Born in Parabiago, Italy, in 1928, Franca Rame was an actress, playwright, and feminist, whose militant left-wing politics saw her elected to the Italian Senate. Her fifty-year collaboration with her husband, Nobel Prize – winner Dario Fo, included sharing in the writing and production (though she was not always credited) of many of Fo’s plays. Fo, who called Rame his muse, dedicated his medal to her. She passed away in 2013.