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Lorella De Luca is a Actor and Assistant Director Italienne born on 17 september 1940 at Florence (Italie)

Lorella De Luca

Lorella De Luca
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Nationality Italie
Birth 17 september 1940 at Florence (Italie)
Death 9 january 2014 (at 73 years)

Lorella De Luca (17 September 1940 – 9 January 2014) was an Italian film, television, and voice actress. One of the most recognized ingenues of Italian cinema during the mid-to-late 1950s, she is best known for having played naive young girls in dramas and comedies.

She was born in Florence, Italy and, following her "discovery" at age 14, made her acting debut in the Federico Fellini film Il bidone (1955). De Luca's breakout role, however, came a year later following her performance in Dino Risi's comedy Poor, But Beautiful (1956) and continued on in the genre, with appearances in Mario Monicelli films A Tailor's Maid (1957) and Doctor and the Healer (1957), as well as in Duccio Tessari's Spaghetti Westerns A Pistol for Ringo (1965) and its sequel The Return of Ringo (1965) with Giuliano Gemma.

Biography

Lorella De Luca was born in Florence, Italy on September 17, 1940. "Discovered" at the age of fourteen by a director who followed De Luca home, and convinced her father that she should be in films, she made her feature film debut in Federico Fellini's Il bidone (1955) as Patrizia, the young daughter of middle-aged con man Augusto (Broderick Crawford). She subsequently attended the prestigious "Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia" (Experimental Cinematography Centre) in Rome, and the following year appeared in what would be her breakout role in Dino Risi's Poor, But Beautiful (1956) alongside other young actors Marisa Allasio, Renato Salvatori and Maurizio Arena. The success of the film made De Luca one of the most popular ingenues of Italian cinema; her freshness and grace endeared her to the public.

De Luca was one of several women romantically involved with her Poor, But Beautiful co-star Maurizio Arena. She co-starred with Arena in Il principe fusto (1960), a film which he co-wrote, produced and directed. Their relationship created a minor scandal when it was revealed by the Italian media that Arena, after publicly announcing his intention to wed Anna Maria Pierangeli, was also engaged to De Luca.

She specialized in the character of the naive young girl, a kind of an Italian Sandra Dee, and appeared in a series of hit comedies: Fathers and Sons (1957) and The Doctor and the Sorcerer (1957) by Mario Monicelli, the latter starring Vittorio de Sica and Marcello Mastroianni, Sunday Is Always Sunday (1958) by Camillo Mastrocinque, First Love (1958) by Mario Camerini, Gianni Franciolini's romantic comedy Love on the Riviera (1958), and many others. In 1958, De Luca joined Alessandra Panaro and Mario Riva as a show girl in the popular TV quiz show Il Musichiere (The Musician). She also had minor roles in "sword-and-sandal" and "muscleman" films, often being cast as a princess or slave girl, such as Sheba and the Gladiator (1959) and Sign of the Gladiator (1965).

With the beginning of the 1960s, De Luca received more and more roles in commercial films. She had a brief, but memorable, foray into the Spaghetti Western genre. In 1965, under the pseudonym "Hally Hammond", she had supporting roles in A Pistol for Ringo and its sequel, The Return of Ringo, both directed by her future husband Duccio Tessari. De Luca appeared in nine other films directed by her husband, most notably, Una voglia da morire (1965) and Kiss Kiss...Bang Bang (1966), between 1965 and 1978. After 1967, with the birth of their two daughters Federica and Fiorenza Tessari, in addition to her losing interest as a character actor, she accepted only occasional parts during the next decade.

Her last acting roles were in The Fifth Commandment (1978) and the 1984 television miniseries Nata d'amore. She was actively involved in her husband's later career and was first assistant director in his final film There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs (1990). De Luca made one last appearance in Bonus malus (1993) and retired from the film industry after Tessari's death the following year.

