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Elsa Martinelli

1935 - 2017

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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”. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elsa Martinelli is the 639th most popular actor (up from 801st in 2019), the 1,121st most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,338th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Italian Actor.

Elsa Martinelli is most famous for her role in the 1968 film "The Professionals," which was directed by Sergio Leone.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Elsa Martinelli ranks 639 out of 13,578Before her are Meg Ryan, Forest Whitaker, Eleonora Duse, Laurence Fishburne, Jennifer Jones, and David McCallum. After her are Mr. T, Diana Douglas, Bernard Hill, Mark Wahlberg, Carl Weathers, and Peter Finch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Elsa Martinelli ranks 47Before her are Jim Peebles, Ryke Geerd Hamer, Giya Kancheli, Miroslav Blažević, Adnan Khashoggi, and Danilo Kiš. After her are Akira Kitaguchi, Artur Rasizade, Don Norman, Harrison Schmitt, Gnassingbé Eyadéma, and Viktor Bryukhanov. Among people deceased in 2017, Elsa Martinelli ranks 60Before her are John Surtees, Oliver Smithies, Adnan Khashoggi, Sam Shepard, Hiroto Muraoka, and Danielle Darrieux. After her are Harry Dean Stanton, Graham Taylor, Peter Mansfield, John Heard, Jean Rochefort, and Yevgeny Yevtushenko.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Elsa Martinelli ranks 1,121 out of 5,161Before her are Milonia Caesonia (7), Eleonora Duse (1858), Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (1484), Francesco Albani (1578), Beniamino Gigli (1890), and Lucius Accius (-170). After her are Melania the Younger (383), Ferdinand II of Naples (1467), Drusus Julius Caesar (-13), Maria Teresa of Savoy (1803), Constantina (325), and Francesco Melzi (1491).

Among ACTORS In Italy

Among actors born in Italy, Elsa Martinelli ranks 27Before her are Vittorio Gassman (1922), Stefania Sandrelli (1946), Claudia Mori (1944), Michele Placido (1946), Gian Maria Volonté (1933), and Eleonora Duse (1858). After her are Alberto Sordi (1920), Totò (1898), Lucia Bosè (1931), Raf Vallone (1916), Rodolfo Gucci (1912), and Ugo Tognazzi (1922).