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person_profile-Elissa Landi

Elissa Landi Died at age: 43

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Elissa Landi

Date of Birth:

Dec 06, 1904

Country of birth:

Italy

Died:

Oct 21, 1948

Biography of

Elissa Landi

    Elissa Landi (December 6, 1904 – October 21, 1948) was an Italian born actress who was popular in Hollywood films of the 1920s and 1930s. Rumoured to be a descendant of Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, she was noted for her aristocratic bearing.

    Born Elisabeth Marie Christine Kühnelt in Venice, Landi was raised in Austria and educated in England.

    Her first ambition was to be a writer, and she wrote her first novel at the age of twenty. She would return to writing during lulls in her acting career. She joined the Oxford Repertory Company at an early age, appearing in many British and American stage successes.

    During the 1920s she appeared in British, French, and German films before travelling to the United States to appear in a Broadway production of A Farewell to Arms. She was signed to a contact by Fox Film Corporation (later 20th Century Fox) in 1931.

    She played the heroine in Cecil B. De Mille's The Sign of the Cross (1932), but was overshadowed by Claudette Colbert who played the flashier role of Poppea. She was paired successfully with some of the major leading men, such as David Manners, Charles Farrell, Warner Baxter, and Ronald Colman in romantic dramas such as Body and Soul (1931) before appearing in the box office hit The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) with Robert Donat.

    Her contract with Fox was abruptly cancelled in 1936 as a result of her refusal to accept a particular role. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer signed her to a contract and after a couple of romantic dramas she played the cousin of Myrna Loy in the very popular After the Thin Man (1936). After only two more films she retired, in 1943.

    She became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1943, and dedicated herself to writing, producing six novels and a series of poems.

    She died from cancer in Kingston, New York, and was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Newburyport, Massachusetts.

    Elissa Landi has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to Motion Pictures, at 1615 Vine St.

    Description above from the Wikipedia article Elissa Landi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Elissa Landi

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Filmography of

Elissa Landi

Found 29 Movies in total

Corregidor

Dr. Royce Lee Stockman ( Actor )

... 1943

The Thirteenth Chair

Helen Trent ( Actor )

... 1937

After the Thin Man

Selma Forrest Landis ( Actor )

... 1936

Mad Holiday

Peter Dean ( Actor )

... 1936

The Amateur Gentleman

Lady Cleone Meredith ( Actor )

... 1936

Crimson Dynasty

Princess Aurore ( Actor )

... 1935

Without Regret

Jennifer Gage ( Actor )

... 1935

Enter Madame

Lisa Della Robbia ( Actor )

... 1935

The Count of Monte Cristo

Mercedes ( Actor )

... 1934

The Great Flirtation

Zita Marishka ( Actor )

... 1934

Man of Two Worlds

Joan Pemberton ( Actor )

... 1934

By Candlelight

Marie ( Actor )

... 1933

The Masquerader

Eve Chilcote ( Actor )

... 1933

I Loved You Wednesday

Vicki Meredith ( Actor )

... 1933

The Sign of the Cross

Mercia ( Actor )

... 1932

A Passport to Hell

Myra Carson ( Actor )

... 1932

The Woman in Room 13

Laura Ramsey ( Actor )

... 1932

Devil's Lottery

Evelyn Beresford ( Actor )

... 1932

The Yellow Ticket

Marya Kalish ( Actor )

... 1931

Wicked

Margot Rande ( Actor )

... 1931

Always Goodbye

Lila Banning ( Actor )

... 1931

Body and Soul

Carla ( Actor )

... 1931

Children of Chance

Binnie ( Actor )

... 1930

The Price of Things

Anthea Dayre ( Actor )

... 1930

Knowing Men

Korah Hurley / Collette ( Actor )

... 1930

Sin

Kersti ( Actor )

... 1928

Underground

Nell ( Actor )

... 1928

Bolibar

Françoise-Marie / La Monita ( Actor )

... 1928

London

Alice Cranston ( Actor )

... 1927