Usually with

Duccio Tessari
Duccio Tessari
(13 films)
Dino Risi
Dino Risi
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Lorella De Luca (30 films)

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Actress

The Fifth Commandment, 1h55
Directed by Duccio Tessari
Origin German
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors Helmut Berger, Peter Hooten, Umberto Orsini, Udo Kier, Lorella De Luca
Roles Mutter Redder
Rating65% 3.2526253.2526253.2526253.2526253.252625
Le film raconte l'histoire des frères Heidger, deux gangsters ayant fait des braquages de banque dans les années 1920 avant d'être abattus par la police.
Safari Express
Directed by Duccio Tessari
Genres Comedy
Actors Giuliano Gemma, Ursula Andress, Jack Palance, Peter Martell, Lorella De Luca
Roles The American Tourist
Rating52% 2.619392.619392.619392.619392.61939
John Howard et le travail dans une compagnie appelée Safari réservation express touristes sur les safaris. Leurs vies sont renversées quand ils rencontrent une belle vagabonde blonde dans la jungle qui ne sait pas qui elle est. Ils découvrent également de l'uranium et ce qui semble être des simiens bien maniéré.
Three Tough Guys, 1h32
Directed by Duccio Tessari
Origin Italie
Genres Action, Crime
Themes Films about religion, Buddy films
Actors Lino Ventura, Isaac Hayes, Fred Williamson, Paula Kelly, William Berger, Vittorio Sanipoli
Roles Anne Lombardo
Rating55% 2.757612.757612.757612.757612.75761
L'inspecteur d'une société d'assurance est tué pendant qu'il enquête sur un client très important. Un prêtre et un ancien inspecteur de police décident de découvrir le coupable.
The Bloodstained Butterfly, 1h35
Directed by Duccio Tessari
Origin Italie
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Helmut Berger, Giancarlo Sbragia, Ida Galli, Carole André, Lorella De Luca, Silvano Tranquilli
Roles Marta Clerici
Rating62% 3.14693.14693.14693.14693.1469
Un journaliste de télévision Alessandro Marchi accusé d'avoir tué à coups de couteau une jeune fille, Françoise Pigaut, dans un parc de Bergame, est condamné à perpétuité.
Kiss Kiss...Bang Bang
Directed by Duccio Tessari
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Themes Spy films
Actors Giuliano Gemma, George Martin, Nieves Navarro, Lorella De Luca, Antonio Casas, George Rigaud
Roles Frida Kadar
Rating55% 2.7858952.7858952.7858952.7858952.785895
The sergeant Kirk Warren (Giuliano Gemma), secret agent for the MI6 is accused of high treason and he's set up for hanging. Suspecting a frame, the Warren's superior, Sir Sebastian Wilcox (George Rigaud), offer to Warren a solution: the amnesty in exchange for a secret formula of a peculiar alloy, first that the mysterious overlord "Mr. X" seize it.
A Pistol for Ringo, 1h38
Directed by Duccio Tessari
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Themes Christmas films
Actors Giuliano Gemma, Nieves Navarro, Fernando Sancho, José Manuel Martín, Lorella De Luca, Antonio Casas
Roles Miss Ruby
Rating64% 3.2451053.2451053.2451053.2451053.245105
The film opens as the films protagonist, a gunfighter known as "Angel Face" or Ringo, kills four men in a gunfight. He is then arrested for manslaughter and locked up in the city jail where he awaits trial.
The Return of Ringo, 1h35
Directed by Duccio Tessari
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Actors Giuliano Gemma, Fernando Sancho, Lorella De Luca, Nieves Navarro, Antonio Casas, George Martin
Roles Helen Brown / Hally Fitzgerald
Rating66% 3.3387653.3387653.3387653.3387653.338765
After fighting for the Union Army in the American Civil War, Ringo returns home to find that his property has been taken over by a family of Mexican bandits. His fiancee is about to marry the Mexican gangster behind all this. He decides to go undercover disguised as a Mexican. While there he discovers he has a daughter.
The Shortest Day, 1h35
Directed by Sergio Corbucci
Origin Italie
