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Isa Miranda is a Actor and Director Italienne born on 5 july 1909 at Milan (Italie)

Isa Miranda

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Birth name Ines Isabella Sampietro
Nationality Italie
Birth 5 july 1909 at Milan (Italie)
Death 8 july 1982 (at 73 years) at Rome (Italie)

Isa Miranda (5 July 1909 – 8 July 1982) was an Italian actress with an international film career.

Biography

A native of Bergamo, Ines Isabella Sampietro worked as a typist whilst attending the drama academy in Milan and training as a stage actress. She went on to play bit parts in Italian films in Rome. She changed her name to Isa Miranda and success came with Max Ophüls' film La Signora di tutti (Everybody's Woman) (1934) in which she played Gaby Doriot, a famous film star and adventuress with whom men cannot help falling in love. Having brought several of them to their ruin, she slits her wrists. This performance brought in its wake several film offers and a Hollywood contract with Paramount Pictures. There, billed as the "Italian Marlene Dietrich", she played several femme fatale roles in such films as Hotel Imperial (1939) and Adventure in Diamonds (1940).

She returned to Italy soon after the outbreak of World War II and continued to act on the stage and to make films. In 1949, she starred in René Clément's The Walls of Malapaga, which won an Academy Award for the most outstanding foreign language film of 1950, and for Miranda, the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Another success of that period was La Ronde (1950), also directed by Ophüls.

Her career took her to France, Germany and England, where she frequently appeared in TV films, including The Avengers.

Other notable film appearances include Siamo donne (1953), a portmanteau film where Miranda shares the screen with three other screen legends, Anna Magnani, Alida Valli and Ingrid Bergman, Summertime (1955), Gli Sbandati (1955), La Noia (The Empty Canvas, 1963), The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964), The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) and Liliana Cavani's Il portiere di notte (The Night Porter, 1974).

Miranda was married to the Italian director and producer Alfredo Guarini until his death in 1981. She died in Rome in 1982, three days after her 73rd birthday.

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The Night Porter (1974)
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Filmography of Isa Miranda (52 films)

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Bambina
Bambina (1974)

