Irène Galter

Irène Galter (16 September 1931 – 7 June 2018) was an Italian actress.

Irène Galter
Galter in 1953
Born	Irene Patuzzi (1931-09-16)16 September 1931 Merano, Kingdom of Italy
Died	7 June 2018 (aged 86) Novara, Italy
Occupation	Actress

Life and career

Born in Merano as Irene Patuzzi, during the first half of the 1950s Galter was called the "ideal girlfriend" of Italians.^[1] She was casually discovered in a shop where she worked as a clerk by Giuseppe De Santis, who launched her career in 1952 with the neorealist film Rome 11:00.^[1] After a number of successful films, she married the South Tyrolean entrepreneur Otto Lughin and retired from showbusiness.^[1]

Selected filmography

• Rome 11:00 (1952)
• The City Stands Trial (1952)
• Falsehood (1952)
• When You Read This Letter (1953)
• Trouble for the Legion (1953)
• Empty Eyes (1953)
• 100 Years of Love (1954)
• Schiava del peccato (1954)
• Songs of Italy (1955)
• Heaven Is Never Booked Up (1955)
• Sins of Casanova (1955)
• Liane, Jungle Goddess (1956)
• Love and Troubles (1958)