Loredana Nusciak (born Loredana Cappelletti; 3 May 1942 – 12 July 2006) was an Italian actress and model.
Biography
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 prov ...
, she won the beauty contest "Miss Trieste"
in 1959, while still a high school student. After making her film debut in ''
A Difficult Life
''A Difficult Life'' (Italian: ''Una vita difficile'') is a ''Commedia all'italiana'' or Italian-style comedy film directed by Dino Risi in 1961.
The film was included on the 100 Italian Films To Be Saved (100 film italiani da salvare).
Plot
Th ...
'' (1961), Nusciak achieved some popularity in the sixties thanks to her roles in a number of genre films,
including ''
L'uomo che viene da Canyon City'' (1965) and ''
Django'' (1966); starting from seventies, she thinned out her acting activity, appearing in just four more films.
[ She was also very active in fotonovelas.]
Death
Nusciak died of an incurable disease in her hometown of Trieste in 2006, and was survived by her husband, former actor Gianni Medici.
Partial filmography
*''Colossus and the Amazon Queen
''Colossus and the Amazon Queen'' ( it, La regina delle Amazzoni/ ''Queen of the Amazons'') is a 1960 Italian sword and sandal comedy film directed by Vittorio Sala.
Cast
*Rod Taylor as Pirro
*Ed Fury as Glauco
*Dorian Gray as Antiope
*Danie ...
'' (1960) - Amazzone
*''Sanremo - La grande sfida'' (1960)
*'' Totòtruffa 62'' (1961) - College Girl
*''A Difficult Life
''A Difficult Life'' (Italian: ''Una vita difficile'') is a ''Commedia all'italiana'' or Italian-style comedy film directed by Dino Risi in 1961.
The film was included on the 100 Italian Films To Be Saved (100 film italiani da salvare).
Plot
Th ...
'' (1961) - Giovanna, Elena's friend
*''Smog'' (1962)
*''Gladiators 7
''Gladiators 7'' is a 1962 film directed by Pedro Lazaga. The film has several elements from Akira Kurosawa's film ''The Seven Samurai''.
Plot
A Greek gladiator seeks revenge for the murder of his father and finds his lover captured by an evil t ...
'' (1962) - Aglaia
*'' I motorizzati'' (1962) - Paola
*'' The Fall of Rome'' (1963) - Svetla
*'' La banda Casaroli'' (1963)
*''Siamo tutti pomicioni'' (1963) - Lucienne (segment "Le gioie della vita")
*''Les Baisers'' (1964) - Gina (episode 4 "Baiser de 16 ans")
*''Seven from Thebes'' (1964) - Cirene
*'' Här kommer bärsärkarna'' (1965) - Veronica
*'' The Dreamer'' (1965) - Donata
*'' Man from Canyon City'' (1965) - Viviane Barrett
*'' Z7 Operation Rembrandt'' (1966) - Paula
*'' Seven Dollars on the Red'' (1966) - Emily
*'' Django'' (1966) - Maria
*''Superargo contro Diabolikus'' (1966) - Diabolikus' Girlfriend
*'' Ten Thousand Dollars for a Massacre'' (1967) - Mijanou
*'' Tiffany Memorandum'' (1967) - The Shadow's Agent
*''Revenge for Revenge'' (1968) - Clara / Ann Bower
*''Dio perdoni la mia pistola'' (1969) - Gladys Clanton
*'' Something Creeping in The Dark'' (1971) - Model for Photo of Lady Sheila Marlowe
*'' Tony Arzenta'' (1973) - Gesmundo's Lover
*''Silent Action
''Silent Action'' ( it, La polizia accusa: il Servizio Segreto uccide, lit=The Police Accuse... The Secret Service Kills) is a 1975 Italian ''poliziottesco'' film directed by Sergio Martino.
The film's plot alludes to the Golpe Borghese, a failed ...
'' (1975) - Mrs. Martinetti (uncredited)
*''Folle à tuer'' (1975) - Marcella Mostri
*''Ancora una volta... a Venezia'' (1975) - Franca
References
External links
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1942 births
2006 deaths
Italian film actresses
Spaghetti Western actresses
20th-century Italian actresses
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