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Laura Antonelli‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1941-11-28

Popularity

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Laura Antonelli

Pola, Croatia

Laura Antonelli

Pola, Croatia

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1941-11-28

Popularity

star8.2

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

The Married Couple of the Year Two

The Married Couple of the Year Two‌
star6.6
calendar 1971

The Innocent

The Innocent‌
star6.8
calendar 1976

The Eroticist

The Eroticist‌
star5.6
calendar 1972

Wifemistress

Wifemistress‌
star5.7
calendar 1977

Malicious

Malicious‌
star7.3
calendar 1973

Department Store

Department Store‌
star5.8
calendar 1986

The Divine Nymph

The Divine Nymph‌
star5.5
calendar 1975

Bali

Bali‌
star4.3
calendar 1970

Viuuulentemente mia

Viuuulentemente mia‌
star5.4
calendar 1982

Tigers in Lipstick

Tigers in Lipstick‌
star4.2
calendar 1979

Scoundrel in White

Scoundrel in White‌
star5.2
calendar 1972

Secret Fantasy

Secret Fantasy‌
star6.3
calendar 1971

Rimini Rimini

Rimini Rimini‌
star4.8
calendar 1987

Lovers and Other Relatives

Lovers and Other Relatives‌
star5.7
calendar 1974

A Man Called Sledge

A Man Called Sledge‌
star6.1
calendar 1970

Hypochondriac

Hypochondriac‌
star6.1
calendar 1979

The Miser

The Miser‌
star6.3
calendar 1990

The Venetian Woman

The Venetian Woman‌
star5.3
calendar 1986

Till Marriage Do Us Part

Till Marriage Do Us Part‌
star5.9
calendar 1974

Black Journal

Black Journal‌
star5.3
calendar 1977

Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs

Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs‌
star5.1
calendar 1966

Stuff for the Rich

Stuff for the Rich‌
star5.2
calendar 1987

Slices of Life

Slices of Life‌
star5.4
calendar 1985

Senza malizia

Senza malizia‌
star0.0
calendar 2023

The Trap

The Trap‌
star3.8
calendar 1985

Venus in Furs

Venus in Furs‌
star5.4
calendar 1969

I'm Getting a Yacht

I'm Getting a Yacht‌
star5.0
calendar 1980

How Funny Can Sex Be?

How Funny Can Sex Be?‌
star5.9
calendar 1973

Simona

Simona‌
star3.8
calendar 1974

Holy Cow

Holy Cow‌
star5.7
calendar 1982

Sesso e volentieri

Sesso e volentieri‌
star4.2
calendar 1982

Passion of Love

Passion of Love‌
star6.8
calendar 1981

Without Apparent Motive

Without Apparent Motive‌
star5.8
calendar 1971

The Archangel

The Archangel‌
star6.0
calendar 1969

Chaste and Pure

Chaste and Pure‌
star4.2
calendar 1981

Time of Indifference

Time of Indifference‌
star0.0
calendar 1991

Malizia 2000

Malizia 2000‌
star5.6
calendar 1981

The Sexual Revolution

The Sexual Revolution‌
star5.5
calendar 1968

Il turno

Il turno‌
star0.0
calendar 1981

Gradiva

Gradiva‌
star5.2
calendar 1970

The Magnificent Cuckold

The Magnificent Cuckold‌
star6.6
calendar 1964

Le sedicenni

Le sedicenni‌
star0.0
calendar 1965

Pardon, Are You for or Against?

Pardon, Are You for or Against?‌
star6.0
calendar 1966

Detective Belli

Detective Belli‌
star5.7
calendar 1969

Tv Credits

Julia Forever

Julia Forever‌
star0.0
calendar 1989