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person_profile-Elsa Martinelli

Elsa Martinelli Died at age: 82

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Elsa Martinelli

Date of Birth:

Jan 30, 1935

Country of birth:

Italy

Died:

Jul 08, 2017

Biography of

Elsa Martinelli

    Elsa Martinelli (3 August 1932 or 30 January 1935, according to different sources) was an Italian actress and former fashion model.

    Born Elisa Tia in Grosseto, Tuscany, she moved to Rome with her family and in 1953 was discovered by Roberto Capucci who introduced her to the world of fashion. She became a model and began playing small roles in films. She appeared in Claude Autant-Lara's Le Rouge et le noir (1954), but her first important film role came the following year with The Indian Fighter opposite Kirk Douglas. Douglas claims to have spotted her on a magazine cover and hired her for his production company, Bryna Productions. In 1956 she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 6th Berlin International Film Festival for playing the title role in Mario Monicelli's Donatella.

    From the mid 1950s through the late 1960s, she divided her time between Europe and the USA appearing films such as Four Girls in Town (1957) with George Nader, Manuela (1957) with Trevor Howard, Prisoner of the Volga (1959) with John Derek, Hatari! (1962) with John Wayne, The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962) with Charlton Heston, The Trial with Anthony Perkins, The V.I.P.s (1963) with Orson Welles, Rampage (1963) with Robert Mitchum, and Woman Times Seven (1967) with Lex Barker. In Candy (1968), her co-stars were Charles Aznavour, Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, James Coburn, Walter Matthau and Ringo Starr.

    Since the late 1960s, she has worked in Europe in mostly foreign language productions. Her last English language role was as Carla the Agent in 1992s Once Upon a Crime. Her most recent appearance was in the 2005 European television series Orgoglio as the Duchessa di Monteforte.

    Martinelli was first married to Count Franco Mancinelli Scotti di San Vito, by whom she has a daughter, Cristiana Mancinelli (born 1958), also an actress. She later was married to the Paris Match photographer and 1970s furniture designer Willy Rizzo.

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

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Elsa Martinelli

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Filmography of

Elsa Martinelli

Found 49 Movies in total

Italian Kings Of B

Self ( Actor )

... 2003

Twisted Sex Vol. 5

(archive) ( Actor )

... 1993

Once Upon a Crime

Carla the Agent ( Actor )

... 1992

I Am an ESP

Carla Razzi ( Actor )

... 1985

Astuzia per Astuzia

Annelise ( Actor )

... 1979

The Lion's Share

Annie ( Actor )

... 1971

Conquest

Inés de Suárez ( Actor )

... 1971

... 1970

L'amica

Carla Nervi ( Actor )

... 1969

Katmandu

Martine ( Actor )

... 1969

One on Top of the Other

Jane Bleeker ( Actor )

... 1969

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium

Maria, Woman on Venetian Bridge ( Actor )

... 1969

Candy

Livia ( Actor )

... 1968

Madigan's Millions

Vic Shaw ( Actor )

... 1968

The Belle Starr Story

Belle Starr ( Actor )

... 1968

Manon 70

Annie ( Actor )

... 1968

The Movie Orgy

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1968

Woman Times Seven

Pretty Woman ( Actor )

... 1967

The Oldest Profession

Domitilla ( Actor )

... 1967

Maroc 7

Claudia ( Actor )

... 1967

How I Learned to Love Women

Rallye driver ( Actor )

... 1966

Pop Age

Self ( Actor )

... 1966

The 10th Victim

Olga ( Actor )

... 1965

Hail! Mafia

Sylvia ( Actor )

... 1965

Marco the Magnificent

The Woman with the Whip ( Actor )

... 1965

All About Loving

Mathilde ( Actor )

... 1964

Rampage

Anna ( Actor )

... 1963

The V.I.P.s

Gloria Gritti ( Actor )

... 1963

The Trial

Hilda ( Actor )

... 1962

... 1962

Hatari!

Anna Maria 'Dallas' D'Allesandro ( Actor )

... 1962

The Pigeon That Took Rome

Antonella Massimo ( Actor )

... 1962

The Menace

Lucile ( Actor )

... 1961

Love in Rome

Fulvia ( Actor )

... 1960

Captain Blood

Gisèle d'Angoulême ( Actor )

... 1960

... 1960

Blood and Roses

Georgia Monteverdi ( Actor )

... 1960

I piaceri del sabato notte

L'indossatrice romana ( Actor )

... 1960

The Big Night

Anna ( Actor )

... 1959

Tunisi top secret

Kathy Sands ( Actor )

... 1959

Wild Cats on the Beach

Doriana ( Actor )

... 1959

Prisoner of the Volga

Mascha ( Actor )

... 1959

The Mine

Lucia ( Actor )

... 1958

Manuela

Manuela Hunt ( Actor )

... 1957

Four Girls in Town

Maria Antonelli ( Actor )

... 1957

Donatella

Donatella ( Actor )

... 1956

Rice Girl

Elena ( Actor )

... 1956

The Indian Fighter

Onahti ( Actor )

... 1955

Le Rouge et le Noir

Uncredited ( Actor )

... 1954