Cristina Gaioni (born as Maria Cristina Gaioni; 4 November 1940) is an Italian actress, sometimes credited as Cristina Gajoni and Cristina Gaioni Visentin. Born in

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

, Gaioni studied acting at the drama school of Piccolo Teatro under

Giorgio Strehler Giorgio Strehler (; ; 14 August 1921 – 25 December 1997) was an actor, Italian opera and theatre director. Biography Strehler was born in Barcola, Trieste; His father, Bruno Strehler, was a native of Trieste with family roots in Vienna and die ...

. In 1960 she won a

Nastro d'Argento The Nastro d'Argento, also known by its translated name Silver Ribbon, is an Italian film award awarded each year since 1946 by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (Italian: ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani ...

for Best supporting Actress for her performance in

Renato Castellani Renato Castellani (4 September 1913 in Varigotti, Liguria – 28 December 1985 in Rome) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Early life Son of a representative of Kodak, he was born in Varigotti, a hamlet at the time of Final Pia, ...

's '' Nella città l'inferno''.

Selected filmography

* '' The Facts of Murder'' (1959) *'' You're on Your Own'' (1959) *'' Nella città l'inferno'' (1959) *'' Letto a tre piazze'' (1960) *'' The Assassin'' (1961) *'' Ursus'' (1961) * '' Black City'' (1961) *'' Love at Twenty'' (1962) *'' La steppa'' (1962) *''

Kerim, Son of the Sheik ''Kerim, Son of the Sheik'' ( it, Il figlio dello sceicco, french: Le retour du fils du cheik, also known just as ''Son of the Sheik'') is a 1962 Italian-French adventure film directed by Mario Costa and starring Gordon Scott. Plot Cast * ...

'' (1962) *''

The Fury of Achilles ''L'ira di Achille'', internationally released as ''The Fury of Achilles'', is a 1962 Italian historical drama set in the ninth year of the Trojan War and is based primarily on Homer's ''Iliad''. The film was directed by Marino Girolami and starr ...

'' (1962) *'' Slave Girls of Sheba'' (1963) *''

Il Successo ''Il Successo'' (also known as ''The Success'') is a 1963 Italian comedy film directed by Mauro Morassi. It is considered an unofficial sequel of Dino Risi's ''Il Sorpasso'', with Vittorio Gassman and Jean-Louis Trintignant reprising their roles w ...

'' (1963) *''

Run with the Devil ''Run with the Devil'' ( it, Via Margutta) is a List of Italian films of 1960, 1960 Cinema of Italy, Italian comedy-drama film directed by Mario Camerini. Cast *Antonella Lualdi as Donata *Gérard Blain as Stefano *Franco Fabrizi as Giosuè *C ...

'' (1963) * '' Implacable Three'' (1963) *'' Fire Over Rome'' (1965) *'' Operation Atlantis'' (1965) *'' Night of Violence'' (1965) *''

Pulp Pulp may refer to: * Pulp (fruit), the inner flesh of fruit Engineering * Dissolving pulp, highly purified cellulose used in fibre and film manufacture * Pulp (paper), the fibrous material used to make paper * Molded pulp, a packaging material ...

'' (1972) *'' Andy Warhol's Frankenstein'' (1973) *''

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'' (1973) *'' Eye of the Cat'' (1975) *''

Willy Signori e vengo da lontano ''Willy Signori e vengo da lontano'' is a 1989 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Francesco Nuti. For his performance Alessandro Haber won the Nastro d'Argento for best supporting actor. Plot Willy Signori is a journalist in Milan, bo ...

'' (1989)

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* 1939 births Actresses from Milan Living people Nastro d'Argento winners Italian film actresses 20th-century Italian actresses {{Italy-actor-stub