Luciana Angiolillo (22 December 1925 – 30 November 2014) was an Italian actress and model, known for her career in peplum classic films.
Luciana Angiolillo | |
|---|---|
 Angiolillo in 1954 | |
| Born | Luciana Nevi 22 December 1925 Rome, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 30 November 2014 (aged 88) Naples, Italy |
| Other names | Luciana Angelillo |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1954–1967 |
| Spouse |
Gateano Angiolillo
(m. 1947; div. 1958)Mario Tellini
(m. 1959; died 2014) |
Life and career
editBorn Luciana Nevi in Rome, Angiolillo started her career as a runway model.[1][2] She made her film debut thanks to the friendship of Ennio Flaiano, who suggested her to the director Luciano Emmer for the role of an upper class lady in Camilla.[2][3] From then she appeared in a number of films, often in stereotypal roles of snobbish bourgeois ladies.[2] Gradually relegated to secondary roles, Angiolillo eventually devoted herself to the direction of a fashion house owned by her.[2]
Angiolillo died on November 30, 2014.[4]
Selected filmography
edit- Camilla (1954)
- A Woman Alone (1956)
- First Love (1959)
- Wild Cats on the Beach (1959)
- Colossus and the Amazon Queen (1960)
- Girl with a Suitcase (1961)
- Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis (1961)
- The Trojan Horse (1961)
- The Easy Life (1962)
- Alone Against Rome (1962)
- Il sorpasso (1963)
- Love and Marriage (1964)
- Berlin, Appointment for the Spies (1965)
- Countdown to Doomsday (1966)
- Grand Slam (1967)
- The Wild Eye (1967)
References
edit- ^ Clara Grifoni. L'indossatrice. Valecchi, 1966.
- ^ a b c d Enrico Lancia; Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano - Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 888440214X.
- ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
- ^ KG, imfernsehen GmbH & Co. "Filmografie Luciana Angiolillo". fernsehserien.de (in German). Retrieved 15 July 2022.