1935-01-30 ( 90 years old ) in Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy
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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Movies
Il segreto di Otello
2015-02-05
Il tempo delle mimose
2013-01-01
Italian Kings Of B
2003-01-01
Twisted Sex Vol. 5
1993-10-01
Once Upon a Crime
1992-03-06
I Am an ESP
1985-12-24
Astuzia per Astuzia
1979-09-30
The Red Carnation
1976-01-01
The Lion's Share
1971-09-08
Conquest
1971-08-02
OSS 117 Takes a Vacation
1970-02-04
L'amica
1969-12-23
Katmandu
1969-09-26
One on Top of the Other
1969-08-15
Misdeal
1969-04-30
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969-04-24
Candy
1968-12-17
Madigan's Millions
1968-05-30
The Belle Starr Story
1968-03-15
Manon 70
1968-02-21
The Movie Orgy
1968-01-01
Woman Times Seven
1967-09-29
The Oldest Profession
1967-04-07
Maroc 7
1967-03-22
Every Man Is My Enemy
1967-01-01
How I Learned to Love Women
1966-10-02
Pop Age
1966-01-01
The 10th Victim
1965-12-02
L'or du duc
1965-09-23
Diamonds Are Brittle
1965-09-17
Hail! Mafia
1965-08-10
Marco the Magnificent
1965-08-06
All About Loving
1964-12-28
Rampage
1963-10-09
The V.I.P.s
1963-09-01
The Invincible Swordsman
1963-01-01
The Trial
1962-12-21
Scorched Skin
1962-10-18
Hatari!
1962-06-19
The Pigeon That Took Rome
1962-06-19
The Menace
1961-03-01
Love in Rome
1960-11-24
Captain Blood
1960-10-03
Il carro armato dell'8 settembre
1960-09-24
Blood and Roses
1960-09-14
I piaceri del sabato notte
1960-05-04
The Big Night
1959-11-12
Tunisi top secret
1959-06-21
Hello, Hello Baby! (Rains)
1959-05-06
Wild Cats on the Beach
1959-05-05
Prisoner of the Volga
1959-03-26
The Mine
1958-02-06
Manuela
1957-07-18
Four Girls in Town
1957-01-16
Donatella
1956-10-03
Rice Girl
1956-01-27
The Indian Fighter
1955-12-21
Le Rouge et le Noir
1954-10-29
Se vincessi cento milioni
1953-12-01
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