Lisa Gastoni (born 28 July 1935) is an Italian film actress. Gastoni was named "Best Italian Actress of the Year, 1966" as she received both the Nastro D'Argento Award and the Golden Globe Award from Italy's Foreign Press Association.}

Biography

Daughter of an Italian father and an Irish mother, Gastoni and her family moved to England in 1948. She turned from her initial ambition of being an architect to modelling and acting. She appeared in various

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throughout the 1950s, as well as co-starring as Giulia in the Sapphire Films TV series '' The Four Just Men'' (1959) for ITV and at least two episodes of ''

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'' in 1960 and 1961. Gastoni returned to Italy in the 1960s, first appearing in

sword-and-sandal Sword-and-sandal, also known as peplum (: pepla), is a subgenre of largely Italy, Italian-made historical, mythological, or biblical epics mostly set in the Greco-Roman antiquity or the Middle Ages. These films attempted to emulate the big-budget ...

and swashbuckler films, but eventually gaining the attention of respected directors. The turning point in her film career was her role in '' Grazie, zia'' by

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. This would set the tone for the roles she would play for the next decade; bourgeois women who were seductive yet sexually frustrated, cruel and arrogant yet sad and sympathetic, manipulating the people around them to try to fill the emptiness in their own lives. In 1979, she retired from acting to focus on painting and writing. In 2005 she returned to the screen with an appearance in the film ''

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''.

Selected filmography

* '' They Who Dare'' (1954) * ''

Doctor in the House Doctor in the House may refer to: * Doctor in the House (novel), ''Doctor in the House'' (novel), a 1952 novel by Richard Gordon ** Doctor in the House (film), ''Doctor in the House'' (film), a 1954 British film adaptation of the novel *** Doctor i ...

'' (1954) * '' Twist of Fate'' (1954) - Yvette (U.S. ' Beautiful Stranger ') * ''

Josephine and Men ''Josephine and Men'' is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Roy Boulting and starring Glynis Johns, Jack Buchanan, Donald Sinden and Peter Finch. It was written by Nigel Balchin, Frank Harvey and Boulting. Produced by the Boulting ...

'' (1955) * '' Man of the Moment'' (1955) * '' The Baby and the Battleship'' (1956) * ''

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'' (1956) * '' Second Fiddle'' (1957) * ''

Blue Murder at St Trinian's ''Blue Murder at St Trinian's'' is a 1957 British comedy film, directed by Frank Launder, co-written by Launder and Sidney Gilliat, and starring Terry-Thomas, George Cole, Joyce Grenfell, Lionel Jeffries and Richard Wattis; the film also incl ...

'' (1957) * '' Man from Tangier'' (1957) * '' Face in the Night'' (1957) * '' Intent to Kill'' (1958) * ''

Rx Murder ''Rx Murder'' is a 1958 American crime film directed by Derek Twist and written by John W. Gossage and Derek Twist. It is based on the 1955 novel ''The Deeds of Dr. Deadcert'' by Joan Fleming. The film stars Rick Jason, Lisa Gastoni, Marius Gor ...

'' (1958) * ''

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'' (1958) - Simone Day * '' Wrong Number'' (1959) * '' Passport to China'' (1961) * ''

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'' (1961) * '' The Breaking Point'' (1961) * '' Eva'' (1962) * ''

Tharus Son of Attila ''Tharus Son of Attila'' (), also known as ''Colossus and the Huns'', is a 1962 Italian peplum film co-written and directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero and starring Jerome Courtland in the title role.Michele Giordano. ''Giganti buoni''. Gremese E ...

'' (1962) * '' Gidget Goes to Rome'' (1963) * '' The Four Musketeers'' (1963) * '' 3 Avengers'' (1964) * '' Three Swords for Rome'' (1964) * '' Gentlemen of the Night'' (1964) * ''

Messalina vs. the Son of Hercules ''Messalina vs. the Son of Hercules'' () is a 1964 peplum film, ''peplum'' film directed by Umberto Lenzi and starring Richard Harrison (actor), Richard Harrison and Lisa Gastoni.Michele Giordano. ''Giganti buoni''. Gremese Editore, 1998. . Plot ...

'' (1964) * '' Wild, Wild Planet'' (1965) * '' War of the Planets'' (1966) * ''

Wake Up and Die ''Wake Up and Die'' (, ), also known as ''Wake Up and Kill'' and ''I Kill for Kicks'', is a 1966 Italian-French crime-drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani, based on real life events of Luciano Lutring, an Italian criminal known as "the machine-gun ...

'' (1966) * '' Come Play with Me'' (1968) * '' The Seven Cervi Brothers'' (1968) * ''

L'amica ''L'amica'' is a 1969 Italy, Italian film. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti. Plot Cast *Lisa Gastoni: Lisa Marchesi *Gabriele Ferzetti: Mario Marchesi *Elsa Martinelli: Carla Nervi *Jean Sorel: Franco Raimondi *Frank Wolff (actor), Frank Wolff: ...

'' (1969) * '' Maddalena'' (1971) * ''

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'' (1973) * '' Bitter Love'' (1974) * '' Last Days of Mussolini'' (1975) * '' Lips of Lurid Blue'' (1975) * ''

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'' (1976) * ''

'' (2005) * '' Voice from the Stone'' (2017)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gastoni, Lisa 1935 births Living people People from Alassio Italian film actresses Nastro d'Argento winners 20th-century Italian actresses Italian people of Irish descent Italian emigrants to the United Kingdom