Zuzana "Susanna" Martinková (born 19 April 1946) is a Czech actress, mainly active in Italy.
Born in
Prague
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, Martinkova debuted at 16 as lead actress in ''Letos v zari'' (1963).
After several film and stage appearances, in 1967 she moved to Italy to star in a war film directed by
Carlo Lizzani
Carlo Lizzani (3 April 1922 – 5 October 2013) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic.
Biography
Born in Rome, before World War II Lizzani worked as a scenarist on such films as Roberto Rossellini's ''Germany Year Zero'', ...
, ''Sagapò'', which eventually was cancelled.
[ Later Martinkova starred in a number of films and television works, sometimes in main roles. She is now a ]winemaker
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Partial filmography
* ''Letos v zari'' (1963) - Hanka Zemanová
* ''Strakatí andelé'' (1965) - Marie (segment "Jana")
* ''Kdyby tisíc klarinetu'' (1965) - Teacher #2
* ''Dva tygři'' (1966) - Jitka
* '' Who Wants to Kill Jessie?'' (1966) - Alena
* ''Granada, addio!'' (1967) - Paoletta
* '' Per 100.000 dollari ti ammazzo'' (1968) - Mary
* '' May God Forgive You... But I Won't'' (1968) - Jane, Cjamango's sister (uncredited)
* ''Il ragazzo che sorride
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'' (1969) - Livia - Wife of Giorgio
* ''El 'Che' Guevara'' (1969) - Simona
* ''Detective Belli
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Plot
The rude Commissioner Belli (Franco ...
'' (1969) - Emmanuelle
* ''Taste of Vengeance'' (1969) - Brian's Bride (uncredited)
* '' The Syndicate: A Death in the Family'' (1970) - Fanny, la cieca
* ''La ragazza del prete
''La ragazza del prete'' (''The girlfriend of the priest'') is a 1970 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Domenico Paolella.
Cast
* Nicola Di Bari: Don Michele / Nicola
* Susanna Martinková: Erika
* Isabella Biagini: Maria Innocenza F ...
'' (1970) - Erika
* ''Tajemství velikeho vypravece'' (1972)
* ''Prete, fai un miracolo'' (1975) - Isabel
* ''La principessa sul pisello'' (1976)
* ''Contronatura'' (1976)
* ''Il signor Ministro li pretese tutti e subito'' (1977) - Piera
* ''Il ladrone
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For his performance in this film and in '' Aragosta a colazione'', Enrico Montesano ...
'' (1980) - Marta
* ''Notturno'' (1983) - Magdalena Rudinski
* ''Fracchia contro Dracula
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Plot summary
Giandomenico Fracchia, Villaggio's "monstrously shy" character, is ...
'' (1985) - Catarina
* '' Distant Lights'' (1988) - Silvia Bernardi
* ''Il ritorno del grande amico'' (1990)
* '' Frivolous Lola'' (1998) - Michelle
* ''Rivers of Babylon
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'' (1998) - Erzika
References
External links
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Living people
Czech film actresses
Czech stage actresses
Czech television actresses
Actresses from Prague
1946 births
Czech winemakers
Czech expatriates in Italy
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