Yvonne Sanson

Yvonne Sanson, born Fotini Sapountzakis (Greek: Φωτεινή Σαπουντζάκη^[1] 29 August 1925 – 23 July 2003), was a Greek, naturalized Italian, film actress. She appeared in 46 films between 1946 and 1972, mainly working in Italy.^[2]

Yvonne Sanson
Sanson in Chains (1949)
Born	(1925-08-29)29 August 1925 Thessaloniki, Greece
Died	23 July 2003(2003-07-23) (aged 77) Bologna, Italy
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1946–1972

Born in Thessaloniki, Sanson was the daughter of a Greek Army officer and an Asia Minor Greek mother.^[1] Various stories appeared in the press as to her origins, including being of French, Russian or Turkish descent,^[3][4] but they are mostly fictitious, except for the fact had a Russian grandparent.^[1]

Partial filmography

Yvonne Sanson and Amedeo Nazzari in Nobody's Children (1951)

• The Black Eagle (1946) - Una ragazza alla festa
• The Great Dawn (1947) - Daisy
• Flesh Will Surrender (1947) - Ginevra Canale
• The Mysterious Rider (1948) - L'imperatrice Caterina II di Russia
• Alarm Bells (1949) - Australia
• The Emperor of Capri (1949) - Sonia Bulgarov
• Torment (1950) - Anna Ferrari
• Cintura di castità (1950)
• Chains (1950) - Rosa Carrisi
• The Elusive Twelve (1950) - Herself
• Nobody's Children (1951) - Luisa Fanti / Sister Addolorata
• The Overcoat (1952) - Caterina
• Are We All Murderers? (1952) - Yvonne Le Guen (version italienne)
• The Shameless Sex (1952) - Wanda
• Falsehood (1952) - Luisa Sangro
• Who is Without Sin (1952) - Maria Dermoz
• Noi peccatori (1953) - Lucia
• When You Read This Letter (1953) - Irène Faugeret
• Nero and the Burning of Rome (1953) - Stabilia Messalina
• The Three Musketeers (1953) - Milady de Winter
• Star of India (1954) - Madame Montespan
• Torna! (1954) - Susanna
• Bread, Love and Jealousy (1954) - La nuova levatrice (uncredited)
• The White Angel (1955) - Sister Addolorata / Lina Mercolin
• La moglie è uguale per tutti (1955) - Yvonne Micucci
• The Miller's Beautiful Wife (1955) - Donna Dolores
• Escape to the Dolomites (1955) - Teresa
• Il campanile d'oro (1955) - Carmela
• This Angry Age (1957) - Carmen
• L'ultima violenza (1957) - Anna Carani
• Melancholic Autumn (1958) - María Martínez
• We Have Only One Life (1958) - Bibi
• World of Miracles (1959) - Sarah
• Rome 1585 (1961) - Donna Olimpia di Gonzales
• Black City (1961) - Mariannina
• Anima nera (1962) - Olga Manfredi
• Lo smemorato di Collegno (1962) - Linda Ballarini
• Django (1966) - Redhead Saloon Girl (uncredited)
• Day of Anger (1967) - Vivien Skill
• The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968) - Teresa
• Mr. Kinky (1968) - Carla Bagni
• Il ragazzo che sorride (1969) - Mother of Livia
• Pensando a te (1969)
• Don Franco e Don Ciccio nell'anno della contestazione (1970) - Donna Camilla - madre di Anna
• The Conformist (1970) - Madre di Giulia
• Un apprezzato professionista di sicuro avvenire (1972) - Lucetta's mother
• A.A.A. Massaggiatrice bella presenza offresi... (1972) - Mother of Cristina