Giovanna Galletti

Actress

June 27, 1916 (75 years)

† April 21, 1992

Bangkok, Thailand

Biography

Giovanna Galletti (27 June 1916 – 21 April 1992) was an Italian actress. She appeared in more than forty films from 1938 to 1986. Description above from the Wikipedia article Giovanna Galletti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

6.9

Last Tango in Paris

Prostitute

A recently widowed American begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman.

7.3

The Bible: In the Beginning...

Sinful Woman

Covering only the first 22 chapters of the Book of Genesis, vignettes include: Adam and Eve frolicking in the Garden of Eden until their indulgence in the forbidden fruit sees them driven out; Cain murdering his brother Abel; Noah building an ark to preserve the animals of the world from the coming flood; and Abraham making a covenant with God.

7.2

The Nun's Story

(uncredited)

After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.

8.0

Rome, Open City

Ingrid

During the Nazi occupation of 1944 Rome, Resistance leader Giorgio Manfredi is pursued by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a means of escape.

8.6

Eneide

Ecuba

A 7 part adaptation of the epic tale of Aeneas, written by Virgil as the Roman sequel to Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.

5.4

Sodom and Gomorrah

Malik (uncredited)

Lot leads his people to a fertile valley adjacent to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, hotbeds of vice and corruption ruled by the merciless Queen Bera. When Lot orders a dam to be busted in order to prevent the destruction of the cities by the attacking Helamites, the queen, in gratitude, allows Lot's people to settle in Sodom. Soon, however, the veneer of civilization begins crumbling as Lot and the Hebrews become corrupted by the Sodomites.

6.7

The Big Red One

Woman in Sicilian Village

A veteran sergeant of World War I leads a squad in World War II, always in the company of the survivor Pvt. Griff, the writer Pvt. Zab, the Sicilian Pvt. Vinci and Pvt. Johnson, in Vichy French Africa, Sicily, D-Day at Omaha Beach, Belgium and France, and ending in a concentration camp in Czechoslovakia where they face the true horror of war.

4.9

The Lady of Monza

Sister Angela Sacchi

A true story taken from the archives of the archdiocese of Milan. Based on the life of Marianna De Leyva, better known as "The Nun of Monza," a 17th century nun accused of and tried by the church for breaking celibacy and plotting murder.

7.0

I miserabili

madame Victurnien

The television series, based on Victor Hugo's 1862 novel of the same name, is one of the most impressive television adaptations of a literary work. Filmed in 1963 over a period of four months at the RAI headquarters in Via Teulada, it is set in France between 1815 and 1833.

5.9

Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell

Countess

After the end of WWII, an Italian woman receives child support payments from three former US soldiers who all believe themselves to be the father of her daughter, Gia.

6.9

Kill, Baby... Kill!

Baroness Graps

A 20th century European village is haunted by the ghost of a murderous little girl.

5.2

The Wonders of Aladdin

Midwife

Young Aladdin has a series of wild adventures after he discovers a magic lamp containing a genie.

5.8

The Glass Castle

Louise Morel - l'accusée

Evelyne, the young wife of Judge Bertal, falls in love with Remy, who lives in Paris, on holiday in Italy. After following him in the lovers city, she realises Remy is whom she really loves, and decides to return home to inform her husband – but her plane crashes.

5.1

Adorable Creatures

Director

Andre Noblet, a 21-year-old French artist falls madly in love with Christine, the mother of two children. He tells Chistine he will tell all to her husband and demand her freedom. Christine learns that her husband has been carrying on a romance of his own and they have a meeting.

4.0

The Affairs of Messalina

Christian

A story, set in Rome of 44 A.D., concerning the amorous and political intrigues of the evil Empress Messalina, the wife of the Roman Emperor Claudius, and her eventual hounding to death.

3.5

The Loves of Hercules

Hercules decides to avenge the death of his wife, murdered at the hands of Éurito, king of Ecalia, but everything is a plot of an ambitious courtier. Hercules ends up falling in love with Deyanira, who is now a good queen.

4.3

Verginità

Amalia

Gina is the daughter of a provincial newsstand dealer and spends her time reading pulp magazines and dreaming of a glamorous vocation on the big city. She enters a beauty contest in a nearby city, without her father's permission, and, en route, meets Franco, a salesman.

6.3

Totò Looking for Wife

Agente K 8

Aunt Agatha writes to Toto, informing him that she won't send him another penny until he is married.

5.3

The Girl in Room 2A

Mrs. Grant

A sadistic killer cult kidnaps and sacrifices beautiful women. A young girl, just paroled from prison, moves into a strange house and appears to be the cult's next victim.

7.5

Male, Female, Flower, Fruit

A pair of twins, Anna and Tony, leave their country to go to Rome to make their fortune. Anna knows how to sing and Tony knows how to dance. They suffer many setbacks, but they are willing to go the distance in order to succeed.