Laura Antonelli

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Laura Antonelli

Acting November 28, 1941

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 Mal…

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Malicious

Malicious

7.3 1973 Movie
Department Store

Department Store

5.8 1986 Movie
The Innocent

The Innocent

6.9 1976 Movie
Rimini Rimini

Rimini Rimini

4.8 1987 Movie
The Married Couple of the Year Two

The Married Couple of the Year Two

6.5 1971 Movie
Stuff for the Rich

Stuff for the Rich

5.1 1987 Movie
Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs

Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs

5.0 1966 Movie
Without Apparent Motive

Without Apparent Motive

5.9 1971 Movie
How Funny Can Sex Be?

How Funny Can Sex Be?

5.7 1973 Movie
Viuuulentemente mia

Viuuulentemente mia

5.7 1982 Movie
The Magnificent Cuckold

The Magnificent Cuckold

6.6 1964 Movie
The Trap

The Trap

4.2 1985 Movie

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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.

Filmography

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  1. 2023
    Senza malizia

    Movie

  2. 2022
    Belmondo: The Incorrigible

    Movie

  3. 1991
    Malizia 2000

    Movie Angela

  4. 1991
    Time of Indifference

    Movie Lisa

  5. 1990
    The Miser

    Movie Frosina

  6. 1989
    Julia Forever

    TV show Carmen Milkovich

  7. 1987
    Stuff for the Rich

    Movie Mapi Petruzzell (2° episodio)

  8. 1987
    Rimini Rimini

    Movie Noce Bove

  9. 1986
    Department Store

    Movie Helèna Anzellotti, moglie del capo del personale

  10. 1986
    The Venetian Woman

    Movie Angela

  11. 1985
    The Trap

    Movie Marie Colbert

  12. 1985
    Slices of Life

    Movie Monica Belli, la star

  13. 1982
    Viuuulentemente mia

    Movie Anna Tassotti Maloni

  14. 1982
    Sesso e volentieri

    Movie Carla De Dominicis / Supermarket client / The Princess

  15. 1982
    Holy Cow

    Movie Marianna

  16. 1981
    Chaste and Pure

    Movie Rosa Di Maggio

More credits
  1. 1981
    Il turno

    Movie Stellina Ravi

  2. 1981
    Passion of Love

    Movie Clara

  3. 1980
    I'm Getting a Yacht

    Movie Roberta

  4. 1979
    Hypochondriac

    Movie Tonietta

  5. 1979
    Tigers in Lipstick

    Movie The Businesswoman

  6. 1977
    Black Journal

    Movie Sandra

  7. 1977
    Wifemistress

    Movie Antonia De Angelis

  8. 1976
    The Innocent

    Movie Giuliana Hermil

  9. 1975
    The Divine Nymph

    Movie Manoela Roderighi

  10. 1974
    Till Marriage Do Us Part

    Movie Eugenia di Maqueda

  11. 1974
    Lovers and Other Relatives

    Movie Laura

  12. 1974
    Simona

    Movie Simona

  13. 1973
    How Funny Can Sex Be?

    Movie 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')

  14. 1973
    Malicious

    Movie Angela

  15. 1972
    Scoundrel in White

    Movie Martine Dupont

  16. 1972
    The Eroticist

    Movie suor Delicata

  17. 1971
    Secret Fantasy

    Movie Costanza Vivaldi

  18. 1971
    Without Apparent Motive

    Movie Juliette Vaudreuil

  19. 1971
    The Married Couple of the Year Two

    Movie Pauline de Géran

  20. 1970
    Bali

    Movie Daria

  21. 1970
    A Man Called Sledge

    Movie Ria

  22. 1970
    Gradiva

    Movie Gradiva

  23. 1969
    Devil in the Flesh

    Movie Wanda von Dunajew

  24. 1969
    Detective Belli

    Movie Franca (uncredited)