Erika Blanc (born Enrica Bianchi Colombatto; 23 July 1942) is an Italian actress.

Career

Her most notable role was as the first fictional character

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in '' Io, Emmanuelle'' (1969). Blanc starred in several cult European horror films, including '' The Third Eye'' (1966), '' Kill, Baby, Kill'' (1966), '' So Sweet... So Perverse'' (1969), ''

The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave ''The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave'' () is a 1971 Italian '' gothic'' film directed by Emilio Miraglia. Plot Alan ( Anthony Steffen) is a wealthy aristocrat who has just been released from a mental institution following the death of his wi ...

'' (1971), '' The Devil's Nightmare'' (1971), '' The Red Headed Corpse'' (1972) and '' Mark of the Devil Part II'' (1973). Her other film credits include roles in ''

Django Shoots First ''Django Shoots First'' () is an Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Alberto De Martino. Plot Ringo, a bounty hunter, has killed the father of Glenn Garvin (Glenn Saxson) to collect a bounty. Glenn kills Ringo and then takes his father's ...

'' (1966), '' Long Arm of the Godfather'' (1972), ''

Tony Arzenta ''Tony Arzenta'' (internationally released as ''Big Guns'' and ''No Way Out'') is a 1973 Italian gangster-action film directed by Duccio Tessari. The film was commercially successful. Plot When Milan-based mafia hitman Tony Arzenta asks to ge ...

'' (1973), ''

The Stranger and the Gunfighter ''Là dove non batte il sole'', also known as ''The Stranger and the Gunfighter'' and ''El kárate, el Colt y el impostor'', is a 1974 kung fu Spaghetti Western comedy film directed by Antonio Margheriti and starring Lo Lieh and Lee Van Cleef. The ...

'' (1974), ''

Eye of the Cat ''Eye of the Cat'' is a 1969 American horror film directed by David Lowell Rich and starring Michael Sarrazin, Gayle Hunnicutt, and Eleanor Parker. The screenplay is by Joseph Stefano, best known as the co-creator and writer for the tv-series ' ...

'' (1976) and '' Dream of a Summer Night'' (1983). She recently returned to films with small but intense roles under the direction of Turkish-born director

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, acting as Antonia's mother in '' Le fate ignoranti'' (2001), and as the sensitive, alcohol-addicted Maria Clara in ''

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'' (2005). In

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she starred as the grandmother in '' Adored'', directed by Marco Filiberti.

Selected filmography

*'' Agent 077: Mission Bloody Mary'' (1965) *'' Operation Atlantis'' (1965) *''Lady Morgan's Revenge'' (1965) *''

'' (1966) *'' Target Goldseven'' (1966) *''

Blood at Sundown ''Blood at Sundown'' (German: ''Sartana''; ) is a Spaghetti Western film directed by Alberto Cardone. The film is notable as the primary inspiration for the ''Sartana'' film series, starring Gianni Garko as an antiheroic incarnation of the villai ...

'' (1966) *'' The Third Eye'' (1966) *'' Spies Strike Silently'' (1966) *'' Kill, Baby, Kill'' (1966) *'' Last Man to Kill'' (1966) *''

'' (1966) *''El hombre del puño de oro'' (1967) *'' Halleluja for Django'' (1967) *'' Tom Dollar'' (1967) *''

The Longest Hunt ''Spara, Gringo, spara'' (internationally released as ''The Longest Hunt'' and ''Shoot, Gringo... Shoot!'') is a 1968 Italian Spaghetti Western directed by Bruno Corbucci. It is the first western directed by Bruno Corbucci (brother of western ...

'' (1968) *''

Seven Times Seven ''Seven Times Seven'' () is a 1969 Italian crime comedy caper directed by Michele Lupo and starring Gastone Moschin. Plot A gang of prison inmates escape and rob the UK's Royal Mint. They then sneak back to prison. Cast * Gastone Moschin as ...

'' (1968) *'' The Magnificent Tony Carrera'' (1968) *'' Hell in Normandy'' (1968) *'' So Sweet... So Perverse'' (1969) *'' Io, Emmanuelle'' (1969) *''Con quale amore, con quanto amore'' (1970) *''

Stagecoach of the Condemned ''Stagecoach of the Condemned'' () is a 1970 Spanish western film The Western is a film genre defined by the American Film Institute as films which are "set in the American West that mbodythe spirit, the struggle, and the demise of the new ...

'' (1970) *''

Sartana's Here… Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin ''Sartana's Here… Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin'' (, "There is Sartana… Sell the Pistol and Buy a Coffin") AKA A Fistful of Lead is a 1970 Spaghetti Western that is the third of the ''Sartana'' film series with George Hilton taking over the ...

'' (1970) *''La casa delle mele mature'' (1971) *'' Human Cobras'' (1971) *''

'' (1971) *'' The Devil's Nightmare'' (1971) *'' The Red Headed Corpse'' (1972) *'' Long Arm of the Godfather'' (1972) *''Love and Death in the Garden of the Gods'' (1972) *''The Godfather's Friend'' (1972) *'' Mark of the Devil Part II'' (1973) *''Bella, ricca, lieve difetto fisico, cerca anima gemella'' (1973) *''Giorni d'amore sul filo di una lama'' (1973) *''

'' (1973) *''Primo tango a Roma - Storia d'amore e d'alchimia'' (1973) *''Bruna, formosa, cerca superdotato'' (1973) *''

'' (1974) *'' Il domestico'' (1974) *'' I figli di nessuno'' (1974) *''Bello come un arcangelo'' (1974) *''Una libélula para cada muerto'' (1975) *''Giochi erotici di una famiglia per bene'' (1975) *''

'' (1976) *'' La portiera nuda'' (1976) *'' The Mistress Is Served'' (1976) *'' Carcerato'' (1981) *'' Dream of a Summer Night'' (1983) *'' Body Puzzle'' (1992) *'' Le fate ignoranti'' (2001) *'' Adored'' (2003) *''

'' (2005) *'' A Second Childhood'' (2010) *''

The Big Heart of Girls ''The Big Heart of Girls'' () is a 2011 Italian drama film directed by Pupi Avati. Cast * Cesare Cremonini as Carlino Vigetti * Micaela Ramazzotti as Francesca Osti * Gianni Cavina as Sisto Osti * Erika Blanc as Eugenia Vigetti (as Erica Bl ...

'' (2011) *''

I Killed Napoléon ''I Killed Napoléon'' () is a 2015 black comedy film written and directed by Giorgia Farina and starring Micaela Ramazzotti. Plot Anita is a career woman who works as a manager of the pharmaceutical company Fanelli. Cold and determined, she ...

'' (2015) *'' The Prize'' (2017)

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* 1942 births Italian film actresses Living people Actors from Brescia Actresses from Lombardy Spaghetti Western actresses 20th-century Italian actresses 21st-century Italian actresses {{italy-film-actor-stub