Annabella Incontrera (11 June 1943 – 19 September 2004), sometimes credited as Pam Stevenson, was an Italian film and television actress.

Career

Born in

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

, Incontrera attended the

Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia The Centro sperimentale di cinematografia (Experimental Film Centre or Italian National film school) was established in 1935 in Italy and aims to promote the art and technique of cinematography and film. The centre is the oldest film school in ...

without finishing the course. She made her film debut at 16, in ''

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'' (''L'inferno addosso'', 1959), and appeared in about 40 films, mostly in secondary roles.

Personal life

In 1969, she married Guglielmo Biraghi, film critic for the newspaper '' Il Messaggero'', but they divorced a few years later. She was romantically involved with the married British Labour Party politician

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, who in the 1970s was a businessman in charge of the Italian offshoot of

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, and reputedly introduced to his colleagues as 'Signora Robinson'. The actress suffered from a severe form of osteoporosis for years, and was forced to use a wheelchair.

Filmography

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'' (1959) – Micki *''

Maciste contro il vampiro ''Goliath and the Vampires'' ( it, Maciste contro il vampiro) is a 1961 Italian ''peplum'' film directed by Sergio Corbucci and Giacomo Gentilomo. Plot Set in the ancient world, this film follows a powerful muscular man out to battle a vampire a ...

'' (1961) – Magda *'' Una domenica d'estate'' (1962) – Lilly *'' L'uomo che bruciò il suo cadavere'' (1964) *'' Suicide Mission to Singapore'' (1966) – Evelyne *'' The Devil in Love'' (1966, directed by Ettore Scola) – Lucrezia *''

Poker with Pistols ''Poker with Pistols'' ( it, Un poker di pistole) is a 1967 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Giuseppe Vari. Cast * George Hilton as Ponson * George Eastman as Lucas * Annabella Incontrera as Lola * Mimmo Palmara as Master * J ...

'' (1967, directed by

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) – Lola *'' The Ambushers'' (1967) – Slaygirl *'' Quella carogna di Frank Mitraglia'' (1968) – Eva *'' A suon di lupara'' (1968) – Lucienne *''

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'' (1969) – Eleanora Spado *'' Une fille nommée Amour'' (1969) – Cécile, la soeur *'' Double Face'' (1969) – Liz *'' A Bullet for Sandoval'' (1969) – Carol Day *'' La sfida dei MacKenna'' (1970) – Maggie *'' Due ragazzi da marciapiede'' (1970) – Matilde *'' Commando di spie'' (1970) – Madeleine *'' Amore Formula 2'' (1970) – Loreley *'' Le calde notti di Don Giovanni'' (1971) – Maddalena *'' I pirati dell'isola verde'' (1971) – Isabella *''

Return of Sabata ''Return of Sabata'' ( it, È tornato Sabata ... hai chiuso un'altra volta, lit=Sabata is back ... you're finished again) is a 1971 Spaghetti Western film directed by Gianfranco Parolini. The third film in ''The Sabata Trilogy'', it features the ...

'' (1971) – Maggie, Saloon Girl *''

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'' (1971) – Mirta Ricci *''Quando gli uomini armarono la clava e... con le donne fecero din don'' (1971) – Prehistoric woman (uncredited) *''

Roma Bene ''Roma Bene'' is a 1971 Italian comedy-drama film starring Virna Lisi, Nino Manfredi, Irene Papas and Senta Berger. Plot The classic scene of the upper middle-class in Rome: a duchess, the industrial husband and the many apparently respectabl ...

'' (1971, directed by

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) – La Lesbica *'' Le belve'' (1971, episode ''Processo a porte chiuse'') – Carmela Sparapaoli (segment "Processo a porte chiuse") *''

The Case of the Bloody Iris ''The Case of the Bloody Iris'' (Italian: ''Perché quelle strane gocce di sangue sul corpo di Jennifer?'', lit. "Why those strange drops of blood on Jennifer's body?", originally released in the UK as ''Erotic Blue'') is a 1972 Italian giallo film ...

'' (1972) – Sheila Heindricks *'' So Sweet, So Dead'' (1972) – Franca Santangeli *''

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'' (1972) – Helga Schurn *''

The Infamous Column ''The Infamous Column'' ( it, La colonna infame, also known as ''Pillar of Shame'') is a 1973 Italian historical drama film directed by Nelo Risi. Plot It is 1630, and a devastating plague has descended upon the city of Milan. Guglielmo Piazza ...

'' (1972) – L'amante di Arconati *'' L'illazione'' (1972, directed by

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) *'' Il gatto di Brooklyn aspirante detective'' (1973) – Gravida De Porcaris *'' The Voyage'' (1974, directed by

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) – Simona *'' Verginità'' (1974) *'' Ciak, si muore'' (1974) – Lucia *''Paolo Barca, maestro elementare, praticamente nudista'' (1975) *''

Le braghe del padrone ''Le braghe del padrone'' is a 1978 Italian comedy film directed by Flavio Mogherini and starring Enrico Montesano. It is based on the novel with the same name written by Italo Terzoli and Enrico Vaime. Cast * Enrico Montesano - Vittorio Piero ...

'' (1978) – Wife of Eugenio *'' Estigma'' (1980) – (final film role)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Incontrera, Annabella 1943 births Actresses from Milan 2004 deaths Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia alumni Italian film actresses Spaghetti Western actresses 20th-century Italian actresses