Luciana Angiolillo (22 December 1925 – 30 November 2014) was an Italian actress and model, known for her career in
peplum classic films.
Life and career
Born Luciana Nevi in
Rome
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, Angiolillo started her career as a runway model.
She made her film debut thanks to the friendship of
Ennio Flaiano, who suggested her to the director
Luciano Emmer
Luciano Emmer (19 January 1918 – 16 September 2009) was an Italian film director. He was born in Milan, but most of his childhood lived in Venice.
He started as filmmaker at filming Giotto's frescoes in Padua in 1938. Screenwriter Serg ...
for the role of an upper class lady in ''
Camilla''.
From then she appeared in a number of films, often in stereotypal roles of snobbish bourgeois ladies.
Gradually relegated to secondary roles, Angiolillo eventually devoted herself to the direction of a fashion house owned by her.
Angiolillo died on November 30, 2014.
Selected filmography
* ''
Camilla'' (1954)
* ''
A Woman Alone'' (1956)
* ''
First Love'' (1959)
* ''
Wild Cats on the Beach'' (1959)
* ''
Colossus and the Amazon Queen
''Colossus and the Amazon Queen'' ( it, La regina delle Amazzoni/ ''Queen of the Amazons'') is a 1960 Italian sword and sandal comedy film directed by Vittorio Sala.
Cast
*Rod Taylor as Pirro
* Ed Fury as Glauco
* Dorian Gray as Antiope
*Da ...
'' (1960)
* ''
Girl with a Suitcase
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'' (1961)
* ''
Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis
''Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis'' ( it, Ercole alla conquista di Atlantide, lit=Hercules at the Conquest of Atlantis) is a 1961 film directed by Vittorio Cottafavi and starring Reg Park in his film debut as Ercole/Hercules. It was origin ...
'' (1961)
* ''
The Trojan Horse
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'' (1961)
* ''
The Easy Life
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'' (1962)
* ''
Alone Against Rome
''Alone Against Rome'' ( it, Solo contro Roma, also known as ''Vengeance of the Gladiators'') is a 1962 peplum film directed by Luciano Ricci and starring Lang Jeffries and Rossana Podestà.
Cast
* Lang Jeffries as Brennus
* Rossana Podest ...
'' (1962)
* ''
Love and Marriage
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Frank Sinatra versions
"Love and Marriage" was introduced by Frank Sinatra in the 1955 televis ...
'' (1964)
* ''
Berlin, Appointment for the Spies
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It was retitled ''Spy ...
'' (1965)
* ''
Countdown to Doomsday'' (1966)
* ''
Grand Slam'' (1967)
* ''
The Wild Eye
''The Wild Eye'' ( it, L'occhio selvaggio) is a 1967 Italian drama film directed by Paolo Cavara. It was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival.
Cast
* Philippe Leroy as Paolo
* Delia Boccardo as Barbara Bates
* Gabriele Tint ...
'' (1967)
References
External links
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1925 births
2014 deaths
Italian film actresses
Italian television actresses
Italian stage actresses
20th-century Italian actresses
Actresses from Rome