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'''Elsa Martinelli''', born '''Elsa Tia''', on ], ] or ] ], according to different sources , in ], ], is an ] actress and former fashion model.
{{Infobox person
| name = Elsa Martinelli
| image = Elsa Martinelli 1964.JPG
| caption = Martinelli in the TV series '']'' (1964)
| birthname = Elisa Tia
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|1|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = ], ]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|07|08|1935|1|30|df=y}}
| death_place = ], Italy
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*Actress
*model
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| years_active = 1953–2005
| spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|Count Franco Mancinelli di San Vito|1957|1960}}|{{marriage|]<br>|1968|1978}}}}
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| children = Cristiana Mancinelli
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'''Elsa Martinelli''' (born '''Elisa Tia'''; 30 January 1935<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cinema-tv.corriere.it/courtesy.shtml|title=Corriere della Sera|website=cinema-tv.corriere.it|accessdate=24 November 2022}}</ref> – 8 July 2017) was an Italian actress and ]. Described by '']'' as a "versatile star of Hollywood’s international years whose work spanned romantic comedies, period epics and spaghetti westerns", she went on to star opposite ], ], ], ], and ], be directed by ], ], ] and ] on both sides of the Atlantic.<ref name=TG>{{cite web|last1=Bergan|first1=Ronald|title=Elsa Martinelli obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jul/14/elsa-martinelli-obituary|website=The Guardian|date=14 July 2017|access-date=1 August 2017}}</ref>
Martinelli moved to ] with her family and in 1953 was discovered by Roberto Capucci who introduced her to the world of fashion. She became a model and began playing small roles in films. She appeared in ]'s ] (1954) but her first important film role came the following year with '']'' opposite ]. Douglas claims to have spotted her on a magazine cover and hired her for his production company, ]. In 1956 she won the Silver Berlin Bear Award for Best Actress at the ] for playing the title role in ]'s '']''.


At her peak from the late 1950s into the late 1960s she was a rival of top "Hollywood Italian imports" ], ] and ]. Her slim, sexy figure and elfin looks birthed the quip that she was a “kind of ] with sex appeal”. Outside her busy film career, Martinelli was a member of the ], married to an Italian count and befriending such international celebrities as ], ] and ].<ref name=TG/>
Since then, she has divided her time between ] and the ] and has appeared with many of filmdom's top leading men, in such fims as '']'' (1957) with ], '']'' (1957) with ], '']'' (1959) with ], '']'' (1962) with ], '']'' (1962) with ], '']'' with ], ] (1963) with ], '']'' (1963) with ], '']'' (1967) with ]. In '']'' (1968), her co-stars were ], ], ], ], ] and ].


Martinelli made over 50 film appearances between 1954 and 1992.


== Life and career ==
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Elsa Martinelli was born Elisa Tia in ], ], and moved to Rome with her family. In 1953, she was discovered by ], who introduced her to the world of fashion. She became a model and began playing small roles in films, such as '']'' (1954). But her first important film role came the following year in '']'' opposite ], who claimed to have spotted her on a magazine cover and hired her for his production company, ].<ref>, cinemaretro.com; accessed 18 March 2015.</ref> Douglas subsequently signed her to a two-year/two pictures a year non-exclusive contract with Bryna Productions in February 1956.<ref name=":192">{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/motionpicturedai79unse|title=Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1956)|date=January 1956|others=MBRS Library of Congress|publisher=Quigley Publishing Company}}</ref>


Martinelli was then loaned out to ] in March 1956 for the film '']''.<ref name=":104">{{Cite web|title=Boxoffice-March.24.1956|url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/27043433/boxoffice-march241956|access-date=11 June 2021|website=yumpu.com}}</ref> That same year, she won the ] at the ] for playing the titular role in ]'s '']''.<ref name="Berlinale 1956">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1956/03_preistr_ger_1956/03_Preistraeger_1956.html|title=6th Berlin International Film Festival: Prize Winners|access-date=18 March 2015|work=berlinale.de}}</ref>
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From the mid-1950s through the late 1960s, Martinelli divided her time between ] and the ], earning major co-starring roles as the female lead in such Hollywood productions as '']'' (1962, opposite ]) and '']'' (1963, with ]). She appeared in an eclectic array of other films, including '']'' (1957); '']'' ({{aka}} ''La Notte Brava'', 1959); '']'' (1959); '']'' (1960); '']'' ({{aka}} ''Un amore a Roma'', 1960); '']'' (1962); '']'' (1962); '']'' (1963); '']'' (1965); '']'' (1965); '']'' (1967); and '']'' (1968).
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From the late 1960s onward, Martinelli's output decreased as she worked in mostly European foreign-language productions, such as '']'' (1968); '']'' (1969); and '']'' (1969—for which she won a ]). Her last English-language role was in '']'' (1992). Her final acting appearance was in the 2005 European television series '']'', as the Duchessa di Monteforte.<ref>; accessed 18 March 2015.</ref>
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== Personal life ==
Martinelli married ] in 1957, by whom she had a daughter, ] (born 1958), also an actress. They separated in 1960, but it took until six years for an official annulment. In 1968 she married ], the '']'' photographer and 1970s furniture designer.<ref name=TG/><ref>{{cite web|last1=Chilton|first1=Martin|title=Willy Rizzo, celebrated photographer, dies at 84|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/photography/9895457/Willy-Rizzo-celebrated-photographer-dies-at-84.html|website=The Telegraph|access-date=1 August 2017}}</ref> The marriage ended in divorce in 1978.

