Inferno‘s Eleonora Giorgi has passed away after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 71.
The Italian actress was best known for co-starring as Sara in Dario Argento‘s 1980 follow-up to Suspiria.
Giorgi made her debut with an uncredited role in the 1971 giallo Black Belly of the Tarantula before starring in the 1973 nunsploitation film Story of a Cloistered Nun.
She went on to appear in over 50 Italian movies and TV shows. She also wrote and directed two features: the 2003 drama Love, Lies, Kids, & Dogs and the 2009 comedy L’ultima estate.
Giorgi announced her cancer diagnosis on television in 2023, urging viewers to “live without wasting time.”
