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person_profile-Laura Antonelli

Laura Antonelli Died at age: 73

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Laura Antonelli

Date of Birth:

Nov 28, 1941

Country of birth:

Croatia

Died:

Jun 22, 2015

Biography of

Laura Antonelli

    Laura Antonelli (née Antonaz; 28 November 1941 – 22 June 2015) was an Italian film actress, who appeared in 45 films between 1964 and 1991, and she is best known for the movie Malizia.

    Antonelli was born Laura Antonaz in Pola, Kingdom of Italy (in Croatian, Pula), former capital of Istria. After the war, her parents fled what was then Yugoslavia, lived in Italian refugee camps and eventually settled in Naples, where her father found work as a hospital administrator. Antonelli had a childhood interest in mathematics, but as a teenager, she became proficient at gymnastics. In an interview for The New York Times, she recalled, "My parents had made me take hours of gym classes during my teens ... They felt I was ugly, clumsy, insignificant and they hoped I would at least develop some grace. I became very good, especially in rhythmical gym, which is a kind of dance."

    Setting aside ambitions to make a career in mathematics, she graduated as a gymnastics instructor. She moved to Rome, where she became a secondary-school gym teacher and was able to meet people in the entertainment industry, who helped her find modelling jobs.

    Antonelli's earliest engagements included Italian advertisements for Coca-Cola. In 1965, she made her first feature-film appearance in Le sedicenni, although her performance went uncredited. Her American debut came in 1966 in Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs. Other roles followed; her breakthrough came in 1973's Malizia. She appeared in a number of sex farces such as Till Marriage Do Us Part/Mio Dio come sono caduta in basso!.

    She worked in more serious films, as well, including Luchino Visconti's last film, The Innocent (1976). In Wifemistress, a romance film of 1977, she played a repressed wife experiencing a sexual awakening. Later, she appeared in Passione d'Amore (1981). From 1986 she mostly worked on Italian television series. Antonelli's final film role was in the sequel Malizia 2000 (1991), following which she retired. She won the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Award, Nastro d'Argento, in 1974 for Malizia.

    Antonelli was married to publisher Enrico Piacentini but they divorced. From 1972 to 1980, she was the companion of actor Jean-Paul Belmondo.

    On 27 April 1991, cocaine was found during a police raid on Antonelli's home. She was subsequently convicted of possession and dealing and sentenced to house arrest. She spent ten years appealing the conviction, which was eventually overturned. In 2006, the Italian court of appeals ruled in favor of Antonelli and ordered the Ministry of Justice to pay the actress 108,000 euros.

    Antonelli died on 22 June 2015, aged 73, from a heart attack.

    Source: Article "Laura Antonelli" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Laura Antonelli

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Filmography of

Laura Antonelli

Found 40 Movies in total

Malizia 2000

Angela ( Actor )

... 1991

Time of Indifference

Lisa ( Actor )

... 1991

The Miser

Frosina ( Actor )

... 1990

Stuff for the Rich

Mapi Petruzzell (2° episodio) ( Actor )

... 1987

Rimini Rimini

Noce Bove ( Actor )

... 1987

Department Store

Helèna Anzellotti, moglie del capo del personale ( Actor )

... 1986

The Venetian Woman

Angela ( Actor )

... 1986

The Trap

Marie Colbert ( Actor )

... 1985

Slices of Life

Monica Belli, la star ( Actor )

... 1985

Viuuulentemente mia

Anna Tassotti Maloni ( Actor )

... 1982

Sesso e volentieri

Carla De Dominicis / Supermarket client / The Princess ( Actor )

... 1982

Holy Cow

Marianna ( Actor )

... 1982

Chaste and Pure

Rosa Di Maggio ( Actor )

... 1981

Il turno

Stellina Ravi ( Actor )

... 1981

Passion of Love

Clara ( Actor )

... 1981

I'm Getting a Yacht

Roberta ( Actor )

... 1980

Tigers in Lipstick

The Businesswoman ( Actor )

... 1979

Black Journal

Sandra ( Actor )

... 1977

Wifemistress

Antonia De Angelis ( Actor )

... 1977

The Innocent

Giuliana Hermil ( Actor )

... 1976

The Divine Nymph

Manoela Roderighi ( Actor )

... 1975

Till Marriage Do Us Part

Eugenia di Maqueda ( Actor )

... 1974

... 1974

Simona

Simona ( Actor )

... 1974

How Funny Can Sex Be?

Madame Juliette ('Signora sono le 8') / Celestina ('Due cuori e una baracca') / Enrico's Wife ('Non ( Actor )

... 1973

Malicious

Angela ( Actor )

... 1973

Scoundrel in White

Martine Dupont ( Actor )

... 1972

The Eroticist

suor Delicata ( Actor )

... 1972

Secret Fantasy

Costanza Vivaldi ( Actor )

... 1971

Without Apparent Motive

Juliette Vaudreuil ( Actor )

... 1971

The Married Couple of the Year Two

Pauline de Géran ( Actor )

... 1971

Bali

Daria ( Actor )

... 1970

A Man Called Sledge

Ria ( Actor )

... 1970

Gradiva

Gradiva ( Actor )

... 1970

Venus in Furs

Wanda von Dunajew ( Actor )

... 1969

Detective Belli

Franca (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1969

The Archangel

Elena (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1969

Pardon, Are You for or Against?

Piera Conforti ( Actor )

... 1966

... 1966

The Magnificent Cuckold

Guest with a Beehive Hairdo at the Artusis (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1964