Moira Orfei was born in 1931 in Friuli-Venezia Giulia and participated in the family’s circus act, before founding her owncircus queen wearing turban company in 1960, called The Circus Moira Orfei.
Her performances included her work as a trapeze artist, trainer of doves, and an elephant tamer, which make for a fairly impressive resume. It was Dino De Laurentiis who suggested that she change her name from Miranda to Moira.
From then on, Moira’s face became an effigy of unchanging characteristics: heavy make-up with eyes coated with eyeliner, bright lipstick, an accentuated mole above the lip, hair tied in a turban. Promotional billboards were carpeted with this picture in every city that the circus stopped. As a result, Moira has become one of the most recognized faces in Italy.
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