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.
The Trial
as HildaJosef K wakes up in the morning and finds the police in his room. They tell him that he is on...
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Once Upon a Crime
as Carla the AgentOn their way to Monte Carlo, Monaco, Marilyn and her husband, Neil, meet several other married...
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Hatari!
as Anna Maria 'Dallas' D'AllesandroA female wildlife photographer arrives on an East African reservation where a group of men trap...
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Candy
as LiviaA high school girl encounters a variety of kookie characters and humorous sexual situations...
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The 10th Victim
as OlgaIn the near future, big wars are avoided by giving individuals with violent tendencies a chance...
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The Indian Fighter
as OnahtiA scout leading a wagon train through hostile Indian country gets involved with a Sioux chief's...
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The V.I.P.s
as Gloria GrittiWealthy passengers fogged in at London's Heathrow Airport fight to survive a variety of personal...
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If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
as Maria, Woman on Venetian BridgeA group of travelers from the United States race through seven European countries in 18 days.
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Le Rouge et le Noir
as (uncredited)It's no holds barred for Julian in pursuit of upward mobility. Although expected to channel...
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Marco the Magnificent
as The Woman with the WhipYoung Marco Polo travels to China to help Kublai Khan fight against rebels, headed by his own...
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Woman Times Seven
as Pretty WomanSeven mini-stories of adultery: a widow misbehaves at her husband's funeral, a wife turns to...
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One on Top of the Other
as Jane BleekerA San Francisco doctor encounters a prostitute who bears a striking resemblance to his late wife.
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The Oldest Profession
as Domitilla (segment "Nuits romaines")A collection of sketches that tells the story of prostitution through the ages.
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Captain Blood
as Gisèle d'AngoulêmeLe capitan is a 1960 French-Italian swashbuckler film directed by André Hunebelle and starring...
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How I Learned to Love Women
as Rallye driverAn erotic comedy about the many affairs of a young man with different women.
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The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels,...
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I Am an ESP
as Carla RazziRoberto Razzi, skeptical and convinced atheist, is the conductor of the Futuro program, in which...
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OSS 117 Takes a Vacation
as ElsaOSS 177 goes on holiday to Brazil, but is called into action when he finds himself being stalked...
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Madigan's Millions
as Vic ShawWhen a deported gangster dies in Italy, the U.S. Treasury Department is very interested in the...
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Four Girls in Town
as Maria AntonelliFour young starlets, from various parts of the world, are called to Hollywood to test for the...
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Blood and Roses
as Georgia MonteverdiThe spirit of a vengeful female vampire is released from her grave and possesses a wealthy young...
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All About Loving
as MathildeSerge follows Hélène in the crowded streets of Paris and manages to seduce her. Werther takes...
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I piaceri del sabato notte
as L'indossatrice romanaBehind the facade of a fashionable Milanese home, headed by Arabella, lies an efficient ring of...
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Manon 70
as AnnieManon is an amoral, free spirit who uses sex to surround herself in relatively luxurious...
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Love in Rome
as FulviaA young impoverished aristocrat and struggling writer falls for the charms of an aspiring...
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Every Man Is My Enemy
as LaureenWhen a heist goes wrong, a safe cracker (Robert Webber) looks for the person who's betrayed him...
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The Belle Starr Story
as Belle StarrDominated by men in her youth, Belle Starr now out-shoots and out-gambles them as she makes her...
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L'amica
as Carla NerviThe beautiful but neglected wife of a brilliant architect from Milan, betrayed by her husband...
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Rice Girl
as ElenaThe 19-year-old Elena, who is as pretty as she is bright, works as a rice girl for the landlord...
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Rampage
as AnnaIn colonial Malaysia, British big game-hunter Otto Abbot and American trapper Harry Stanton...
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The Menace
as LucileJosepha is on the verge eighteen living with her drunken washed up actor uncle. She longs for...
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Maroc 7
as ClaudiaThe lady of a top fashion magazine doubles as a jewel thief and becomes involved in Moroccan...
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Wild Cats on the Beach
as DorianaVarious short stories. Giovanna arrives from Rome with her husband Alberto for a film audition....
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Donatella
as DonatellaDonatella is a simple and honest roman girl, daughter of a bookbinder and girlfriend of Guido, a...
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The Big Night
as AnnaThe exploits of three young Roman criminals are chronicled in this socially conscious drama. The...
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Manuela
as Manuela HuntJames Prothero, forty-three years old and up to his ears in alcohol, is the skipper of a tramp...
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The Mine
as LuciaElsa Martinelli plays a resident of a seaside village who falls in love with rootless stranger...
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Katmandu
as MartineA rebellious socially-conscious man travels to Nepal to find his dead-beat dad. There, he meets...
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Hail! Mafia
as SylviaA couple of hit men set out to kill an old friend.
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Conquest
as Inés de SuárezLa Araucana is a Chilean film based on an epic poem in Spanish about the Spanish conquest of...
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Prisoner of the Volga
as MaschaA vicious play of intrigue, about love, desire and betrayal, in the dress of the military at the...
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The Pigeon That Took Rome
as Antonella MassimoAn American Infantry officer assigned to a cloak-and-dagger role in Rome uses homing pigeons for...
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Diamonds Are Brittle
as JulietteBernard Noblet is a modest bank clerk with a passion for billiards. His fiancée Juliette, a...
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Misdeal
as Gilberte de BaerA musician named Jacques Christens, is given a proposition by an old man. For ten million Francs...
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The Lion's Share
as AnnieA writer is reunited with an old childhood friend, who gives him the opportunity to devise a heist.
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The Red Carnation
as ZobeidaOur hero is the 18-year-old Alessio Mainardi, who receives a token red carnation from a girl...
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Scorched Skin
as uncreditedThe love affair between Andrea, laborer from the italian northern area called Bassa Lombarda and...
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Twisted Sex Vol. 5
as (archive)Twenty-third volume of Something Weird Videos on going series in their collection of American...
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Pop Age
as SelfReport on the young people of the yéyé period and pop music. Jerk at the Palladium, Beatles,...
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Il carro armato dell'8 settembre
as MirellaItaly signed the armistice and in the general confusion a corporal decides to bring the tank...
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Astuzia per Astuzia
as AnneliseA double murder upsets the tranquility of a hotel where a famous and witty lawyer is staying....
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Sanremo Music Festival
as Self - HostThe Sanremo Music Festival is the most popular Italian song contest and awards, held annually in...
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Return of the Saint
as Renata LucciFollow the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.
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The Rogues
as Maria KuzenkovThe Rogues is an American television series that appeared on NBC from September 13, 1964, to...
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