Franca Rame obituary
Leading Italian actor, playwright and militant leftwing politician who was the wife and professional partner of Dario FoFranca Rame, who has died aged 84, was one of Italy's most admired stage performers and playwrights. A leftwing militant, she was elected to the Italian senate in 2006 but resigned within two years, saying the assembly was an icebox of feelings. But Rame was best known as the wife and professional p…