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Elsa Martinelli

Acting
Known For

82 Years Old

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.

Born

Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy on 30th January 1935

Died

8th July 2017

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Sanremo Music Festival
Self - Host
The Bob Hope Show Image
The Bob Hope Show
Self
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V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
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Cinépanorama
Self
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Samedi soir
Self
Return of the Saint Image
Return of the Saint
Renata Lucci
The Rogues Image
The Rogues
Maria Kuzenkov
Domenica In Image
Domenica In
Self
Candy Image
Candy
Livia
Hatari! Image
Hatari!
Anna Maria 'Dallas' D'Allesandro
The Trial Image
The Trial
Hilda
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The 10th Victim
Olga
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Once Upon a Crime
Carla the Agent
The Indian Fighter Image
The Indian Fighter
Onahti
The Belle Starr Story Image
The Belle Starr Story
Belle Starr
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The V.I.P.s
Gloria Gritti
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One on Top of the Other
Jane Bleeker
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The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
Woman Times Seven Image
Woman Times Seven
Pretty Woman
Le Rouge et le Noir Image
Le Rouge et le Noir
(uncredited)
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Manon 70
Annie
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If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Maria, Woman on Venetian Bridge
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Katmandu
Martine
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Madigan's Millions
Vic Shaw
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How I Learned to Love Women
Rallye driver
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Captain Blood
Gisèle d'Angoulême
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Marco the Magnificent
The Woman with the Whip
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The Oldest Profession
Domitilla (segment "Nuits romaines")
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The Big Night
Anna
Manuela Image
Manuela
Manuela Hunt
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Blood and Roses
Georgia Monteverdi
The Mine Image
The Mine
Lucia
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Wild Cats on the Beach
Doriana
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The Menace
Lucile
Donatella Image
Donatella
Donatella
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Diamonds Are Brittle
Juliette
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Rampage
Anna
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Twisted Sex Vol. 5
(archive)
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The Pigeon That Took Rome
Antonella Massimo
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Rice Girl
Elena
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Love in Rome
Fulvia
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Prisoner of the Volga
Mascha
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Italian Kings Of B
Self
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Hail! Mafia
Sylvia
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All About Loving
Mathilde
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Maroc 7
Claudia
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Misdeal
Gilberte de Baer
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Four Girls in Town
Maria Antonelli
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I Am an ESP
Carla Razzi
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Conquest
Inés de Suárez
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OSS 117 Takes a Vacation
Elsa
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Se vincessi cento milioni
Anna (segment "L'indossatrice")
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Every Man Is My Enemy
Laureen
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The Lion's Share
Annie
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L'amica
Carla Nervi
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L'or du duc
Sonia
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Il carro armato dell'8 settembre
Mirella
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Il tempo delle mimose
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Hello, Hello Baby! (Rains)
Diana
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Il segreto di Otello
Self
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Pop Age
Self
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The Red Carnation
Zobeida
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I piaceri del sabato notte
L'indossatrice romana
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Astuzia per Astuzia
Annelise
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The Invincible Swordsman
Gisèle d'Angoulême
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Scorched Skin
Rosaria
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Tunisi top secret
Kathy Sands