Pia Velsi (stage name of Elpidia Sorbo; born 31 March 1924) is an Italian retired actress and singer.
At the beginning of the forties, in addition to acting and dancing, she also began an intense singing activity with the nickname of Nuovo Fiore.
[1] During her career in the world of cinema she has worked with many well-known directors, such as Nanni Loy and Renato Castellani; among her numerous film appearances, the short but effective characterizations in the films of Luciano De Crescenzo (the lady of the red horse in Così parlò Bellavista and in 32 dicembre) are worthy of mention, as well as the only co-star in Mario Monicelli's Parenti serpenti, in which she plays grandmother Trieste.
In 2010 she starred in the TV miniseries for RaiUno entitled Il Signore della scuffa, alongside Gigi Proietti, in the role of the widow Nencioni.
Velsi returned to television again on March 31, 2015, as a guest of the program La vita in ricerca, during which his situation of precariousness and poverty is highlighted.