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.
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- 2013 · Il tempo delle mimose as
- 2003 · Italian Kings Of B as Self
- 1993 · Twisted Sex Vol. 5 as (archive)
- 1992 · Once Upon a Crime as Carla the Agent
- 1985 · I Am an ESP as Carla Razzi
- 1979 · Astuzia per Astuzia as Annelise
- 1978 · Return of the Saint as Renata Lucci
- 1976 · Domenica In as Self
- 1976 · The Red Carnation as Zobeida
- 1971 · The Lion's Share as Annie
- 1971 · Conquest as Inés de Suárez
- 1971 · V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
- 1971 · Samedi soir as Self
- 1970 · OSS 117 Takes a Vacation as Elsa
- 1969 · L'amica as Carla Nervi
- 1969 · Katmandu 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 · Candy as Livia
- 1968 · Madigan's Millions as Vic Shaw
- 1968 · The Belle Starr Story as Belle Starr
- 1968 · Manon 70 as Annie
- 1968 · The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
- 1967 · Woman Times Seven as Pretty Woman
- 1967 · The Oldest Profession as Domitilla (segment "Nuits romaines")
- 1967 · Maroc 7 as Claudia
- 1967 · Every Man Is My Enemy as Laureen
- 1966 · How I Learned to Love Women as Rallye driver
- 1966 · Pop Age as Self
- 1965 · The 10th Victim as Olga
- 1965 · Diamonds Are Brittle as Juliette
- 1965 · L'or du duc as Sonia
- 1965 · Hail! Mafia as Sylvia
- 1965 · Marco the Magnificent as The Woman with the Whip
- 1964 · All About Loving as Mathilde
- 1964 · The Rogues as Maria Kuzenkov
- 1963 · Rampage as Anna
- 1963 · The V.I.P.s as Gloria Gritti
- 1963 · The Invincible Swordsman as Gisèle d'Angoulême
- 1962 · The Trial as Hilda
- 1962 · Scorched Skin as
- 1962 · Hatari! as Anna Maria 'Dallas' D'Allesandro
- 1962 · The Pigeon That Took Rome as Antonella Massimo
- 1961 · The Menace as Lucile
- 1960 · Love in Rome as Fulvia
- 1960 · Captain Blood as Gisèle d'Angoulême
- 1960 · Il carro armato dell'8 settembre as Mirella
- 1960 · Blood and Roses as Georgia Monteverdi
- 1960 · I piaceri del sabato notte as L'indossatrice romana
- 1959 · The Big Night as Anna
- 1959 · Tunisi top secret as Kathy Sands
- 1959 · Hello, Hello Baby! (Rains) as Diana
- 1959 · Wild Cats on the Beach as Doriana
- 1959 · Prisoner of the Volga as Mascha
- 1958 · The Mine as Lucia
- 1957 · Manuela as Manuela Hunt
- 1957 · Four Girls in Town as Maria Antonelli
- 1956 · Donatella as Donatella
- 1956 · Cinépanorama as Self
- 1956 · Rice Girl as Elena
- 1955 · The Indian Fighter as Onahti
- 1954 · Le Rouge et le Noir as Uncredited
- 1953 · Se vincessi cento milioni as Anna (segment "L'indossatrice")
- 1951 · Sanremo Music Festival as Self - Host