Nicoletta Machiavelli
| Nicoletta Machiavelli | |
|---|---|
 Machiavelli in I nostri mariti (1966) | |
| Born |
1 August 1944 Stuffione, Ravarino, Modena, Italy |
| Died |
15 November 2015 (aged 71) Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Other names |
Nicoletta Rangoni Machiavelli Nicoletta Macchiavelli |
| Occupation | Actress (until 1983) |
| Years active | 1965–1983 |
Nicoletta Machiavelli (1 August 1944 – 15 November 2015), also known as Nicoletta Rangoni Machiavelli and Nicoletta Macchiavelli, was an Italian film actress.
Life and career
The daughter of a Florentine father and of an American mother, Machiavelli was a descendant of the philosopher and author Niccolò Machiavelli.[1] She studied painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze.[2]
Following an audition for the role of Eva in John Huston's The Bible: In the Beginning..., she was noted by the producer Dino De Laurentiis who put her under contract for seven years, a contract she eventually broke after three years.[3]
Her first role was Ugo Tognazzi's wife in A Question of Honour, and following a few comedies, her early career was characterized by genre films, mainly Spaghetti Western, notably Sergio Corbucci's Navajo Joe.[3]
Starting from the late 1960s Machiavelli started appearing in more ambitious art films, working with Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, Pietro Germi, Dino Risi, Sergio Citti, Andrzej Żuławski, and Liliana Cavani, among others.[3]
In 1984, Machiavelli became a disciple of Osho and retired from show business.[4] She eventually moved to Seattle, Washington, where among other things she taught Italian at the Bellevue College and at the University of Washington.[2] She died of an undisclosed illness on November 15, 2015, aged 71.[3][5]
Selected filmography
- A Question of Honour (1965)
- Thrilling (1965)
- I nostri mariti (1966)
- Navajo Joe (1966)
- The Hills Run Red (1966)
- Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1966)
- Matchless (1967)
- Candy (1968)
- A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die (1968)
- Garter Colt (1968)
- Hate Thy Neighbor (1968)
- It Takes a Thief, ep. "Who'll Bid Two Million Dollars?" (1969)
- A Noose for Django (1969)
- The Ravine (1969)
- Monte Carlo or Bust! (1969)
- Scarabea: How Much Land Does a Man Need? (1969)
- Carnal Circuit (1969)
- Necropolis (1970)
- A Pocketful of Chestnuts (1970)
- Lover of the Great Bear (1971)
- Man with the Transplanted Brain (1972)
- Dirty Weekend (1973)
- Tony Arzenta (1973)
- Bawdy Tales (1973)
- Icy Breasts (1974)
- That Most Important Thing: Love (1975)
- Malicious Pleasure (1975)
- Free Hand for a Tough Cop (1976)
- Beyond Good and Evil (1976)
References
- ↑ Eugenia Sheppard (31 March 1969). What's Behind the Gipsy Look. New York Magazine, pp. 31-35. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
- ""Machiavellian" Has New Meaning". Youngstown Vindicator. 24 June 1969. Retrieved 4 December 2011. - 1 2 Mike Barnes (20 November 2015). "Nicoletta Machiavelli, Beautiful Star of Spaghetti Westerns, Dies at 71". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 Marco Giusti (18 November 2015). "Addio a Nicoletta Machiavelli, la nobile reginetta degli spaghetti western". Dagospia. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ↑ Enrico Franceschini (25 July 1985). "Nel paradiso arancione del guru con la Rolls". La Repubblica. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- ↑ Obituary: "Ma Prem Anado", OshoNews.com, 17 November 2015; retrieved 19 November 2015.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nicoletta Machiavelli. |
- Nicoletta Machiavelli at the Internet Movie Database
- Actress Machiavelli Now Star Teacher, bellevuecollege.edu; accessed 19 November 2015.