Gabriella Giorgelli (born 29 July 1941) is an Italian film and television actress. She appeared in more than 70 films between 1960 and 1998.
Gabriella Giorgelli | |
|---|---|
 Giorgelli in 1973 | |
| Born | 29 July 1941 Carrara, Kingdom of Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1960–1999 |
Biography
editEarly life
editBorn in Fossola, a frazione of Carrara, Giorgelli was the daughter of a businessman in the marble industry and a housewife.[1]
When she was a child, her parents separated and she moved to Castelpoggio, another of Carrara's frazione and her mother's birthplace.[1] Due to her mother's economic difficulties, at ten years of age, young old Gabriella was entrusted to the college of the Sisters of Capulet, in Carrara.[1] At fifteen years old she started to work, including as a pizza chef and a bartender.[1]
Career
editGiorgelli made her film debut in 1960, in a very minor role in Luigi Comencini's Everybody Go Home.[2]
After winning several local and regional beauty contests,[1] in 1961 she was among the finalists of Miss Italia, and thanks to her participation in the popular beauty pageant she started to attract a significant media attention that allowed her to get more weighty film roles.[1][2]
After appearing in several art films, in the late 1960s Giorgelli landed some leading roles in B-movies, mainly consisting of spaghetti Westerns and commedia sexy all'italiana films spoofing Pier Paolo Pasolini's The Decameron, which she alternated with supporting roles in more prestigious and high-profile productions.[1][2] She was also active in a number of series and TV-movies.[2]
Giorgelli also appeared in many photo comics including Sadistik and is interviewed in the documentary film The Diabolikal Super-Kriminal.
Selected filmography
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- Arturo's Island (1962) - Teresa
- La commare secca (1962) - Esperia
- The Organizer (1963) - Adele
- Outlaws of Love (1963) - Livia
- Shivers in Summer (1964) - Foschina
- Bebo's Girl (1964) - (segment "La Feuille de Route")
- Stranger in Sacramento (1965) - Liza Morgan
- The Dirty Game (1965)
- La ragazzola (1965) - Ines
- El Greco (1966) - Maria
- Maigret a Pigalle (1966) - Tatiana
- Una rete piena di sabbia (1966)
- Long Days of Vengeance (1967) - Dulcie
- Das Rasthaus der grausamen Puppen (1967) - Esther
- On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who... (1967) - Dama di compagnia
- Two Faces of the Dollar (1967) - Janet
- Brutti di notte (1968) - Rosaspina Lacantara
- Emma Hamilton (1968) - Laurie Strong
- Operazione ricchezza (1968)
- I 2 deputati (1968) - Rosa
- In Search of Gregory (1969) - Encarna
- Il trapianto (1970) - Carmela
- Shango (1970) - Pamela
- Rough Justice (1970) - Juanita
- When Women Had Tails (1970) - L'esca (uncredited)
- Le Voyou (1970) - L'italienne
- Terzo canale - Avventura a Montecarlo (1970) - The Country Girl
- Tre nel mille (1971)
- Il mio nome è Mallory... M come morte (1971) - Cora Ambler
- Il clan dei due Borsalini (1971) - Bruna la Svelta
- Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (1972) - Ines Tamburini aka Toscana
- Cause of Divorce (1972) - Gasoline pump attendant
- Il Decamerone proibito (1972) - Monna Fiorenza
- Ubalda, All Naked and Warm (1972) - La Ragazza Nel Fienile
- Life Is Tough, Eh Providence? (1972) - Sister
- Fratello homo sorella bona (1972) - Mariangela
- Decameroticus (1972) - Elisa
- Those Dirty Dogs (1973) - Mexican Peasant
- Novelle licenziose di vergini vogliose (1973) - Zia / Aunt Alessandra
- The Police Serve the Citizens? (1973)
- Io e lui (1973) - Fausta - wife of Rico
- Pourvu qu'on ait l'ivresse (1974) - La tante
- Amore mio non farmi male (1974) - 'Cicci' - prostitute
- The Beast (1974) - Zoe
- Il lumacone (1974) - Paola
- Scusi eminenza... posso sposarmi? (1975)
- L'educanda (1975) - Marilena Bolognese
- La moglie vergine (1975) - Matilde
- La polizia brancola nel buio (1975) - Lucia
- Confessions of a Frustrated Housewife (1976) - Menica
- La moglie di mio padre (1976) - Prostitute
- And Agnes Chose to Die (1976) - Lorenza
- The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist (1977) - Maria Balzano
- Three Tigers Against Three Tigers (1977) - Cameriera Arrapata
- Target (1978) - Jasmine
- City of Women (1980) - Fishwoman of San Leo
- Il terno a letto (1980) - Filomena
- Roma dalla finestra (1982)
- Delitto sull'autostrada (1982) - Bocconotti Cinzia
- Hercules (1983) - Mother
- Wild Team (1985) - Psychic Medium
- A Tale of Love (1986) - Sergio's mother
- Moving Target (1988) - Billie Cody
- Wax Mask (1997) - Aunt Francesca
- La rumbera (1998) - Teresa
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "L'amarcord di Gabriella Da Carrara a Cinecittà, la carriera di un'attrice". Il Tirreno. 7 November 2000. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ^ a b c d Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 888440214X.