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition, organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine the winner.
Eurovision Song Contest
1956
7.4The Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition, organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine the winner.
Eurovision Song Contest
1956
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Sacrée soirée
1987
No synopsis available yet.
Die Drehscheibe
1964
6.8No synopsis available yet.
Champs-Elysées
1982
6.0A talk show presented by Michel Drucker
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Midi trente
1972
The ZDF-Hitparade, or Hitparade for short was one of the most popular and most well-known music television series presenting mostly German Schlager.
Die ZDF-Hitparade
1969
7.9The Sanremo Music Festival is the most popular Italian song contest and awards, held annually in the town of Sanremo, Imperia, Italy, and consisting of a competition amongst previously unreleased songs. The Festival was the inspiration for the Eurovision Song Contest.
Sanremo Music Festival
1951
6.5No synopsis available yet.
La Chance aux chansons
1984
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Discorama
1959
No synopsis available yet.
Samedi soir
1971
No synopsis available yet.
Système 2
1975
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Musik aus Studio B
1961
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Aktuelle Schaubude
1957
9.1Alberto Angela takes us on a new journey, this time to discover Italy's "Wonders," those that make us a true "peninsula of treasures." Four episodes, twelve stops on an itinerary of art and natural beauty in UNESCO World Heritage sites.
Wonders - The Peninsula of Treasures
2018
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Domenica In
1976
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Starparade
1968
7.7No synopsis available yet.
Die Rudi Carrell Show
1965
No synopsis available yet.
Spotlight
1968
No synopsis available yet.
Hätten Sie heut’ Zeit für mich?
1972
No synopsis available yet.
Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten
1969
6.5Six very different people - Marta, Roberta, Fiorenza, Paola, Lucia and Romeo - work together in an elegant fashion boutique in the centre of Rome. They are all in thrall to the demands of their overbearing manager, Francesca. Each character knows that between the dramas of their own lives, the journeys to and from work, the children to care for, husbands, lovers, and parents, they will find solidarity with their fellow shop workers.
Shopgirls
1999
No synopsis available yet.
Musikauktion
1964
No synopsis available yet.
Rendezvous bei Caterina Valente
1976
NRAn ironic and comic trial, in five episodes, of the history of the Sanremo Festival, demystifying the most solemn musical event on Italian television. The "judge" Renzo Arbore presides, together with "Prosecutor" Michele Mirabella and "Defense attorney" Lino Banfi.
The Sanremo Case
1990
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Io, Gigliola
1966
No synopsis available yet.
Il bivio
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