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Daria Nicolodi

Daria Nicolodi (born June 19, 1949) is an Italian actress and screenwriter.

Nicolodi has starred in several of Dario Argento's films including Phenomena, Deep Red,Tenebrae and Opera and co-wrote Argento's Suspiria.html">Suspiria. Nicolodi also worked with directors Mario Bava, Lamberto Bava, Luigi Cozzi, Michele Soavi and her daughter Asia Argento. She continues to act and appears in Argento's The Mother of Tears, the third film in a trilogy which began with Suspiria.html">Suspiria.

She was the long term partner (1974-1985) of Italian director Dario Argento (they were never married), and is the mother of actress/director Asia Argento.





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Daria Nicolodi - what members say


  • Tenebrae
  • Tenebrae review by kultguy from
    Rated - 5.0 stars Dario Argento’s violent Tenebrae is a visceral visual feast on Blu-ray 5 August 2011
    ...the menu screen. As for the extras, well there’s a neat bag here, starting with Daria Nicolodi’s introduction and ending with Goblin performing live (shot earlier this year i...   Read customer review
  • Deep Red
  • Deep Red review by adamlikesthings from
    Rated - 3.0 stars stay clear of the directors cut 7 June 2011
    ... lead actor so i wanted to watch in english. all the directors cut did was show Daria Nicolodi as a needy and annoying women (anything to do with her dating Argento at the ti...   Read customer review

Daria Nicolodi - filmography


  • Mother of Tears on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Asia Argento,  Cristian Solimeno,  Adam James
    Director: Dario Argento
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Mother Of Tears is the finale to the saga that began with the international blockbuster Suspiria and continued with the classic Inferno from Italian horror maestro Dario Argento. In the heart of modern Rome, an urn is found and brought to a young archeologist, Sarah Mandy. But what Sarah doesn't ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 929 members
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  • Scarlet Diva on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Herbert Fritsch,  Justinian Kf,  Jean Shepard
    Director: Asia Argento
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Asia Argento directs and stars in her semi-autobiographical and surreal expose of the film industry. Actress Anna Battista (Argento) finds her journey to the top plunges her into the dark-heart of the film industry where she experiences despair, loneliness and degradation while trying to recapture ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 38% from 758 members
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  • Delirium: Photo of Gioia (1987)
    Starring: Serena Grandi,  Daria Nicolodi,  David Brandon
    Director: Lamberto Bava
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The buxom Serena Grandi stars in this giallo from Lamberto Bava, son of legendary Italian horror director Mario Bava. Grandi plays Gioia, a former hooker, centerfold model, and currently the publisher of Pussycat magazine whose days as a model have not been forgotten by her legion of fans. However, ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 41% from 7 members
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  • Phenomena on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Fiorenza Tessari,  Mario Donatone,  Francesca Ottaviani
    Director: Dario Argento
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Un-cut version of Dario Argento's gore-fest, originally released in America as 'Creepers'. Jennifer Corvino (Jennifer Connelly) is the new girl at school, taunted by her classmates and unnerved both by her stern headmistress and the fact that a series of murders has recently taken place. However, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 1,852 member
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  • Phenomena - Blu-ray (1985)
    Starring: Fiorenza Tessari,  Mario Donatone,  Francesca Ottaviani
    Director: Dario Argento
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Un-cut version of Dario Argento's gore-fest, originally released in America as 'Creepers'. Jennifer Corvino (Jennifer Connelly) is the new girl at school, taunted by her classmates and unnerved both by her stern headmistress and the fact that a series of murders has recently taken place. However, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 337 members
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  • Macaroni (1985)
    Starring: Jack Lemmon,  Marcello Mastroianni,  Daria Nicolodi
    Director: Ettore Scola
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Jack Lemmon stars as crabby American World War II veteran Bob Traven, who travels to Italy on a business trip and reunites with wartime buddy Antonio (Marcello Mastroianni), whose freewheeling Neapolitan lifestyle goes against all of Traven’s uptight sensibilities. On his three-day stay in Naples, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 6 members
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  • Tenebrae on DVD (1984)
    Starring: John Saxon,  Anthony Franciosa,  Daria Nicolodi
    Director: Dario Argento
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    King of Grand-Guignol bloodbaths Dario Argento directs this notorious horror flick from 1982. Peter Neil (Anthony Franciosa) is a mystery writer in Rome to promote his new novel. His stay is disturbed by a crazed maniac who begins a terrifying murder spree, stuffing his victims' mouths with pages ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 2,158 members
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  • Tenebrae - Blu-ray (1984)
    Starring: John Saxon,  Anthony Franciosa,  Daria Nicolodi
    Director: Dario Argento
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    King of Grand-Guignol bloodbaths Dario Argento directs this notorious horror flick from 1982. Peter Neil (Anthony Franciosa) is a mystery writer in Rome to promote his new novel. His stay is disturbed by a crazed maniac who begins a terrifying murder spree, stuffing his victims' mouths with pages ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 266 members
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  • Suspiria (1977)
    Starring: Alida Valli,  Jessica Harper,  Joan Bennett
    Director: Dario Argento
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Suzy Bannion (Jessica Harper) is an American ballet student, travelling to Germany to study at an exclusive dance academy in the Black Forest. After one of the students and her friend are hideously murdered in the first of Argento's breath-catching set-piece killings, Suzy discovers that the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 641 members
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  • Suspiria on DVD (1976)
    Starring: Alida Valli,  Jessica Harper,  Joan Bennett
    Director: Dario Argento
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Dario Argento directs this Grand Guignol horror-fest. Susy Banyon (Jessica Harper) is a young American ballet student who arrives at a German dance academy. The violent and bloody murder of one of the students and her friend opens Susy's eyes to the history of the mysterious academy. As the body ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 5,544 members
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  • Deep Red - Blu-ray (1975)
    Starring: Macha Méril,  Eros Pagni,  Glauco Mauri
    Director: Dario Argento
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Stylish horror film from the Italian maestro, Dario Argento. A man on the trail of a sadistic killer must delve into the psyche behind the gory and symbolic murder scenes he examines. Meanwhile the death toll mounts alarmingly.
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 329 members
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  • Deep Red on DVD (1975)
    Starring: Eros Pagni,  Glauco Mauri,  Clara Calamai
    Director: Dario Argento
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Stylish horror film from the Italian maestro, Dario Argento. A man on the trail of a sadistic killer must delve into the psyche behind the gory and symbolic murder scenes he examines. Meanwhile the death toll mounts alarmingly.
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 1,751 member
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Daria Nicolodi facts

5 most recent films

Mother of Tears - 2.5 stars
Scarlet Diva - 2.0 stars
Delirium: Photo of Gioia - 2.5 stars
Phenomena - 3.0 stars
Phenomena - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Deep Red - 3.5 stars
Deep Red - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Tenebrae - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Suspiria - 3.0 stars
Tenebrae - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Delirium: Photo of Gioia - 2.5 stars
Macaroni - 3.0 stars
Scarlet Diva - 2.0 stars
Mother of Tears - 2.5 stars
Phenomena - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Eros Pagni - 5 times - show films
Gabriele Lavia - 5 times - show films
David Hemmings - 5 times - show films
Macha Meril - 5 times - show films
Giuliana Calandra - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Dario Argento - 19 times - show films
Asia Argento - 1 times - show films
Lamberto Bava - 1 times - show films
Ettore Scola - 1 times - show films