Genres War, Comedy, Historical
Themes Military humor in film, Political films, Buddy films
Actors Ciccio Ingrassia, Gino Cervi, Totò, Annie Girardot, Peppino De Filippo, Ugo Tognazzi
Roles Erede siciliana (uncredited)
Rating58% 2.9062252.9062252.9062252.9062252.906225
The Sicilians Franco and Ciccio are taken from a small town in Sicily and shipped in the Italian army which has to face the Nazi troops along with U.S. allies in the famous Normandy landings. Franco and Ciccio, more clumsy than ever, having won the war back in Italy, but they are out of work.
Scheherazade, 2h4
Directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit
Origin France
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Anna Karina, Gérard Barray, Antonio Vilar, Giuliano Gemma, Pierre Gaspard-Huit, Marilù Tolo
Rating56% 2.8156252.8156252.8156252.8156252.815625
En 809, Bagdad est sous l'autorité du calife Hâroun ar-Rachîd. La belle et spirituelle Shéhérazade est promise au calife mais des ambassadeurs de Charlemagne arrivent à Bagdad pour demander au calife de laisser aux chrétiens un libre accès aux lieux saints. Parmi ces envoyés d'Occident, le chevalier Renaud de Villecroix va sauver la jeune fille, s'en éprend et se fait aimer d'elle. Le grand vizir combat cet amour, multiplie les guet-apens et mène Shéhérazade sous la hache du bourreau. Renaud la sauve une nouvelle fois et s'enfuit dans le désert.
Plains of Battle, 1h36
Origin France
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical
Actors Jean-François Poron, Lorella De Luca, Fosco Giachetti, Erno Crisa, Sylvia Sorrente, Mirko Ellis
Roles Natalia
Rating67% 3.3545353.3545353.3545353.3545353.354535
Tarass Boulba, chef des Cosaques Zaporogues(orthodoxes) refuse que ses fils soient emmenés en otages à Cracovie auprès du roi de Pologne(catholique). Il les fait revenir de Kiev, où ils étudiaient, à la Setch (campement cosaque), et les provoque en combat singulier au cours d'une grande fête qui tourne à l'orgie. Mais à Kiev, André, son jeune fils est tombé passionnément amoureux de Nadia, la fille du Voïvode polonais. Les chefs cosaques refusent de payer le tribut au roi de Pologne déclenchent différentes attaques contre les Tartares, et les Polonais. Ceux-ci tentent d'assassiner Tarass, défendu par son fils, il est sauvé. Mais les Tartares enlèvent André qu'ils livrent au Voïvode à Doubno.
Charge of the Black Lancers, 1h37
Directed by Giacomo Gentilomo
Origin France
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical
Actors Mel Ferrer, Yvonne Furneaux, Letícia Román, Lorella De Luca, Jean Claudio, Annibale Ninchi
Roles Samal
Rating55% 2.7897352.7897352.7897352.7897352.789735
En 1287, un tournoi est organisé à Kharlov. Le prince Sergio de Tula s'y rend avec ses lanciers noirs pour y participer. Il se retrouve face à son frère Andrea...
Colossus and the Amazon Queen, 1h24
Directed by Vittorio Sala
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Peplum
Themes Films based on mythology, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology, Dans la Grèce mythologique, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology
Actors Rod Taylor, Dorian Gray, Daniela Rocca, Alberto Farnese, Gianna Maria Canale, Folco Lulli
Roles Amazzone (uncredited)
Rating36% 1.8390951.8390951.8390951.8390951.839095
After the Trojan War, Glauco is the strongest man amongst the Greeks. His friend Pirro meets two men who offer him a large sum of money to persuade Glauco to sail towards unexplored shores. Pirro accepts the proposal and convinces Glauco with a trick: he hits him on his head. The ship lands at a strange place where Pirro and the other men aboard are drugged and find themselves in the hands of the Amazons. Only Glauco escapes, saved from the Egyptian inventor Sofo and he falls in love with Antiope. Between loves and duels, conspiracies and ruses, maurauding pirates will bring together Amazons and Greeks.