Adriano Celentano, a cult singer of the Italian stage and a real sex symbol of the last century, has a reputation for being a heartthrob and a womanizer for good reason. The temperamental musician is credited with dozens of novels, but for more than 50 years Celentano has been married to the talented actress and singer Claudia Mori, who went through an interesting creative path alongside her famous husband.
Early years and acquaintance with Celentano
Claudia Mori (real name - Moroni) was born in Rome on February 12, 1944. Her father, a dramatic actor, from childhood instilled in the girl a love of the stage. In 1958, thanks to one of her photographs, published on the pages of the Paese Sera, young Claudia entered the world of show business.
Claudia was spotted and invited as the main character in a film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo called "Cerasella", inspired by the famous Neapolitan Song. Together with the very young Claudia Mori, the young Massimo Girotti starred in the film.
This experience will be followed by films such as Rocco and His Brothers, Sodom and Gomorrah. Soon, in 1963, on the set of Lucio Fulci's film Uno Strano tipo, the young actress met with Adriano Celentano. A few weeks later, the legendary musician unexpectedly leaves his girlfriend Milena Cantu and in 1964 secretly marries Claudia Mori at night in the Church of San Francesco in Grosseto. Three children are born from a happy union: Rosita (1965), Giacomo (1966) and Rosalind (1968).
Career development in film and stage
In 1964, Claudia Mori starred in the comedy Superhero in Milan, the actress's first film directed by Adriano Celentano. From that moment on, her acting career began to develop in leaps and bounds.
In a duet with her husband, she sings the hit "The Most Beautiful Couple in the World", which in 1967 was an incredible success. Together they also won the 1970 San Remo Festival, which featured the hit "Who does not work, does not make love."
Claudia Mori returns to the set in 1971, with Adriano Celentano again next to her. It was the parody comedy "The Story of Love and Knives" (Er più - Storia di amore e lama) (directed by Sergio Corbucci, with Vittorio Caprioli, Romolo Valli, Maurizio Arena and Ninetto Davoli).
In 1973, the actress starred in the film version of Rugantino (directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile), again with Adriano Celentano as the main character. Claudia also plays the role of Rosita Flores in the film L'emigrante and takes part in the recording of the soundtrack for it.
For the label CGD in 1974, Claudia Mori recorded the album "Out of Time" (Fuori tempo), in which she collaborated with Paolo Limiti, who wrote the famous song "Buonasera dottore". Originally intended for legendary vocalist Mina - who sang it many years later - the song was released as a single and reached the top of the charts in 1975, becoming Claudia Mori's greatest success as a solo artist.
In 1975, she played a small role in the award-winning film Yuppi du, directed by Adriano Celentano again. In the same year, he also starred in Come una Cenerentola with Marcello Mastroianni, recording the soundtrack for this film. The following year, Claudia continued to work with Mastroianni, Lino Toffolo and Anna Miserocchi in Flavio Mogherini's Culastrisce nobile veneziano. In this comedy, the actress met her husband again on the set.
Rich years of creativity
Claudia had to fully return to music in 1977 with the album "This is love" ("E 'amore"). The disc contains the song of the same name by Shela Shapiro; the single "Ehi, ehi, ehi", written by Roberto Vecchioni; "Mi vuoi", written by Ivano Fossati (and published a year later as a single in a version of Marcella Bella); "Io Bella Figlia", a cover of a song by Roberto Carlos.
The following year, Claudia Mori played Marcella in Celentano's film Geppo il folle, and a little later, in 1979, she took part in the film Linea di sangue, where a brilliant cast was selected with Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, Irene Papas, Omar Sharif and Romy Schneider.
In 1980, Mori starred in the film La locandiera by Carlo Goldoni, directed by Paolo Cavara, along with Adriano Celentano, Paolo Villadio and Milena Vukotic).
Claudia returned to the Sanremo Festival in 1982 as a guest, where she presented the song "It Will Never Be Again", one of her most famous songs, which also achieved incredible success in Spain and Germany. The following year, the singer released the hit "The Prince", a successful song co-written with Giancarlo Bigazzi and Raf. In 1984, he Mori released the album "Claudia canta Adriano", dedicated to her husband's repertoire.
In 1985, Celentano directed one last time Claudia's film Joan Louis, and in the same year she returns to the San Remo Festival to present the song Close the Door, a remake of the song Once You close the door”, sung ten years ago by Celentano. The following year, the film soundtrack was released, in which Mori performed the song "The First Star" (La prima stella).
Together with Pino Caruso in 1989, Claudia participated as a presenter on the television program "Du du du" (Rai Due TV channel).
Since 1991, Claudia Mori has been Managing Director of the Clan Celentano Srl label, where she coordinates all publishing and artistic activities, releasing some of her husband's best-selling albums.
Currently, Claudia Mori and Adriano Celentano lead a measured life in their villa near Milan, occasionally appearing at significant social events.
