| Adriana Russo | |
| Birth Date: | 1954 2, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Rome, Italy |
| Occupation: | Actress |
Adriana Russo (born 4 February 1954) is an Italian actress and television personality.
Born in Rome, Russo started acting at the university, then she joined the stage company "Teatro insieme Emilia Romagna".[1] In the second half of the 1970s she entered the cabaret company "Il Bagaglino" and had her first film roles, notably appearing in Ettore Scola's Down and Dirty.[1] [2] After working on stage with Vittorio Gassman, her career was launched by the RAI variety show La Sberla.[1] [3] Russo then appeared in several dozens of films, stage works and TV-series; she was also playmate in the Italian edition of Playboy.[3] She had a several-years-long relationship with the television presenter Pippo Baudo.[3]