Luciana Angiolillo

Luciana Angiolillo (22 December 1925 – 30 November 2014) was an Italian actress and model, known for her career in peplum classic films.

Luciana Angiolillo
Angiolillo in 1954
Born	Luciana Nevi 22 December 1925 Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Died	30 November 2014 (aged 88) Naples, Italy
Other names	Luciana Angelillo
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1954–1967
Spouse	Gateano Angiolillo ​ ​ (m. 1947; div. 1958)​ | Mario Tellini ​ ​ (m. 1959; died 2014)​

Life and career

Born Luciana Nevi in Rome, Angiolillo started her career as a runway model.^[1][2] She made her film debut thanks to the friendship of Ennio Flaiano, who suggested her to the director Luciano Emmer for the role of an upper class lady in Camilla.^[2][3] From then she appeared in a number of films, often in stereotypal roles of snobbish bourgeois ladies.^[2] Gradually relegated to secondary roles, Angiolillo eventually devoted herself to the direction of a fashion house owned by her.^[2]

Angiolillo died on November 30, 2014.^[4]

Selected filmography

• Camilla (1954)
• A Woman Alone (1956)
• First Love (1959)
• Wild Cats on the Beach (1959)
• Colossus and the Amazon Queen (1960)
• Girl with a Suitcase (1961)
• Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis (1961)
• The Trojan Horse (1961)
• The Easy Life (1962)
• Alone Against Rome (1962)
• Il sorpasso (1963)
• Love and Marriage (1964)
• Berlin, Appointment for the Spies (1965)
• Countdown to Doomsday (1966)
• Grand Slam (1967)
• The Wild Eye (1967)