Rosemarie Dexter (19 July 1944 – 8 September 2010), best known as Rosemary Dexter, was a British film actress who worked in

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Life and career

Born in

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(Present day Pakistan) to a British father and an Anglo-Burmese mother, Dexter entered the film industry in 1963, when during a vacation in Rome she met director

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who offered her a significant role in his

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''. She then became a very active actress until the mid-seventies, when she retired from acting at age 32. She was found dead in her house in

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, in September 2010; she had long been suffering from illness.

Selected filmography

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'' (1963) - Lucia * ''

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'' (1963) - Luciana (segment "Come un Padre") (uncredited) * '' Desideri d'estate'' (1964) * '' Romeo e Giulietta'' (1964) - Juliet * ''Oltraggio al pudore'' (1964) - Giovenella * '' Male Companion'' (1964) - L'étudiante / Student (uncredited) * '' Casanova 70'' (1965) - La cameriera * '' Highest Pressure'' (1965) - Serenella * ''

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'' (1965) - Mortimer's Sister (uncredited) * '' Almost a Man'' (1966) - Marina * '' Per amore... per magia...'' (1967) - Esmeralda * '' The Dirty Outlaws'' (1967) - Katy * ''Gente d'onore'' (1967) * '' The Sex of Angels'' (1968) - Nancy * ''

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'' (1968) - Daniela * '' Partner'' (1968) * ''

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'' (1968) - Chiara * '' Vendetta for the Saint'' (1969) - Gina * '' Marquis de Sade: Justine'' (1969) - Claudine * '' I quattro del pater noster'' (1969) * '' Blow Hot, Blow Cold'' (1969) - Laetitia * ''Mio Mao: Fatiche ed avventure di alcuni giovani occidentali per introdurre il vizio in Cina'' (1970) - Jean * ''Mazzabubù... Quante corna stanno quaggiù?'' (1971) - Emma, Lucio's wife * ''

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'' (1971) - Ann * '' Eye in the Labyrinth'' (1972) - Julie * ''I figli chiedono perché'' (1972) - Mother of Michèle * ''Lui per lei'' (1972) * '' Seven Hours of Violence'' (1973) - Helena Karlatis * '' Sunset, Sunrise'', aka ''Hi wa shizumi, hi wa noboru'' (1973) * ''L'ultimo uomo di Sara'' (1974) - Anna * '' Catene'' (1974) - Francesca * ''

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'' (1974) - Franca Sanna * '' Till Marriage Do Us Part'' (1974) - Floidia di Maqueda * '' Povero Cristo'' (1975) - Mara (final film role)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dexter, Rosemary 1944 births 2010 deaths Italian film actresses Italian people of English descent Italian people of Anglo-Burmese descent People from Quetta Spaghetti Western actresses 20th-century Italian actresses