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_-_Laura_Antonelli.jpg) Antonelli in the movieMalicious (1973) | |
| Born | Laura Antonaz (1941-11-28)28 November 1941 Pula, Kingdom of Italy (now Croatia) |
| Died | 22 June 2015(2015-06-22) (aged 73) Rome, Italy |
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| Years active | 1964–1991 |
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| Spouse | Enrico Piacentini |
| Partner(s) | Jean-Paul Belmondo (1972–1980) |
| Children | 1 |
| Awards | Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress |
Laura Antonelli (néeAntonaz; 28 November 1941 – 22 June 2015) was an Italian film actress who appeared in 45 films between 1964 and 1991.
Antonelli was born inPola,Kingdom of Italy (today,Pula, Croatia), former capital ofIstria.[1] After the war, her parents fled what was thenYugoslavia, lived in Italian refugee camps and eventually settled in Naples,[2] 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 forThe 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 inrhythmical gym, which is a kind of dance."[3]
Setting aside ambitions to make a career in mathematics, she graduated as a gymnastics instructor.[4] 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.[1]
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Antonelli's earliest engagements included Italian advertisements forCoca-Cola. In 1965, she made her first feature-film appearance inLe sedicenni, although her performance went uncredited.[1] Her American debut came in 1966 inDr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs. Other roles followed; her breakthrough came in 1973'sMalizia.[5] She appeared in a number of sex farces such asTill Marriage Do Us Part (1974).
She worked in more serious films, as well, includingLuchino Visconti's last film,The Innocent (1976).[6] InWifemistress, aromance film of 1977, she played a repressed wife experiencing a sexual awakening. Later, she appeared inPassion of Love (1981).[7] From 1986 she mostly worked on Italian television series.[8] Antonelli's final film role was in the sequelMalizia 2000 (1991), following which she retired.[9] She won the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Award,Nastro d'Argento, in 1974 forMalizia.
Antonelli was married to publisher Enrico Piacentini but they divorced.[3] From 1972 to 1980, she was the companion of actorJean-Paul Belmondo.[10]
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.[11] In 2006, theItalian court of appeals ruled in favour of Antonelli and ordered the Ministry of Justice to pay the actress 108,000 euros.[12]
Antonelli died inLadispoli on 22 June 2015, aged 73, from a heart attack.[13][14]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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| 1964 | The Magnificent Cuckold | N/a | Uncredited appearance Guest with a Beehive Hairdo at the Artusis | |
| 1965 | 16 Year Olds | |||
| 1966 | Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs | Rosanna | ||
| 1967 | Pardon, Are You For or Against? | Piera Conforti | ||
| 1968 | La Rivoluzione sessuale | Liliana | ||
| 1969 | Detective Belli | Franca | Uncredited appearance | |
| 1969 | The Archangel | Elena | Uncredited appearance | |
| 1969 | Venus in Furs | Wanda von Dunajew | ||
| 1970 | A Man Called Sledge | Ria | ||
| 1970 | Bali | Daria | ||
| 1970 | Gradiva | Gradiva | ||
| 1971 | The Married Couple of the Year Two | Pauline de Guérandes | ||
| 1971 | Without Apparent Motive | Juliette Vaudreuil | ||
| 1971 | Secret Fantasy | Costanza Vivaldi | ||
| 1972 | The Eroticist | Sister Delicata | ||
| 1972 | Dr. Popaul | Martine Dupont | ||
| 1973 | How Funny Can Sex Be? | Madame Juliette ("Madam, it's eight o'clock") Celestina ("Two hearts and a shack") Enrico's Wife ("It's never too late") Grazia ("Honeymoon trip") Tamara ("Come back my little one") The Nun ("Italian worker abroad") Donna Mimma Maccò ("Revenge") Tiziana ("The guest") | [15] | |
| 1973 | Malicious (aka Malizia) | Angela | Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress | [16] |
| 1974 | Lovers and Other Relatives | Laura | ||
| 1974 | Simona | Simona | ||
| 1974 | Till Marriage Do Us Part | Eugenia di Maqueda | [17] | |
| 1975 | The Divine Nymph | Manoela Roderighi | ||
| 1976 | The Innocent | Giuliana Hermil | ||
| 1977 | Wifemistress | Antonia De Angelis | ||
| 1977 | Tre scimmie d'oro | |||
| 1977 | Black Journal | Sandra | ||
| 1979 | Tigers in Lipstick | The Wife / The Businesswoman | ||
| 1979 | Hypochondriac | Tonina | ||
| 1979 | Inside Laura Antonelli | |||
| 1980 | I'm Getting a Yacht | Roberta | ||
| 1981 | Passion of Love | Clara | ||
| 1981 | Il turno | Stellina | ||
| 1981 | Chaste and Pure | Rosa Di Maggio | ||
| 1982 | Porca vacca | Mariana | ||
| 1982 | Sesso e volentieri | Carla De Dominicis / Supermarket client / The Princess | ||
| 1982 | Viuuulentemente mia | Anna Tassotti | ||
| 1985 | Slices of Life | Monica Belli | ||
| 1985 | The Trap | Marie Colbert | ||
| 1986 | The Venetian Woman | Angela | ||
| 1986 | Grandi magazzini | Elèna Anzellotti | ||
| 1987 | Rimini Rimini | Noce Bove | ||
| 1987 | Roba da ricchi | Mapi Petruzzelli | Segment II | |
| 1989 | Disperatamente Giulia | Carmen Milkovič | ||
| 1990 | The Miser | Frosina | ||
| 1991 | Malizia 2000 | Angela | final film role |
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