Directed by Alberto Lattuada
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Gigi Proietti, Irène Papas, Teresa Ann Savoy, Mario Scaccia, Bruno Cirino, Isa Miranda
Roles Lorè
Rating54% 2.7388052.7388052.7388052.7388052.738805
The lawyer Mazzacolli wants to get his hands on the properties of a countess (Papas) and, helped by a local nobleman (Scaccia), staged the kidnapping of the countess' retarded child who had asked for her hand (Savoy). The move would force the hand of the countess, particularly for granting the usufruct of the property to her future husband. Mazzacolli did not reckoned with love, that unpredictable changes ideas and situations.
The Night Porter, 1h58
Directed by Liliana Cavani
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, BDSM in films, LGBT-related films, Films about psychiatry, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Charlotte Rampling, Philippe Leroy, Gabriele Ferzetti, Isa Miranda, Giuseppe Addobbati
Roles Countess Stein
Rating66% 3.301553.301553.301553.301553.30155
It is 1957, 12 years after World War II. Maximilian Theo Aldorfer (Dirk Bogarde), a former Nazi SS officer who had pretended to be a doctor in order to be able to take sensational photographs in the concentration camps, and Lucia Atherton (Charlotte Rampling), a concentration camp survivor who had an ambiguous sadomasochistic relationship with Aldorfer. Flashbacks show Max tormenting Lucia, but also acting as her protector.
We'll Call Him Andrea, 1h40
Directed by Vittorio De Sica
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about education
Actors Nino Manfredi, Mariangela Melato, Isa Miranda, Maria-Pia Casilio, Antonino Faà di Bruno
Roles Teacher
Rating65% 3.283733.283733.283733.283733.28373
Paolo et Maria, deux enseignants qui ne parviennent pas à avoir d'enfant, essaient par tous les moyens d'adopter.
A Bay of Blood, 1h24
Directed by Mario Bava, Lamberto Bava, Roberto Rossellini
Origin Italie
Genres Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Claudine Auger, Luigi Pistilli, Laura Betti, Claudio Camaso, Leopoldo Trieste, Isa Miranda
Roles Countess Federica Donati
Rating65% 3.2509853.2509853.2509853.2509853.250985
At night in her bayside mansion, wheelchair-bound Countess Federica (Isa Miranda) is attacked and strangled to death by her husband Filippo Donati (Giovanni Nuvoletti). In turn, an assailant suddenly stabs him to death. Donati's corpse is then dragged to the bay. The police find what they believe to be a suicide note written by the Countess. Donati's murder goes undiscovered.
Marta
Marta (1971)
, 1h36
Directed by José Antonio Nieves Conde
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Stephen Boyd, Marisa Mell, George Rigaud, Jesús Puente, Isa Miranda, Howard Ross
Roles Elena
Rating61% 3.0892753.0892753.0892753.0892753.089275
Miguel (Stephen Boyd), un homme fortuné, a de sérieux problèmes avec la gent féminine à commencer par sa mère. Il sombre progressivement dans la démence en commençant par enlever des femmes puis en les suppliciant dans sa (secrète) chambre des tortures.
Dorian Gray, 1h41
Directed by Massimo Dallamano
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Helmut Berger, Herbert Lom, Richard Todd, Marie Liljedahl, Margaret Lee, Maria Rohm
Roles Mrs. Patricia Ruxton
Rating57% 2.895842.895842.895842.895842.89584
Un dandy, séduit par la beauté de son portrait, vend son âme au diable pour que seul le tableau subisse les ravages du temps. Pendant qu'il mène une vie de débauche, la toile s'enlaidit et reflète le vrai visage de son âme. Désepéré, Dorian tue le peintre et détruit la toile, précipitant ainsi sa propre mort...
Roy Colt and Winchester Jack
Directed by Mario Bava, Lamberto Bava
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy, Action, Western
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Brett Halsey, Marilù Tolo, Bruno Corazzari, Isa Miranda, Federico Boido, Charles Southwood
Roles Mamma Lizzy
Rating47% 2.369222.369222.369222.369222.36922
Gunslingers Roy Colt and Winchester Jack fail to make a living through crime and Roy dissolves the partnership to earn an honest buck in Carson City as a sheriff. Sheriff Roy is then entrusted by the townsfolk with a replica of a treasure map said to lead to a fortune in buried gold, and his old partner Jack and a gang of desperados try to get to it first.
Red Hot Shot
Genres Crime
Actors Helen Mirren, Barbara Bouchet, Carmelo Bene, David Groh, Isa Miranda, Eduardo Ciannelli
Roles Tenutaria bordello
Rating57% 2.861172.861172.861172.861172.86117
Un riche industriel est retrouvé mort dans les rues de New York. L'homme était lié à une organisation criminelle qui est impliquée dans le trafic de drogue. L'enquête est remise au capitaine de police Frank Berin qui prend l'identité d'un violent biker afin de s'introduire dans le monde des trafiquants de drogue.
He and She
He and She (1969)
, 1h30
Directed by Mauro Bolognini
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Actors Laurence Harvey, Sylva Koscina, Isa Miranda, Felicity Mason, Guido Mannari
Roles Mother
Rating62% 3.1356053.1356053.1356053.1356053.135605
