Ayşe Nana was an Italian dancer, born in 1936 in Istanbul, who died in 2014.
Biography
Kiash Nanah (1935/36 – 29 January 2014), better known by her stage name Aïché (Ayşe) Nana, was a Lebanese-born dancer and stripper.
Born in Beirut, Lebanon to Armenian parents, she began her career in 1954, before moving to France then Italy and becoming a belly dancer. She was married to Italian film director and producer and screenwriter Sergio Pastore.
She became a celebrity in Italy, following a famous striptease on 5 November 1958 during a private party at the Rugantino restaurant and nightclub on the Viale di Trastevere in Rome, which caused a national scandal and went on to provide the inspiration for the 'orgy' scene in Federico Fellini's film La dolce vita.
Contemporaries
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