Born in
Suzzara,
Mantua as
Olga Villani, Villi began to work, only twelve years old, as a saleswoman and seamstress at the
Milanese fashion house
Biki. A few years later her employer hired her as a model; noted by
Macario, she was hired by him in 1942 for the
rivista-
operetta Il grillo al castello, where she had to act, sing and dance. After having announced her retirement in 1972, she came back on stage in 1984. Villi died after a long illness in
Rapallo, where she lived for about thirty years. ==Selected filmography==