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Elsa Martinelli

1935 - 2017

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Elsa Martinelli (born Elisa Tia; 30 January 1935 – 8 July 2017) was an Italian actress and fashion model. Described by The Guardian as a "versatile star of Hollywood’s international years whose work spanned romantic comedies, period epics and spaghetti westerns", she went on to star opposite Kirk Douglas, John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Charlton Heston, and Anthony Quinn, be directed by André De Toth, Vittorio De Sica, Howard Hawks and Orson Welles on both sides of the Atlantic. At her peak from the late 1950s into the late 1960s she was a rival of top "Hollywood Italian imports" Sophia Loren, Gina Lollobrigida and Claudia Cardinale. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elsa Martinelli has received more than 813,076 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Elsa Martinelli is the 880th most popular actor (down from 663rd in 2019), the 1,407th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,154th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Italian Actor.

Elsa Martinelli is most famous for her role in the 1968 film "The Professionals," which was directed by Sergio Leone.

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  • 810k

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  • 58.93

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  • 29

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  • 4.91

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  • 2.66

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Elsa Martinelli ranks 880 out of 9,996Before her are Brigitte Helm, Lou Ferrigno, Robert Patrick, Ljubiša Samardžić, River Phoenix, and Chadwick Boseman. After her are Walter Brennan, Emilio Estevez, Chris Cooper, Hildegard Knef, Anita Pallenberg, and Hilary Swank.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Elsa Martinelli ranks 65Before her are Gnassingbé Eyadéma, Forough Farrokhzad, Viktor Bryukhanov, John Saxon, Akira Kitaguchi, and Maj Sjöwall. After her are John G. Avildsen, Monique Wittig, Lee Remick, Sonny Bono, Floyd Patterson, and Kurt Westergaard. Among people deceased in 2017, Elsa Martinelli ranks 79Before her are Chris Cornell, Albert Speer, Fats Domino, Robert Hardy, Karl-Otto Apel, and Ljubiša Samardžić. After her are Anita Pallenberg, Nicolai Gedda, John G. Avildsen, Peter Mansfield, Zhou Youguang, and Tom Regan.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Elsa Martinelli ranks 1,407 out of 4,668Before her are Andrea Solari (1460), Tazio Nuvolari (1892), Francesco Cilea (1866), Maria, Queen of Sicily (1363), Scipione Borghese (1577), and Ugo Cavallero (1880). After her are Lucius Julius Caesar (-135), Gnaeus Pompeius (-80), Salvatore Ferragamo (1898), Anita Pallenberg (1942), Felicitas of Rome (101), and Gaetano Bresci (1869).

Among ACTORS In Italy

Among actors born in Italy, Elsa Martinelli ranks 38Before her are Amy Adams (1974), Claudia Mori (1944), Adolfo Celi (1922), Stefania Sandrelli (1946), Gabriele Ferzetti (1925), and Ugo Tognazzi (1922). After her are Anita Pallenberg (1942), Marisa Pavan (1932), Lea Massari (1933), Gino Cervi (1901), Nino Castelnuovo (1936), and Paolo Villaggio (1932).

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