Elsa Martinelli
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1935-01-30
- Died
- 2017-07-08
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Gli organi antichi della chiesa di S. Angelo e del Monastero di S. Giovanni Evangelista in Lecce
- Fughe
- Gli antichi organi di terra d'Otranto
- Sono come sono
- Vincenzo Pecoraro
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Film & TV
Acting · Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy
Elsa Martinelli (January 30, 1935 – July 8, 2017) was an Italian fashion model and actress. Known for appearing in both European and American films, her popularity peaked in the 1960s when she was considered a formidable rival to "Hollywood Italian imports" Sophia Loren, Gina Lollobrigida and Claudia Cardinale.
Known for
- Il segreto di Otello — Self2015
- Il tempo delle mimose2013
- Italian Kings Of B — Self2003
- Twisted Sex Vol. 5 — (archive)1993
- Once Upon a Crime — Carla the Agent1992
- I Am an ESP — Carla Razzi1985
- Astuzia per Astuzia — Annelise1979
- Return of the Saint — Renata Lucci1978
- The Red Carnation — Zobeida1976
- Domenica In — Self1976
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 31
- Total plays
- 107
Elsa Martinelli (Elisa Tia, 30 January 1935 – 8 July 2017) was an Italian actress, singer and fashion model. Born Elisa Tia in Grosseto, Tuscany, she moved to Rome 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 Claude Autant-Lara's Le Rouge et le Noir (1954), but her first important film role came the following year with The Indian Fighter opposite Kirk Douglas <
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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· 2020 · cited 12,653x
- <i>Planck</i>2015 results
· 2016 · cited 9,728x
- Transformation of the Nitrogen Cycle: Recent Trends, Questions, and Potential Solutions
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- Global analysis of nitrogen and phosphorus limitation of primary producers in freshwater, marine and terrestrial ecosystems
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Key facts
- Born
- Elisa Tia , ( 1935-01-30 ) 30 January 1935, Grosseto , Kingdom of Italy
- Died
- 8 July 2017 (2017-07-08) (aged 82), Rome , Italy
- Occupations
- Actress model
- Years active
- 1953–2005
- Spouses
- Count Franco Mancinelli di San Vito ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1957 – 1960 ) Willy Rizzo , ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1968 – 1978 )
- Children
- Cristiana Mancinelli
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Key dates
- Born
- 30 January 1935
- Died
- 8 July 2017
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Elsa
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- Grosseto
- Place of death
- Rome
- Spouse
- Willy Rizzo
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Italian
Article
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, and was directed by André De Toth, Vittorio De Sica, Howard Hawks, and Orson Welles on both sides of the Atlantic.
At the height of her career from the late 1950s into the late 1960s, she approached the popularity and status of top rival "Hollywood Italian imports" Sophia Loren, Gina Lollobrigida, and Claudia Cardinale. Her looks birthed the quip that she was a "kind of Audrey Hepburn with sex appeal". Outside her film career, Martinelli was a member of the glitterati, married to an Italian count, and befriended international celebrities such as Maria Callas, Aristotle Onassis, and Jackie Kennedy.