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Laura Antonelli

Born 28/11/1941 in Pola, Croatia

Laura Antonelli (née Antonaz; 28 November 1941 – 22 June 2015) was an Italian film actress, who appeared in 45 films between 1964 and 1991, and she is best known for the movie Malizia.

Antonelli was born Laura Antonaz in Pola, Kingdom of Italy (in Croatian, Pula), former capital of Istria. After the war, her parents fled what was then Yugoslavia, lived in Italian refugee camps and eventually settled in Naples, where her father found work as a hospital administrator. Antonelli had a childhood interest in mathematics, but as a teenager, she became proficient at gymnastics. In an interview for The New York Times, she recalled, "My parents had made me take hours of gym classes during my teens ... They felt I was ugly, clumsy, insignificant and they hoped I would at least develop some grace. I became very good, especially in rhythmical gym, which is a kind of dance."

Setting aside ambitions to make a career in mathematics, she graduated as a gymnastics instructor. She moved to Rome, where she became a secondary-school gym teacher and was able to meet people in the entertainment industry, who helped her find modelling jobs.

Antonelli's earliest engagements included Italian advertisements for Coca-Cola. In 1965, she made her first feature-film appearance in Le sedicenni, although her performance went uncredited. Her American debut came in 1966 in Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs. Other roles followed; her breakthrough came in 1973's Malizia. She appeared in a number of sex farces such as Till Marriage Do Us Part/Mio Dio come sono caduta in basso!.

She worked in more serious films, as well, including Luchino Visconti's last film, The Innocent (1976). In Wifemistress, a romance film of 1977, she played a repressed wife experiencing a sexual awakening. Later, she appeared in Passione d'Amore (1981). From 1986 she mostly worked on Italian television series. Antonelli's final film role was in the sequel Malizia 2000 (1991), following which she retired. She won the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Award, Nastro d'Argento, in 1974 for Malizia.

Antonelli was married to publisher Enrico Piacentini but they divorced. From 1972 to 1980, she was the companion of actor Jean-Paul Belmondo.

On 27 April 1991, cocaine was found during a police raid on Antonelli's home. She was subsequently convicted of possession and dealing and sentenced to house arrest. She spent ten years appealing the conviction, which was eventually overturned. In 2006, the Italian court of appeals ruled in favor of Antonelli and ordered the Ministry of Justice to pay the actress 108,000 euros.

Antonelli died on 22 June 2015, aged 73, from a heart attack.

Source: Article "Laura Antonelli" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Filmography (Movies)

Senza malizia

Character:

Release Date:05/07/2023

Malizia 2000

Character:Angela

Release Date:01/11/1991

Time of Indifference

Character:Lisa

Release Date:21/04/1991

The Miser

Character:Frosina

Release Date:06/04/1990

Stuff for the Rich

Character:Mapi Petruzzell (2° episodio)

Release Date:13/11/1987

Rimini Rimini

Character:Noce Bove

Release Date:27/02/1987

Department Store

Character:Helèna Anzellotti, moglie del capo del personale

Release Date:06/06/1986

The Venetian Woman

Character:Angela

Release Date:04/04/1986

The Trap

Character:Marie Colbert

Release Date:11/09/1985

Slices of Life

Character:Monica Belli, la star

Release Date:06/02/1985

Viuuulentemente mia

Character:Anna Tassotti Maloni

Release Date:21/10/1982

Sesso e volentieri

Character:Carla De Dominicis / Supermarket client / The Princess

Release Date:14/10/1982

Holy Cow

Character:Marianna

Release Date:23/09/1982

Chaste and Pure

Character:Rosa Di Maggio

Release Date:30/10/1981

Il turno

Character:Stellina Ravi

Release Date:18/09/1981

Passion of Love

Character:Clara

Release Date:16/09/1981

I'm Getting a Yacht

Character:Roberta

Release Date:23/12/1980

Hypochondriac

Character:Tonietta

Release Date:20/12/1979

Tigers in Lipstick

Character:The Businesswoman

Release Date:16/03/1979

Black Journal

Character:Sandra

Release Date:24/11/1977

Wifemistress

Character:Antonia De Angelis

Release Date:27/10/1977

The Innocent

Character:Giuliana Hermil

Release Date:18/05/1976

The Divine Nymph

Character:Manoela Roderighi

Release Date:16/10/1975

Till Marriage Do Us Part

Character:Eugenia di Maqueda

Release Date:24/10/1974

Lovers and Other Relatives

Character:Laura

Release Date:06/06/1974

Simona

Character:Simona

Release Date:22/02/1974

How Funny Can Sex Be?

Character:Madame Juliette ('Signora sono le 8') / Celestina ('Due cuori e una baracca') / Enrico's Wife ('Non è mai troppo tardi') / Grazia ('Viaggio di nozze') / Tamara ('Torna piccina mia') / The Nun ('Lavoratore italiano all'estero') / Donna Mimma Maccò ('La vendetta') / Tiziana ('L'ospite')

Release Date:19/12/1973