== Death ==
Martinelli died of cancer<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/10/movies/elsa-martinelli-italian-model-and-actress-dies-at-82.html|title=Elsa Martinelli, Italian Model and Actress, Dies at 82|newspaper=The New York Times|date=11 July 2017|last1=Sandomir|first1=Richard}}</ref> in Rome on 8 July 2017, at the age of 82.<ref>{{cite web|work=La Repubblica|language=it|url=http://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/cinema/2017/07/08/news/addio_a_elsa_martinelli_i_mille_volti_dell_attrice_che_da_cinecitta_arrivo_a_hollywood-170304339/?ref=RHPPLF-BH-I0-C8-P1-S1.8-T1|title=È morta Elsa Martinelli, i mille volti dell'attrice che da Cinecittà arrivò a Hollywood|date=8 July 2017|access-date=8 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/global/elsa-martinelli-the-indian-fighter-star-dies-at-82-1202490689/|title=Elsa Martinelli, Star of 'The Indian Fighter,' Dies|first=Nick|last=Vivarelli|date=10 July 2017}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
]'' (1956)]]
] and Elsa Martinelli in '']'' (1964)]]
]'' (1956)]]
]'' (1965)]]
]'s '']'' with ] in 1963]]
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* '']'' (1954) (uncredited)
* '']'' (1954) as Anna (segment "L'indossatrice")
* '']'' (1955) as Onahti
* '']'' (1956) as Elena Nardi
* '']'' (1956) as Donatella Guiscardi
* '']'' (1957) as Maria Antonelli
* '']'' (1957) as Manuela Hunt
* ''{{Ill|La mina|it|La mina (film 1958)}}'' (1958) as Lucia
* '']'' (1959) as Mascha
* '']'' (1959) as Diana
* '']'' (1959) as Kathy Sands
* '']'' (1959) as Doriana
* '']'' (1959) as Anna
* '']'' (1960) as Marisa
* '']'' (1960) as Georgia Monteverdi
* '']'' (1960) as Mirella
* '']'' (1960) as Gisèle d'Angoulême
* '']'' (1960) as Fulvia
* '']'' (1961) as Lucile
* '']'' (1962) as Anna Maria 'Dallas' D'Allesandro
* '']'' (1962) as Antonella Massimo
* {{lang|it|]}} (1962) as Rosaria
* '']'' (1962) as Hilda
* '']'' (1963) as Gloria Gritti
* '']'' (1963) as Anna
* '']'' (1964) as Mathilde
* '']'' (1965) as The Woman with the Whip
* '']'' (1965) as Sylvia
* '']'' (1965) as Juliette
* ''{{Ill|L'or du duc|it}}'' (1965) as Sonia
* '']'' (1965) as Olga
* '']'' (1966) as Monica the rallye driver
* '']'' (1967) as Claudia
* '']'' (1967) as Domitilla (segment "Nuits romaines, Les")
* '']'' (1967) as Pretty woman (segment "Super Simone")
* ''{{Ill|Every Man Is My Enemy|it|Qualcuno ha tradito (film)}}'' (1967) as Laureen
* '']'' (1968) as Annie
* '']'' (1968) as ]
* '']'' (1968) as Vic Shaw
* '']'' (1968) as Livia
* '']'' (1969) as Maria, Woman on Venetian bridge
* ''{{Ill|Maldonne|fr|Maldonne (film)}}'' (1969) as Gilberte de Baer
* '']'' (1969) as Jane Bleeker
* '']'' (1969) as Martine
* '']'' (1969) as Carla Nervi
* '']'' (1970) as Elsa
* ''{{Ill|La araucana|fr|L'araucana, massacro degli dei}}'' (1971) as Inés de Suárez
* '']'' (1971) as Annie
* ''{{Ill|Il garofano rosso (film)|it}}'' (1976) as Zobeida
* '']'' (1985) as Carla Razzi
* ''{{Ill|Pigmalione 88|it}}'' (1988)
* '']'' (1992) as Carla the Agent
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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Italian actress and fashion model (1935–2017)

Elsa Martinelli
Martinelli in the TV series The Rogues (1964)
BornElisa Tia
(1935-01-30)30 January 1935
Grosseto, Kingdom of Italy
Died8 July 2017(2017-07-08) (aged 82)
Rome, Italy
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Years active1953–2005
Spouses
  • Count Franco Mancinelli di San Vito ​ ​(m. 1957⁠–⁠1960)​
  • Willy Rizzo
    ​ ​(m. 1968⁠–⁠1978)​
ChildrenCristiana Mancinelli

Elsa Martinelli (born Elisa Tia; 30 January 1935 – 8 July 2017) was an Italian actress and fashion model. Described by The Guardian as a "versatile star of Hollywood’s international years whose work spanned romantic comedies, period epics and spaghetti westerns", she went on to star opposite Kirk Douglas, John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Charlton Heston, and Anthony Quinn, be directed by André De Toth, Vittorio De Sica, Howard Hawks and Orson Welles on both sides of the Atlantic.

