Laura Antonelli

Actress

November 28, 1941 (73 years)

† June 22, 2015

Pola, Croatia

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 in…

Filmography

7.3

Malicious

Angela

A widower and two of his sons become infatuated by their beautiful housekeeper, and all three set out to seduce her using their own unique methods.

6.7

Passion of Love

Clara

In the 1860's, Giorgio (Giraudeau), a young Italian soldier is sent to a remote post, far away from his lover, Clara (Antonelli). He is lodged in the house of the colonel (Girotti). He becames friends with the colonel and the local doctor (Trintignant). Among the inhabitants of the house, there is a strange young woman - Fosca (d'Obici) who is both unattractive and mad. However, she has a passion that Giorgio will have to cope with.

5.0

Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs

Rosanna

Mad scientist Dr. Goldfoot plots another twisted scheme to take over the world by killing off the major military leaders of every country; to that end, he creates in his secret lab a bevy of bodacious girl bombs; full-length, life-size robots that explode when embraced.

5.8

Department Store

Helèna Anzellotti, moglie del capo del personale

A series of skits involving customers and store personnel from several departments of the big department store.

5.6

Lovers and Other Relatives

Laura

Sandro dreams about a woman older than himself. He works as a lifeguard at the beach and at the same time he's caring for a large number of sexually unsatisfied women who are coming for the weekend without their husbands.

5.7

Malizia 2000

Angela

The teenage son of an architect falls for an older woman, an attractive housewife of his father's client.

6.9

The Innocent

Giuliana Hermil

Tullio Hermil is a chauvinist aristocrat who flaunts his mistress to his wife, but when he believes she has been unfaithful he becomes enamored of her again.

5.6

The Eroticist

suor Delicata

Senator Pupis feels a strong and uncontrollable urge to grab women's bottoms, a habit than can lead to embarrassment, especially if the woman in question is head of another state and the occasion a state visit. In his desperation Pupis turns to the clergy for spiritual and psychological help.

7.0

Julia Forever

Carmen Milkovich

Italy, 1940: Carmen de Blasco is married to a fascist, but falls in love with a friend of her father Ubaldo, the young partisan Armando Zani. At the end of the war, their daughter Giulia is born, but Carmen returns to her husband. Two decades later, Giulia falls in love with university student Ermes Corsini. Nevertheless, he decides to marry the egocentric, but rich heiress Marta Montini. After some years and a disastrous marriage, Giulia meets the love of her life again. Ermes is annoyed by Marta, so he starts an affair with Giulia, but one day she gets a horrible diagnosis...

5.5

Black Journal

Sandra

A mother so insanely overprotective of her grown son decides to make a deal with death by offering alternate victims plucked from among her fellow tenants in a 1938 Italian apartment building.

4.9

The Venetian Woman

Angela

Venice, sixteenth century. Giulio, a foreign gentleman spends a memorable night in the city where he meets and beds two beautiful women. They are Angela, a widowed lady, and Valeria, whose husband has left for Florence.

4.5

Chaste and Pure

Rosa Di Maggio

Antonio is married to a very wealthy woman but the sole heir of the family fortune is his daughter. He induce his dying wife to swear in the daughter of remaining "chaste and pure" ( so that she cannot marry ) until his own death.

4.8

Rimini Rimini

Noce Bove

Funny, entertaining comedy with a few storylines. All of them have one thing in common - a resort town of Rimini in Italy.

4.2

The Trap

Marie Colbert

A woman becomes obsessed with a man she can't have, and carries the torch for more than 15 years.

5.5

The Divine Nymph

Manoela Roderighi

In the decadent Roaring Twenties, a beautiful woman engages in affairs with two men, playing them against each other.

5.7

How Funny Can Sex Be?

Madame Juliette ('Signora sono le 8') / Celestina ('Due cuori e una baracca') / Enrico's Wife ('Non è mai troppo tardi') / Grazia ('Viaggio di nozze') / Tamara ('Torna piccina mia') / The Nun ('Lavoratore italiano all'estero') / Donna Mimma Maccò ('La vendetta') / Tiziana ('L'ospite')

A nine-episode anthology film about love, sex, and marriage in contemporary, mid-'70s Italy.

6.1

A Man Called Sledge

Ria

James Garner is Luther Sledge, the leader of a pack of rebels who are planning to steal a stash of gold. But after the thieves actually manage to get away with the bounty, they soon discover that the enemy lies within their midst. As they begin to bicker over who should get the biggest cut, the stage is set for a deadly showdown. Claude Akins and John Marley co-star in this Italian Western directed by Vic Morrow.

6.6

The Magnificent Cuckold

Guest with a Beehive Hairdo at the Artusis (uncredited)

Andrea Artusi is a successful businessman with a beautiful wife, Maria, and a happy marriage - until he has an affair. After his own cheating, he starts to become obsessed with his wife's fidelity. Since she is one of the most desired women in town, he worries that it would be very easy for her to cheat on him. Now every time a man looks at his wife, Andrea goes crazy. Meanwhile, Maria finds out about her husband's affair and decides to plan her revenge.

4.4

Tigers in Lipstick

The Businesswoman

8 comic sketches set in Italy, with 4 of the most famous European sex symbols of the 70's playing 2 roles each.

6.5

The Married Couple of the Year Two

Pauline de Géran

Nicolas Philibert goes to America after killing a French aristocrat. On his return he tries to divorce his wife, Charlotte, but when he sees others trying to woo her his own interest is rekindled.