Ilona Staller
Biography
Ilona Staller (born 26 November 1951), widely known by her stage name, Cicciolina, is a Hungarian-born Italian porn star, politician, and singer. Staller continued to make hardcore pornographic films while a member of parliament. She is famous for delivering political speeches with one breast exposed. Naturalized by marriage and settled in Italy, Staller met pornographer Riccardo Schicchi in the early 1970s, and, beginning in 1973, achieved fame with a radio show called “Voulez-vous coucher avec moi?” on Radio Luna. For that program she adopted the name Cicciolina. She referred to her male fanbase, and later the male members of the Italian parliament, as “cicciolini”, translating loosely as “little tubby boys.” Although she appeared in several films from 1970, she made her debut under her own name in 1975 with “La liceale” (aka The Teasers) playing a lesbian classmate of Gloria Guida. In 1978, on the RAI show “C'era due volte,” her breasts were the first to be bared live on Italian TV. Staller appeared in her first hardcore pornographic film, “Telefono rosso” (Red Telephone) in 1983. She produced the film together with Schicchi's company Diva Futura. Her memoirs were published as “Confessioni erotiche di Cicciolina,” which translates as Erotic Confessions of Cicciolina, by the Olympia Press of Milan in 1987. That same year she appeared in “Carne bollente,” called The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empress in the United States, co-starring John Holmes. The film would later create a furor when it was revealed that Holmes had tested positive for HIV prior to appearing in it. Staller has appeared nude in Playboy's editions in several countries. Her first Playboy appearance was in Argentina in March 1988. Other appearances for the magazine were in the USA (September 1990), Hungary (June 2005), Serbia (July 2005) and Mexico (September 2005). In 1994, she appeared in the film Replikator and, in 1996, she had a role in the Brazilian soap opera Xica da Silva, as Princess Ludovica di Castelgandolfo di Genova. In 2008, she was a contestant on the Argentine version of Strictly Come Dancing named “Bailando por un sueño.”
Known For
NDR Talk Show
1979
Sacrée soirée
1987
Champs-Elysées
1982
Eurotrash
1993
The Word
1990
Dog Lay Afternoon
1976
Cachitos de hierro y cromo
2013
The Teasers
1975
The Farm
2004
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
High Chaparall
2003
0TV Story Superstar
2020
Filmography
NDR Talk Show
as Self · 1979
Sacrée soirée
as Self · 1987
Champs-Elysées
as Self · 1982
Eurotrash
· 1993
The Word
· 1990
Dog Lay Afternoon
as Eva · 1976
Cachitos de hierro y cromo
as Self (archive footage) · 2013
The Teasers
as Monica · 1975
The Farm
as Self · 2004
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
as Self (archive footage) · 2022
High Chaparall
as Self · 2003
TV Story Superstar
as Self (archive footage) · 2020
Bains de Minuit
as Self - Guest · 1987
Gunther's Millions
as Self (archive footage) · 2023
Skin Deep
as Trella · 1979
Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes
as Self · 1999
Já Está
as Self · 1987
Yellow Emanuelle
as Helen Miller / Helga · 1977
La Cicciolina: Godmother of Scandal
as Self - Actress · 2017
Savage Man Savage Beast
as Girl in Isle of Wight (uncredited) · 1975
Private Vices, Public Virtues
as Woman in orgy · 1976
Five Women for the Killer
as Tiffany · 1974
Calling All Police Cars
as Prostitute · 1975
Dedicated to the Aegean Sea
as Anita · 1979
Diva Futura - L'avventura dell'amore
· 1989
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
as Gianka (uncredited) · 1975
Heart of a Dog
as Natasa · 1976
The Teenage Prostitution Racket
as Blonde Model (as Elena Mercuri) · 1975
I vizi segreti degli italiani quando credono di non essere visti
as Dancer · 1987
Fancy a Woman
as Cicciolina · 1978
The Face with Two Left Feet
as Ilona · 1979
Bra Wars – Hollywood’s Affair With The Bra
as Self · 2014
Cicciolina amore mio
as Cicciolina · 1979
Lo Scherzo Perfetto
· 2017
La fábrica y el sexo
· 2025
Substitute Teacher
as Student · 1975
Replikator
as Miss Tina Show · 1994
Bali
· 1970
I prosseneti
as Lyl · 1976
Porn to Be Free
as Self - Actress · 2016
Inhibitions
as Anna · 1976
L'ingenua
as Angela · 1975
Amit tudni akarsz
· 2022
I quarant'anni di Frigidaire
Cortocircuito
as (archive footage) · 2019
Cicciolina My Love
as Cicciolina · 1979
Cicciolina Venus
as Venus
Il porno poker
· 1984
Backdoor Summer
as (archive footage) · 1988
The Rise of the Roman Empress
as Cicciolina · 1987
La Grande sfida hard
· 1990
Moana e… le altre regine
· 1987
Amori Particolari Transessuali
· 1987
Tutte le Provocazioni di Moana
as Cicciolina · 1990
I racconti segreti di una giovane cinquantenne
· 1990
Porno Express 5
as (archive footage) · 1999
L'ultimo Tango Anale
· 1992
World Cup '90
· 1990
Le perversioni degli angeli
· 1991
Malone contro Tutti
· 1999
Orgia atomica
· 1984
Pioggia di piacere
· 1991
Maxed Out 6
· 1997
Cicciolina Number One
as Cicciolina · 1986
La Ragazza e... lo Stallone Nero
· 1992
Luna Park dell'amore
· 1991
Max's Classics - Del 1: 1980-1987
as (archive footage) · 2000
Banane al cioccolato
as Cicciolina · 1986
Diva
· 1992
Backfield in Motion
· 1990
Backdoor Summer 2
· 1989
The Rise of the Roman Empress II
· 1990
Prison Bestial Loves
as Congresswoman Ciccilolina · 1991
Shop of Pleasure
as (archive footage) · 1988
The Big Challenge - Act 1
· 1990
Passionate Lovers
as Cicciolina · 1990
I racconti sensuali di Cicciolina
· 1986
I Fucked an Alien
as Cicciolina · 1992
Telefono rosso
· 1986
More Than Before
· 1990
Le Calde Labbra Di Moana
· 1992