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Laura Antonelli

Actor
Died June 22, 2015 (73 years)
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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • The Innocent
  • A Man Called Sledge
Known For
  • Malicious
  • The Innocent
  • Till Marriage Do Us Part
  • Venial Sin
  • Devil in the Flesh
  • The Venetian Woman
  • The Swashbuckler
  • Viuuulentemente mia
  • The Divine Nymph
  • Collector's Item
  • How Funny Can Sex Be?
  • Passion of Love
  • Wifemistress
  • A Man Called Sledge
  • X-Rated Girl
  • Malizia 2000
  • Docteur Popaul
  • Chaste and Pure
  • The Eroticist
  • Tigers in Lipstick
  • L'avaro
  • Simona
  • Mi faccio la barca
  • Without Apparent Motive

Filmography

2023
2023
2005
2001
Hotel! · as Women
1991
Malizia 2000 · as Angela
1990
L'avaro · as Frosina
1989
Disperatamente Giulia (TV Series) · as Carmen Milkovich
1987
Roba da ricchi · as Mapi Petruzzell (2° Episodio)
1987
Rimini Rimini · as Noce Bove
1986
Grandi magazzini · as Helèna Anzellotti, Moglie Del Capo Del Personale
1986
The Venetian Woman · as Angela
1985
Collector's Item · as Marie Colbert
1985
Slices of Life · as Monica Belli, La Star
1982
Viuuulentemente mia · as Anna Tassotti Maloni
1982
Sesso e volentieri · as Carla De Dominicis / Supermarket Client / The Princess
1982
Porca vacca · as Marianna
1981
Chaste and Pure · as Rosa Di Maggio
1981
Il turno · as Stellina Ravi
1981
Passion of Love · as Clara
1980
Mi faccio la barca · as Roberta
1979
Hypochondriac · as Tonietta
1979
Tigers in Lipstick · as The Businesswoman
1977
Black Journal · as Sandra
1977
Wifemistress · as Antonia De Angelis
1976
The Innocent · as Giuliana Hermil
1976
The Hunter Will Get You · as Fausse Femme Enceinte
1975
The Divine Nymph · as Manoela Roderighi
1975
The Night Caller · as Passagere Du Metro
1974
Till Marriage Do Us Part · as Eugenia Di Maqueda
1974
Simona · as Simona
1974
Venial Sin · as Laura
1973
How Funny Can Sex Be? · as Madame Juliette ('signora Sono Le 8') / Celestina ('due Cuori E Una Baracca') / Enrico's Wife ('non È Mai Troppo Tardi') / Grazia ('viaggio Di Nozze') / Tamara ('torna Piccina Mia') / The Nun ('lavoratore Italiano All'estero') / Donna Mimma Maccò ('la Vendetta') / Tiziana ('l'ospite')
1973
Malicious · as Angela
1972
Docteur Popaul · as Martine Dupont
1972
The Eroticist · as Suor Delicata
1971
X-Rated Girl · as Costanza Vivaldi
1971
Without Apparent Motive · as Juliette Vaudreuil
1971
The Swashbuckler · as Pauline De Géran
1970
Incontro d'amore · as Daria
1970
1970
Gradiva · as Gradiva
1969
Devil in the Flesh · as Wanda Von Dunajew
1969
Detective Belli · as Franca (uncredited)
1969
The Archangel · as Elena (uncredited)
1968
1966
1966
1965
1964
The Magnificent Cuckold · as Guest With A Beehive Hairdo At The Artusis (uncredited)

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