Elvy Lissiak
Appearance
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Born | Elvira Lissiak 19 July 1929 |
Died | 25 February 1996 | (aged 66)
Occupation | Actress |
Elvy Lissiak (19 July 1929 – 25 February 1996) was an Italian stage and film actress.
Life and career
Born in Trieste as Elvira Lissiak, she made her film debut with the role of Luciana in Luciano Emmer's Domenica d'agosto, gaining critical appreciation for her performance.[1][2] Lissiak later appeared on stage in a rivista with Ugo Tognazzi and in several films alongside Vittorio Gassman, at the time her partner in life.[1] Following the breakup of her relationship with Gassman, she decided to focus her activities on stage, where she knew her then husband, the actor Franco Castellani.[1] She retired from acting in the early 1960s.[1]
Selected filmography
- Sunday in August (1950)
- Toto Looks for a Wife (1950)
- The Lion of Amalfi (1950)
- Hawk of the Nile (1950)
- L'ingiusta condanna (1952)
- The Ship of Condemned Women (1953)
- The Two Marshals (1961)
- Lo smemorato di Collegno (1962)
- Hawk of the Caribbean (1962)
References
- ^ a b c d Enrico Lancia; Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano - Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 888440214X.
- ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
External links
- Elvy Lissiak at IMDb