Edoarda Vesselovsky (born 23 October 1940), better known by her

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Edy Vessel, Edi Vessel, or Edy Vesel, is an Italian actress and businesswoman.

Biography

Vesselovsky was born in

Trieste Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into provi ...

in 1940. In her youth, she worked as a model in the local boutiques while attending school. She landed a part as a chorus girl in a Wanda Osiris revue, where she was discovered by Mario Mattoli, who cast her in her debut film role in the 1959 film ''

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'' 'Look, But Don't Touch'' This was followed by a dozen films, culminating with a role in Fellini's ''

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''. After this film, Vessel abandoned her film career.

Personal life

In 1965 Vessel started a relationship with Italian businessman ; once he obtained the annulment of his first marriage from the

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, the couple married in 1970. Heavily implicated in a bribery scandal involving Lockheed Corporation' s alleged bribery of government officials to induce the purchase of Lockheed planes, Crociani moved the whole family to Mexico. Upon Crociani's death in 1980, Vessel remarried to Count Pierluigi Vitalini and assumed control of Crociani's company Ciset (later to become Vitrociset), resulting in a court battle with Crociani's children from his first marriage.

Filmography

* ''

'' ( Mario Mattoli, 1959) - Maggie * ''

Il raccomandato di ferro ''Il raccomandato di ferro'' is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Marcello Baldi and starring Mario Riva. It grossed 89,3 million lire at the Italian box office. Plot Augusto Zinconi is a former Roman usher who found employment in an ...

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, 1959) * ''

Tipi da spiaggia ''Tipi da spiaggia'' is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Johnny Dorelli. Cast *Ugo Tognazzi: Pasubio Giovinezza *Christiane Martel: Barbara Patton * Giustino Durano: Nick Balmora *Johnny Dorelli: Giorgio Binot ...

'' (Mario Mattoli, 1959) - Lucy * ''

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, 1960) * '' The Passionate Thief'' (

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, 1960) - La ragazza * '' The Thief of Baghdad'' (

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and

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, 1961) - Kadeejah * '' Sword of the Conqueror'' (

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, 1961) - Matilda * '' The Trojan Horse'' (

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, 1961) - Helen * '' Psycosissimo'' ( Steno, 1962) - Annalisa Michelotti * ''

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, 1962) - Arabella Ducleau * ''

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, 1963) - L'indossatrice * ''Rocambole'' (

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, 1963) - Cléo Santelli (singer) (final film role)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vessel, Edy Italian film actresses 20th-century Italian actresses Businesspeople from Trieste Italian countesses Actors from Trieste 1940 births Living people