Lory Del Santo
Loredana "Lory" Del Santo (born 28 September 1958) is an Italian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder.

Life and career
Born in Povegliano Veronese, Del Santo started her career as a  in the 1975 edition of Festivalbar. In the late-1970s she got her first film roles, mainly in sexy comedy films, and in 1980 she represented Italy at  the Miss Universe competition. In the early-1980s Del Santo became popular thanks to her participation in successful TV shows such as Antonio Ricci's Drive In and Renzo Arbore's Tagli, ritagli e frattaglie.

Del Santo was a focus of gossip columns, mainly for her relationship with Eric Clapton (who dedicated the song "Lady of Verona" to her). While he was still married to Pattie Boyd, Clapton fathered a son, Conor, who was born on 21 August 1986. Conor died on 20 March 1991, at the age of four and a half, when he fell out of an open bedroom window on the 53rd floor of a Manhattan apartment building. The death of their son was the inspiration for Clapton's songs, "Tears in Heaven" and "Circus".

Starting from early 2000s, Del Santo has taken part in several Italian reality shows, winning the third season of L'isola dei famosi. In 2006 she wrote an autobiography, Piacere è una sfida.

Filmography

Films

Television

References

External links 
 

1958 births
20th-century Italian actresses 
Italian female models
Italian film actresses
Italian television personalities
Living people
Miss Universe 1980 contestants
Participants in Italian reality television series
People from the Province of Verona
Actresses from Veneto