At her peak from the late 1950s into the late 1960s she was a rival of top "Hollywood Italian imports" Sophia Loren, Gina Lollobrigida and Claudia Cardinale. Her slim, sexy figure and elfin looks birthed the quip that she was a “kind of Audrey Hepburn with sex appeal”. Outside her busy film career, Martinelli was a member of the glitterati, married to an Italian count and befriending such international celebrities as Maria Callas, Aristotle Onassis and Jackie Kennedy.

Martinelli made over 50 film appearances between 1954 and 1992.

Life and career

Elsa Martinelli was born Elisa Tia in Grosseto, Tuscany, and moved to Rome with her family. In 1953, she was discovered by Roberto Capucci, who introduced her to the world of fashion. She became a model and began playing small roles in films, such as Le Rouge et le Noir (1954). But her first important film role came the following year in The Indian Fighter opposite Kirk Douglas, who claimed to have spotted her on a magazine cover and hired her for his production company, Bryna Productions. Douglas subsequently signed her to a two-year/two pictures a year non-exclusive contract with Bryna Productions in February 1956.

Martinelli was then loaned out to Universal-International Pictures in March 1956 for the film Four Girls in Town. That same year, she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 6th Berlin International Film Festival for playing the titular role in Mario Monicelli's Donatella.

From the mid-1950s through the late 1960s, Martinelli divided her time between Europe and the United States, earning major co-starring roles as the female lead in such Hollywood productions as Hatari! (1962, opposite John Wayne) and Rampage (1963, with Robert Mitchum). She appeared in an eclectic array of other films, including Manuela (1957); Bad Girls Don't Cry (a.k.a. La Notte Brava, 1959); Prisoner of the Volga (1959); Blood and Roses (1960); Love in Rome (a.k.a. Un amore a Roma, 1960); The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962); The Trial (1962); The V.I.P.s (1963); The 10th Victim (1965); Hail, Mafia (1965); Woman Times Seven (1967); and Candy (1968).

From the late 1960s onward, Martinelli's output decreased as she worked in mostly European foreign-language productions, such as Manon 70 (1968); One on Top of the Other (1969); and L'amica (1969—for which she won a Silver Ribbon for Best Supporting Actress). Her last English-language role was in Once Upon a Crime (1992). Her final acting appearance was in the 2005 European television series Orgoglio, as the Duchessa di Monteforte.

Personal life

Martinelli married Count Franco Mancinelli Scotti di San Vito in 1957, by whom she had a daughter, Cristiana Mancinelli (born 1958), also an actress. They separated in 1960, but it took until six years for an official annulment. In 1968 she married Willy Rizzo, the Paris Match photographer and 1970s furniture designer. The marriage ended in divorce in 1978.

Death

Martinelli died of cancer in Rome on 8 July 2017, at the age of 82.

Filmography

Martinelli in Donatella (1956)
Charles Boyer and Elsa Martinelli in The Rogues (1964)
Martinelli in Rice Girl (1956)
Martinelli in The 10th Victim (1965)
Martinelli in Orson Welles's The Trial with Anthony Perkins in 1963

References

  1. "Corriere della Sera". cinema-tv.corriere.it. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  2. ^ Bergan, Ronald (14 July 2017). "Elsa Martinelli obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  3. Profile, cinemaretro.com; accessed 18 March 2015.
  4. Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1956). MBRS Library of Congress. Quigley Publishing Company. January 1956.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. "Boxoffice-March.24.1956". yumpu.com. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  6. "6th Berlin International Film Festival: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  7. IMDb profile; accessed 18 March 2015.
  8. Chilton, Martin. "Willy Rizzo, celebrated photographer, dies at 84". The Telegraph. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  9. Sandomir, Richard (11 July 2017). "Elsa Martinelli, Italian Model and Actress, Dies at 82". The New York Times.
  10. "È morta Elsa Martinelli, i mille volti dell'attrice che da Cinecittà arrivò a Hollywood". La Repubblica (in Italian). 8 July 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  11. Vivarelli, Nick (10 July 2017). "Elsa Martinelli, Star of 'The Indian Fighter,' Dies".

External links

Media related to Elsa Martinelli at Wikimedia Commons

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