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Elissa Landi
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Italian born actress who was popular in Hollywood films of the 1920s and 1930s
Film & TV
Venice, Italy
Elissa Landi (December 6, 1904 – October 21, 1948) was an Italian born actress who was popular in Hollywood films of the 1920s and 1930s. Rumoured to be a descendant of Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, she was noted for her aristocratic bearing. Born Elisabeth Marie Christine Kühnelt in Venice, Landi was raised in Austria and educated in England. Her first ambition was to be a writer, and she…
Known for
- Corregidor — Dr. Royce Lee Stockman1943
- The Thirteenth Chair — Helen Trent1937
- Hollywood Party — Herself - the Hostess1937
- After the Thin Man — Selma Forrest Landis1936
- Mad Holiday — Peter Dean1936
- The Amateur Gentleman — Lady Cleone Meredith1936
- Enter Madame — Lisa Della Robbia1935
- Crimson Dynasty — Princess Aurore1935
- Without Regret — Jennifer Gage1935
- The Count of Monte Cristo — Mercedes1934
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Austria
- Place of birth
- Venice
- Place of death
- Kingston
- Occupation
- film actor
- Image
- Elissa Landi in After the Thin Man trailer.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
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- pseudonym
- Elissa Landi
- birth name
- Elisabeth Marie Christine Kühnelt
- date of birth
- 1904-12-06
- date of death
- 1948-10-21
- Commons category
- Elissa Landi
- Commons gallery
- Elissa Landi
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- cancer
- start of work period
- 1926-00-00
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