Actress Patricia Millardet in 1985 on the set of the TV movie – ROCHE / TF1 / SIPA
Actress Patricia Millardet died on April 13 of a heart attack at San Camillo Hospital in Rome, where she had lived for many years, revealed Wednesday the daily South West, who spotted the death announcement distributed in mid-April in honor of this native of Mont-de-Marsan (Landes).
Born in 1957, Patrica Millardet had made her debut in France in 1981 with Fifty Fifty by Claude Vidal. French spectators remember her roles alongside Sophie Marceau in The Boom 2 or Isabelle Adjani and Michel Serrault in Deadly Hike, by Claude Miller.
Unforgettable Silvia Conti
But it was mainly in Italy, “her adopted country”, that she had mainly filmed, notably in the role of the magistrate Silvia Conti, in the series The Mafia, five seasons.
In an interview given in 1990 to the Italian daily newspaper La Repubblica, she returned to the immense success of this role: “I think Silvia appeals to the public because she is moral, honest and available. (…) The writers have written a perfect role ”.
Morta Patricia Millardet, la giudice della ‘Piovra’ https://t.co/B7AFxqQfG0
– Repubblica (@repubblica) April 13, 2020
In 2002, the actress must have denied the rumor that she would have attempted suicide, explaining that she passed out after dieting too severe to lose weight in anticipation of a role, reminded La Repubblica, in the article published in tribute to the actress on the day of her disappearance.
According to South West, “She will be buried in the family cellar of Villeneuve-de-Marsan, as soon as the current situation allows it”.
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