Basta guardarla - Maria Grazia Buccella (cropped)

Maria Grazia Buccella (born August 15, 1940) is an Italian glamour model and film actress, who was

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1959.

Career

Buccella won the Miss Trento, Miss Venice, and Miss Italy beauty pageants, and placed third in the Miss Europe 1959 competition. She represented Italy in the 1959 Miss Universe contest held in Long Beach, California. When she failed to make the cut from the initial 81 contestants to the final 15, the voluptuous Buccella was quoted as saying, "The judges and I obviously disagree. Back home, the men would wait for most of these girls to gain some more weight. But I am not bitter. They are nice girls." She was busy throughout the 1960s in numerous Italian and European films. She screen tested for the role of Domino Derval in the

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film '' Thunderball''. (The role, originally an Italian woman named Dominetta Petacchi, went to French actress Claudine Auger).Production notes for Thunderball — MI6.co.uk
That same year Buccella appeared in the Dino Risi-directed film '' Il Gaucho'' which starred Vittorio Gassman; ''Gentleman de Cocody'', starring Jean Marais; ''The Secret Agents'', starring Gassman and Henry Fonda; and the

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production ''Menage All'Italiana.'' Buccella appeared in the comedy anthology ''Love and Marriage'' (U.S. release 1966) in a story that presaged the film ''Indecent Proposal''. ''New York Times'' film critic Howard Thompson wrote, "Lando Buzzanca as the proud and fiery husband and Maria Grazia Buccella as his dovelike bride are marvelous." Vittorio De Sica cast her as Miss Okra in the Peter Sellers farce film ''

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'', in which she flirted with Sellers while lip-synching dialog by Akim Tamiroff. In 1968 she won a Silver Ribbon award at the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists for Best Supporting Actress (Migliore Attrice Non Protagonista) in the film ''

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'' (released as '' I Married You for Fun''). Buccella was featured on the July 1977 cover of the Italian edition of ''

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'' magazine. She retired from films in 1979, although she made two small appearances in the late 1980s and a final appearance in the 2000 television series ''Hotel Otello''.

Filmography

*''La nostra pelle'', directed by Raymond Berhard (1951) * '' Rasputin'' (1954) *''

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'' (1960) *''

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'', directed by Carlo Campogalliani (1960) *''

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'', directed by

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(1960) *'' Nerone '71'', directed by Walter Filippi (1961) *'' The Fall of Rome'', directed by Antonio Margheriti (1963) *''

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'', directed by Vittorio De Sica (1963) *'' Siamo tutti pomicioni'', directed by Marino Girolami (1963) *'' La donna degli altri è sempre più bella'', directed by Marino Girolami (1963) *'' Canzoni in bikini'', directed by

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(1963) *''

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'', directed by Gianni Puccini (1964) *'' Il Gaucho'', directed by Dino Risi (1965) *'' Man from Cocody'', directed by Christian-Jaque (1965) *'' Su e giù'', directed by

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(1965) *'' The Dirty Game'', directed by Carlo Lizzani (1965) *''

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'', directed by

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(1965) *'' Adultery Italian Style'', directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile (1966) *''

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'', directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile (1966) *'' L'armata Brancaleone'', directed by Mario Monicelli (1966) *''

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'', directed by

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(1966) *'' Dead Run'', directed by Christian-Jaque (1967) *'' I Married You for Fun'', directed by Luciano Salce (1967) *'' Domani non siamo pià qui'', directed by Brunello Rondi (1967) *''

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'', directed by Robert Fiz (1968) *'' Villa Rides'', directed by Buzz Kulik (1968) *'' Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence'', directed by Luigi Comencini (1969) *'' Where Are You Going All Naked?'', directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile (1969) *'' Sissignore'', directed by Ugo Tognazzi (1969) *'' The Wind's Fierce'', directed by

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(1970) *'' I Clowns'', directed by

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(1970) *''

Il provinciale ''Il provinciale'' (''The Provincial'') is a 1971 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Salce. Cast * Gianni Morandi: Giovanni * Maria Grazia Buccella: Giulia * Sergio Leonardi: Sergio * Tery Hare: Silvana * Franco Fabrizi: Colombo ...

'', directed by Luciano Salce (1971) *'' Basta guardarla'', directed by Luciano Salce (1971) *'' Remo e Romolo - Storia di due figli di una lupa'', directed by

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(1976) *'' Nerone'', directed by

(1977) *'' Quando c'era lui... caro lei!'', directed by

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(1978) *'' L'importante è non farsi notare'', directed by

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(1979) *'' Crime in Formula One'', directed by

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(1983) *''

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Buccella, Maria 1940 births 20th-century Italian actresses Actresses from Milan Italian beauty pageant winners Italian female models Italian film actresses Living people Miss Universe 1959 contestants Nastro d'Argento winners Models from Milan