Letícia Román was born on August 12, 1941 in Rome, Lazio, Italy as Letizia Novarese. She is an actress, known for The Evil Eye (1963), G.I. Blues (1960) and The Reunion(1963).   Daughter of costume designer Vittorio Nino Novarese and actress Giuliana Gianni.

A friend of Sally Field.   Studied drama under famed acting coach Sanford Meisner for about four months.   Her parents did not want her to become an actress.   Speaks 5 languages: her native Italian, French, Spanish, German, and English. She learned English when she came to the U.S.

Came to the U.S. (Hollywood) in late 1958 with her father Vittorio Nino Novarese, when he was was hired to design costumes for Spartacus (1960) and stayed on to do The Story of Ruth (1960), Cleopatra (1963), and other films.   (As of 1986) As a Beverly Hills real estate broker, she exclusively represented the Ten Five Sixty Wilshire building since October 1985. Since 1982, she took over sales at the 82-unit Westford at 10750 Wilshire Blvd., and subsequently sold its 67 remaining units.

As a West Hollywood landlord, she filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court to exempt her 15-unit apartment building from the city’s freeze on rents because she was suffering a net loss of $1,600 a month. It was the first legal action taken against West Hollywood’s rent control law. [April 1985]

(As of 2011) Her son, Oliver John Gelles, is a director of global marketing for Ormco Corp (since 2003). He is married to Jennifer Gelles, a real estate negotiator in short sales and foreclosure properties. They live in Orange County, California.   Former actress. Has a career as a prominent real estate broker in Beverly Hills, California (c. 1969) under the name Letizia Gelles.   (As of 2012) Retired from being a successful, long-time California real estate agent and living in Italy.

Former president of Italy-America Chamber of Commerce West (IACCW) in Los Angeles, California.

Longtime real estate broker in Beverly Hills, California

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