
Patrizia Funari (known professionally as Dirce Funari) is an Italian actress. She was raised in Rome, Lazio, Italy, where she developed a passion for dance and was discovered at the Jacky O, a famous Roman nightclub she frequented regularly. Funari made her film debut at just over eighteen years old in a Paolo Poeti production. Her career began in 1978 with an appearance in Starcrash, followed by her notable role in the television miniseries Joséphine ou la comédie des ambitions (1979), where she portrayed Elisa Bonaparte. She established a significant working relationship with director Joe D'Amato, beginning with the comedy Le Gynécologue de ces dames in 1977. Throughout her active period from 1978 to 1983, she appeared in twenty-one film and television productions, working across various genres in Italian cinema. Following the late 1980s, she transitioned from acting into a career as a…
movieJoe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience
1999 · (archive footage)
movieEmanuelle's Perverse Outburst
1983 · Tanya (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieKilling of the Flesh
1983 · Luisa
moviePorno Holocaust
1981 · Dr. Simone Keller
movieErotic Nights of the Living Dead
1980 · Fiona
moviePorno Esotic Love
1980 · Elizabeth
movieHard Sensation
1980 · Corinne Jacquard
movieRing of Darkness
1979
movieMidnight Blue
1979 · Silvia
movieThe Strange Desire
1979
movieStarcrash
1978 · Amazon Woman (uncredited)
movieEscape from Women's Prison
1978 · Claudine (as Patrizia Funari)
movieBlue Movie
1978 · Silvia (as Patrizia Funari)
movieEmanuelle and the Last Cannibals
1977 · Cannibal
movieEmanuelle Around the World
1977
movieLadies' Doctor
1977 · Mimi
movieSister Emanuelle
1977 · Monica's Stepmother
movieThe Sins of a Young Country Wife
1977 · Diana the Daughter of Vincenzo
movieEmanuelle in America
1977 · Woman in Snuff Movie #2 (uncredited)
movieRulers of the City
1976 · Girl on Street (uncredited)
movieBorn Winner
1976 · Lesbica sul treno (uncredited)
movieInhibitions
1976 · Girl in Flashback (uncredited)