Actress. Born Camilla Vitale in Rome, Italy, she began her career in Rome and appeared in 47 Italian films from the late 1940s to the early 1970s. She married in 1960 to American Vincent Hillyer in Beverly Hills, later having two boys. In the USA she is probably best known for playing comedian Bob Hope's wife in the 1955 film "The Seven Little Foys". Her other notable roles were in the films "The Juggler" (1953) with Kirk Douglas, "War and Peace" (1956), "The Flesh is Weak" (1957), "The Battle of VI" (1958), "Hannibal" (1959) with Victor Mature, and "A Breath of Scandal" (1960) with Sophia Loren. She retired from acting during the early 1970s.
Actress. Born Camilla Vitale in Rome, Italy, she began her career in Rome and appeared in 47 Italian films from the late 1940s to the early 1970s. She married in 1960 to American Vincent Hillyer in Beverly Hills, later having two boys. In the USA she is probably best known for playing comedian Bob Hope's wife in the 1955 film "The Seven Little Foys". Her other notable roles were in the films "The Juggler" (1953) with Kirk Douglas, "War and Peace" (1956), "The Flesh is Weak" (1957), "The Battle of VI" (1958), "Hannibal" (1959) with Victor Mature, and "A Breath of Scandal" (1960) with Sophia Loren. She retired from acting during the early 1970s.
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