Moira Orfei

Moira Orfei (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmɔira orˈfɛi]; born Miranda Orfei; 21 December 1931 – 15 November 2015) was an Italian circus performer, actress and television personality of remote Romani origins.

She was photographed in various scenes as a rider, trapeze artist, acrobat, dominatrice of elephants and trainer of doves.

[3] From then on, her face became an effigy of unchanging characteristics: heavy make-up with eyes coated with eyeliner, bright lipstick, an accentuated mole above the lip, hair tied in a turban.

On 4 August 2006, Moira Orfei suffered an ischemic stroke during a show in Gioiosa Ionica.

The artist was still under medical care when she died nine years later from natural causes on 15 November 2015 in Brescia, Italy.

Young actress and circus performer Moira Orfei walks towards the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan , while a large group of men turn to look at her. 1954.