Voci spezzate dalida biography

CAIRO - 17 January 2021: Dalida (real name Yolanda Gigliotti) was an internationally recognized French-Italian star, whose debut song “Bambino” became an international success.

She was especially popular in Italy, and her fame spread throughout Europe and, later, in America.

Her success in Egypt was tremendous, and her Egyptian songs are still remembered today.

She is known for her dramatic life, glamorous appearances, and tragic death.

Born in then-diverse Cairo, Egypt, on January 17, 1933, Yolanda Cristina Gigliotti enjoyed a quiet, middle class childhood in Shobra, one of Cairo's oldest and most inclusive neighborhoods.

Her father, Pietro Gigliotti, was primo violino at the Cairo Opera House. 

At 17, Yolanda won the Miss Ondine beauty pageant, which led her to become a model in Cairo and then win the Miss Egypt crown in 1954. On Christmas the same year, 21-year-old Yolanda