Rada Rassimov (born Rada Đerasimović (

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: Рада Ђерасимовић) on 3 March 1941 in

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origin, who has appeared in film since the early 1960s and

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since 1975.

Biography

Born to

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n parents, Velimir and Vera (née Petrijević) Đerasimović, she attended, along with her two brothers, the Serbian Jovan Miletić Grammar School in Trieste where her father was the dean and teacher since 1927. Later, she went to university and took acting classes with her brother Ivan in Rome. Her career was at its peak in the 1960s and 1970s although she has appeared in film as recently as 2003. She is perhaps best known in world cinema for her appearance in Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Western ''

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'' in 1966 in which she played the role of María, beaten by

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's character, mercenary "Angel Eyes". Since 1975 she has worked predominantly on Italian television. She now lives in Paris. Her brother Ivan Rassimov, who died in a motorcycle accident in 2003, was also an actor. She also had a younger brother, Milovan Djerasimović (1945–2012), a music professor in Trieste.

Filmography

*''Una tragedia americana'' (1962, TV Mini-Series) - La signora Brent *''Sfida al re di Castiglia'' (1963) - Anna Coronel *''I maniaci'' (1964) - Rosetta, the French Teacher (segment "Il week-end") *'' Per il gusto di uccidere'' (1966) - Isabelle *''

'' (1966) - Maria *'' Massacre Mania'' (1967) - Nicole Bouvier *''Non aspettare Django'' (1967) - Mary Foster *''Toufan bar farase Petra'' (1968) *'' Gatling Gun'' (1968) - Mrs. Treble *''

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'' (1969) *''

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'' (1969) - Alethea / Alida Murdok *'' The Seven Headed Lion'' (1970) - Marlene *'' Necropolis'' (1970) *''

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'' (1971) - Bianca Merusi *' (1971) - Anita *''A cuore freddo'' (1971) - Silvana0 *'' Die rote Kapelle'' (1973, TV Mini-Series) - Margarete Barcza *''

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'' (1972) - Christina Hoffmann *''Stregoni di città'' (1973) *''

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'' (1974) - Marta *''Grandeur nature'' (1974) - Isabelle *''L'olandese scomparso'' (1974, TV mini-series) - Anne Magnolato *''Il tempo dell'inizio'' (1974) *''Witchcraft of the City'' (1974) *''Un uomo curioso'' (1975, TV movie) - Contessa Luisa *''

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'' (1975, TV mini-series) - Sangarre *''Processo a Maria Tarnowska'' (1977, TV mini-series) - Maria Tarnowska *'' Hungarian Rhapsody'' (1979) *''Allegro barbaro'' (1979) *''Bel Ami'' (1979, TV Mini-Series) - Madeleine Forestier *''Orient-Express'' (1982, TV mini-series) - Wanda *''Mein Bruder und ich'' (1982, TV movie) - Elvira Fioretti *'' Quartetto Basileus'' (1983) - Madame Finkal *''La freccia nel fianco'' (1983, TV Mini-Series) *''Un caso d'incoscienza'' (1984, TV movie) *'' The Third Solution'' (1988) *''Gli angeli del potere'' (1988, TV movie) *'' Lost Love'' (2003) - Clara Pasini (final film role)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rassimov, Rada 1941 births Italian film actresses Italian television actresses Living people Western (genre) film actresses Spaghetti Western actresses Italian people of Serbian descent Actors from Trieste