La rencontre imprévue d'un intellectuel anglais, plutôt rêveur et idéaliste, et d'une belle bourgeoise débouche sur un voyage en automobile. Ils font l'amour dès la première occasion. Débutée avec beaucoup de naturel et de spontanéité, la rencontre est bientôt envenimée par de constantes disputes. Peter veut croire au grand amour. Ella cherche à l'en dissuader en échafaudant divers stratagèmes propres à susciter sa jalousie...
The Shoes of the Fisherman, 2h42
Directed by Michael Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Politique, Films about religion, Political films
Actors Laurence Olivier, Anthony Quinn, John Gielgud, Oskar Werner, David Janssen, Vittorio De Sica
Roles The Marchesa
Rating69% 3.495823.495823.495823.495823.49582
Set during the height of the Cold War, The Shoes of the Fisherman opens as protagonist Kiril Pavlovich Lakota (Anthony Quinn), the Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (or Lvov as it is spelled in the movie adaptation), is unexpectedly set free after twenty years in a Siberian labour camp by his former jailer, Piotr Ilyich Kamenev (Laurence Olivier), now the premier of the Soviet Union.
Dear Caroline, 1h45
Directed by Denys de La Patellière
Genres Drama
Actors France Anglade, François Guérin, Bernard Blier, Karin Dor, Vittorio De Sica, Françoise Christophe
Roles La duchesse de Bussez
Rating51% 2.5524152.5524152.5524152.5524152.552415
Caroline est la fille du comte de Bièvres, un aristocrate désargenté qui veut la marier. Lors d'une partie de campagne au bois de Vincennes, alors que la prise de la Bastille est imminente en ce 14 juillet 1789, elle fait la connaissance de Gaston de Sallanches qui va l'initier à l'amour. Comme ce dernier est réfractaire au mariage, elle doit se résoudre à épouser Georges Berthier, un révolutionnaire peu avenant, mais riche, avocat et député à la convention. Celui-ci est bientôt mis en accusation par Robespierre et Caroline doit s'enfuir pour sauver sa tête. Elle va alors enchaîner des rencontres galantes qui lui feront traverser tous les périls et retrouver Gaston de Sallanches, devenu l'un des officiers de Bonaparte.
Un monde nouveau, 1h23
Directed by Vittorio De Sica
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Actors Christine Delaroche, Nino Castelnuovo, Pierre Brasseur, Madeleine Robinson, Georges Wilson, Isa Miranda
Roles Une sage-femme
Rating70% 3.5138753.5138753.5138753.5138753.513875
À Paris, deux jeunes gens, Anne, étudiante en médecine, et Carlo, photographe italien, passent la nuit ensemble à l'issue de leur rencontre au bal des étudiants. Quelque temps après, Anne découvre qu'elle est enceinte. Bien qu'ils s'aiment vraiment, Anne et Carlo hésitent à avoir cet enfant, chacun pour des raisons différentes. Anne ne peut se résoudre à donner naissance à son enfant dans le monde misérable des hôpitaux qu'elle côtoie tous les jours tandis que Carlo voit cette naissance comme un enracinement dans un monde bourgeois qu'il tente désespérément de fuir. Ils optent alors pour l'avortement et, pour payer l'intervention, Carlo joue les gigolos avec Margot, une femme plus âgée, mais riche. Finalement, Anne refuse d'avorter et l'enfant du jeune couple rejoindra le monde incommensurable des anonymes.
The Gallant Musketeer, 1h32
Directed by Bernard Borderie
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Swashbuckler, Adventure, Romance
Actors Philippe Lemaire, Valérie Lagrange, Gérard Barray, Guy Delorme, Jean Topart, Robert Berri
Roles Catherine de Medicis
Rating56% 2.8258552.8258552.8258552.8258552.825855
Le chevalier de Pardaillan est chargé par le roi Henri III, assiégé à Chartres par les troupes du Duc de Guise, d’aller solliciter l’aide des troupes d’Henri de Béarn. Il doit, pour cela, traverser les lignes ennemies. On lui confie Maurevert comme guide tandis que le duc Charles d’Angoulême l’escorte. Pardaillan va devoir déjouer les perfidies du Duc de Guise qui va mettre sur son chemin ses dangereux espions et belles intrigantes. Ainsi, Maurevert s’avère être un agent du duc de Guise comme, un peu plus tard, la belle et séduisante Bianca Farnèse qui ne laisse pas Pardaillan insensible. Mais grâce à sa vaillance et à l’amour, Pardaillan arrivera à mener sa mission à bien…
The Yellow Rolls-Royce, 2h4
Directed by Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Political films, Road movies
Actors Rex Harrison, Jeanne Moreau, Shirley MacLaine, Alain Delon, George C. Scott, Ingrid Bergman
Roles Duchesse d'Angoulême
Rating63% 3.1981653.1981653.1981653.1981653.198165
On a flatbed lorry driven in the streets of London, a motor car is under a grey cover with the initials RR. The Rolls Royce is first purchased by Charles, Marquess of Frinton (Rex Harrison) as a 10th wedding anniversary present for his French wife, Eloise (Jeanne Moreau). Frinton is Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign Office. The marquess is a longtime horse owner who has his heart set on winning the Ascot Gold Cup. This year his horse, named 10 June (his wedding anniversary date; also the writer Terence Rattigan's birthday) is the favourite and does indeed win. Lord Frinton is presented the Gold Cup by King George V. However, his elation is blighted when he finds his wife with her lover, his underling John Fane (Edmund Purdom), in the back of the Rolls with the shades drawn. For appearance's sake, Lord Frinton will not divorce his wife, but he returns the car.