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

Career

Born in

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, Incontrera attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia 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

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, film critic for the newspaper ''

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'', 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

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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

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) – 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 *''

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'' (1967) – Slaygirl *'' Quella carogna di Frank Mitraglia'' (1968) – Eva *''

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'' (1968) – Lucienne *'' The Assassination Bureau'' (1969) – Eleanora Spado *''

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'' (1969) – Cécile, la soeur *''

Double Face ''Double Face'' ( it, A doppia faccia, german: Das Gesicht im Dunkeln/ translation: ''The Face in the Dark'') is a 1969 thriller film directed by Riccardo Freda and starring Klaus Kinski, Christiane Krüger and Annabella Incontrera. It is part ...

'' (1969) – Liz *''

A Bullet for Sandoval ''A Bullet for Sandoval'' (a.k.a. ''Those Desperate Men Who Smell of Dirt and Death'', a.k.a. ''Desperate Men'') is a 1969 Spaghetti Western film. It is a co-production between Italy (where is known as ''Quei disperati che puzzano di sudore e di ...

'' (1969) – Carol Day *''

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'' (1970) – Maggie *''

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'' (1970) – Matilde *''

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'' (1970) – Madeleine *''

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'' (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 *'' Black Belly of the Tarantula'' (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 respectable ...

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

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'' (1972) – Sheila Heindricks *''

So Sweet, So Dead ''So Sweet, So Dead'' ( it, Rivelazioni di un maniaco sessuale al capo della squadra mobile, also known as ''The Slasher is the Sex Maniac'' and ''Penetration'' (the US version with hardcore inserts involving Harry Reems and Kim Pope)) is a 1972 ...

'' (1972) – Franca Santangeli *''

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'' (1972) – Helga Schurn *'' The Infamous Column'' (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 *''

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'' (1974) *'' Ciak, si muore'' (1974) – Lucia *''Paolo Barca, maestro elementare, praticamente nudista'' (1975) *'' Le braghe del padrone'' (1978) – Wife of Eugenio *'' Estigma'' (1980) – (final film role)

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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