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Elsa Martinelli
Actor
Died July 8, 2017 (82 years)
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.
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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.
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Known For
Filmography
| 2004 | Orgoglio (TV Series) · as Duchessa Di Monteforte (2005) |
| 1992 | Once Upon a Crime... · as Carla The Agent |
| 1985 | I Am an ESP · as Carla Razzi |
| 1978 | Return of the Saint (TV Series) · as Renata Lucci |
| 1971 | La araucana · as Inés De Suárez |
| 1971 | The Lion's Share · as Annie |
| 1970 | OSS 117 prend des vacances · as Elsa |
| 1969 | L'amica · as Carla Nervi |
| 1969 | The Pleasure Pit · as Martine |
| 1969 | One on Top of the Other · as Jane Bleeker |
| 1969 | Misdeal · as Gilberte De Baer |
| 1969 | If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium · as Maria, Woman On Venetian Bridge |
| 1968 | |
| 1968 | Madigan's Millions · as Vic Shaw |
| 1968 | The Belle Star Story · as Belle Starr |
| 1968 | Manon 70 · as Annie |
| 1967 | Every Man Is My Enemy · as Laureen |
| 1967 | Woman Times Seven · as Pretty Woman |
| 1967 | Maroc 7 · as Claudia |
| 1967 | The Oldest Profession · as Domitilla (segment "nuits Romaines") |
| 1966 | Come imparai ad amare le donne · as Rallye Driver |
| 1965 | The 10th Victim · as Olga |
| 1965 | L'or du duc · as Sonia |
| 1965 | Diamonds Are Brittle · as Juliette |
| 1965 | Hail, Mafia · as Sylvia |
| 1965 | Marco the Magnificent · as The Woman With The Whip |
| 1964 | De l'amour · as Mathilde |
| 1964 | The Rogues (TV Series) · as Maria Kuzenkov |
| 1963 | Rampage · as Anna |
| 1963 | The V.I.P.s · as Gloria Gritti |
| 1962 | The Trial · as Hilda |
| 1962 | The Pigeon That Took Rome · as Antonella Massimo |
| 1962 | Hatari! · as Anna Maria 'dallas' D'allesandro |
| 1961 | La menace · as Lucile |
| 1960 | Un amore a Roma · as Fulvia |
| 1960 | Captain Blood · as Gisèle D'angoulême |
| 1960 | Blood and Roses · as Georgia Monteverdi |
| 1960 | Pleasures of Saturday Night · as L'indossatrice Romana |
| 1959 | The Big Night · as Anna |
| 1959 | Costa Azzurra · as Doriana |
| 1959 | Prisoner of the Volga · as Mascha |
| 1958 | The Mine · as Lucia |
| 1957 | Stowaway Girl · as Manuela Hunt |
| 1957 | Four Girls in Town · as Maria Antonelli |
| 1956 | Donatella · as Donatella |
| 1956 | Rice Girl · as Elena |
| 1955 | The Indian Fighter · as Onahti |
| 1954 | The Red and the Black · as Uncredited |