- She was one of the most popular actresses of the 1950s and the 1960s. She was acclaimed not only in Italy, but in France and Japan too. From the second half of the '60s, she has been working more for TV than the big screen.
- Hosting the TV Show "Domenica In" (November 2002)
- She first came to prominence as a Miss Italy contestant in 1946; her failure to win caused a tabloid outcry.
- Gave up full-time acting to look after her elderly parents in the mid-1960s.
- Was nicknamed "Nini Pampan" in France.
- Eschewed repeated offers from Hollywood because of her poor command of English.
- In 1996, she released a memoir entitled "Scandalosamente perbene" (Shockingly Respectable).
- In the late 1950s, she traveled to Mexico to appear on Mexican television. She starred in a few Mexican movies over the next several years.
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