Krista Nell (born Doris Kristanel; 21 January 1946 – 19 June 1975) was an Austrian film actress. Born Doris Kristanel, Nell debuted in French cinema, then moved to Rome where became a minor starlet in Italian genre films, especially

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s and '' commedie sexy all'italiana''."Decameroticus", ''Nocturno Dossier'' n.56, March 2007, p.10 Nell went on to star in such films as ''

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'', and spaghetti Westerns such as ''

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'', '' Blindman'', '' Kill Django... Kill First'' and '' Django and Sartana Are Coming... It's the End''. Nell's final film was '' The Bloodsucker Leads the Dance'' in which she was supposed to be the main actress, but, because of her physical conditions, she turned in a secondary role. Nell died of leukemia at age 29 on 19 June 1975. She was the companion of actor Ettore Manni.

Partial filmography

* '' Pierrot le Fou'' (1965) - Madame Staquet (uncredited) * '' Your Money or Your Life'' (1966) - Geneviève * ''The Beckett Affair'' (1966) - Paulette * ''Massacre of Pleasure'' (1967) - Marion * ''Kitosch, the Man Who Came from the North'' (1967) - Eva * '' The Million Eyes of Sumuru'' (1967) - the Slave of Sumuru / Zoe * ''

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'' (1968) * ''

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'' (1968) - Tina * ''Un corpo caldo per l'inferno'' (1969) - Greta Nielsen * ''Tarzan in the Golden Grotto'' (1969) - Mary * ''The Guerilla, or He Who Did Not Believe'' (1969) - Juanita - la femme d'un guerillero * ''Eros e Thanatos'' (1969) * ''Ombre roventi'' (1970) * '' La banda de los tres crisantemos'' (1970) - Marilyn * ''Les belles au bois dormantes'' (1970) - Christine * '' Django and Sartana Are Coming... It's the End'' (1970) - Cleo * '' Kill Django... Kill First'' (1971) - Julia -Amante di Burton * ''

'' (1971) - Brenda * ''The Feast of Satan'' (1971) - Hilda Salas * ''

'' (1971) - Cora * '' Blindman'' (1971) - Bride * ''Karzan, il favoloso uomo della jungla'' (1972) - Fox's Wife (uncredited) * ''Decameron n° 2 - Le altre novelle del Boccaccio'' (1972) - Egano's wife * ''Sei iellato, amico hai incontrato Sacramento'' (1972) - Evelyn * ''Le calde notti del Decameron'' (1972) - Suor Martuccia * ''Decameron proibitissimo (Boccaccio mio statte zitto)'' (1972) - Donna Piccarda * ''The Sensuous Doll'' (1972) - The Subservient Doll * '' So Sweet, So Dead'' (1972) - Renata * ''

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'' (1972) - Martine - the girl reading Daniele's palm (uncredited) * ''Fratello homo sorella bona'' (1972) - Laura * '' God Is My Colt .45'' (1972) - Mary Bryan * ''The Godfather's Friend'' (1972) - Layla * ''Decameroticus'' (1972) - Isabella * ''Mamma... li turchi!'' (1973) - Baroness * ''Le amorose notti di Ali Baba'' (1973) - Yashira * '' Prostituzione'' (1974) - Immacolata Mussomecci * ''Delitto d'autore'' (1974) - Sonia * '' The Bloodsucker Leads the Dance'' (1975) - Cora (final film role)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nell, Krista Austrian film actresses 1946 births 1975 deaths Spaghetti Western actresses Deaths from leukemia in Italy 20th-century Austrian actresses