A model in her adolescence,
Italian beauty Ornella Muti posed for illustrated novels before
her film bow at age 15. Ornella has worked for such European cinematic
greats as Francesco Rosi and Volker Schlondorff; her most celebrated
appearances have been in the erotic psychological dramas directed
by Marco Ferreri. The bulk of her starring films have borne such
come-hither titles as Appasionata and Bilingual Lover. American
movie fans got an eyeful of Ornella Muti as the sensuous Princess
Aura in 1980's Flash Gordon, while television fans were treated
to Ornella's formidable presence in the 1987 TV movie Casanova (1987).
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(Ornella
Muti)
.Date of birth (location)
9 March 1955, Rome, Italy Trivia Former playmate .
.Vital Stats: Birth
Place: Italy Nationality: Italian
Bio:
Prolific performer,
in films since the age of 15. Muti's career has run the gamut from
low-budget Italian erotica to glossy US TV movies and she has played
important parts in several prestigious European productions, including
Volker Schlondorff's "Swann in Love" (1982) and Francesco Rosi's
"Chronicle of a Death Foretold" (1987). Combining sophisticated
sensuality with an innocent, child-like quality, Muti was particularly
effective in two of Marco Ferreri's psychosexual onslaughts, "The
Last W More ... .
Somewhere in the City (1998) • Especially on Sunday (1993) •
Once Upon A Crime (1992) • Oscar (1991) • Wait Until Spring, Bandini
(1990) • Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1988) • Un Amour de Swann
(1984) • Pour Rire! • L' Inconnu de Strasbourg • Il Grande Fausto
• Jet Set • O Re • Widows • Mordburo • Stasera a Casa di Alice •
Vacanze di Natale '91 • The Voyage of Captain Fracassa • Il Conte
Max • Codice Privato • Tales of Ordinary Madness • The Bilingual
Lover • Io e Mia Sorella • Flash Gordon • Tierra del Fuego • Primo
Amore • Il Bisbetico Domato • La Vita e bella • Love and Money •
Eutanasia di un amore • I Nuovi Mostri • Ritratto di Borghesia in
Nero • Mort d'un pourri • Bonnie e Clyde all'italiana • Un Povero
Ricco • La Stanza del Vescovo • La Ragazza di Trieste • Il Futuro
e Donna • Appassionata • Leonor • The Last Woman • La Casa de las
Palomas • Le Monache di Sant'Archangelo • Paolo Il Caldo • Italian
Graffiti • Romanzo Popolare • Tutta Colpa del Paradiso • Grandi
Magazzini • Stregati • La Femme de mes amours • La Moglie piu Bella
• Domani • Caruso, Zero in Condotta • Dirty Linen • Last Run • Une
Lunga Lunga Lunga Notte d'Amore • Hotel
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Actress - filmography (2000s) (1990s) (1980s) (1970s)
(Hotel (2001) .... Flamenco Spokesperson
Last Run (2001) .... Danny Lunga lunga lunga notte d'amore, Una
(2001) .... Egle ... aka Long Long Long Night of Love, A (2001)
(International: English title) Domani (2001) .... Stefania Zerenghi
... aka Tomorrow (2001) (International: English title) Colpo al
cuore, Un (2000) (TV) Un couple épatant (2000) .... Cécile Costes
... aka Amazing Couple, An (2000) (International: English title)
Jet Set (2000) .... Camilla Balbeck Tierra del fuego (2000) ....
Armenia ... aka Terra del fuoco (2000) (Italy) Unscarred, The
(1999) .... Rafaella ... aka Everybody Dies (1999) Esther (1999)
(TV) .... Queen Vashti ... aka Bibel - Esther, Die (1999) (TV)
(Germany) ... aka Ester (1999) (TV) (Italy) ... aka Ester regina
di Persia (1999) (TV) (Italy) Panni sporchi (1999) .... Bruna
... aka Dirty Linen (1999) (International: English title) "Ester"
(1998) (mini) TV Series .... Queen of Persia "Comte de Monte Cristo,
Le" (1998) (mini) TV Series .... Mercedès Iguanada ... aka "Conte
di Montecristo, Il" (1998) (mini) (Italy) ... aka "Count of Monte
Cristo, The" (1999) (mini) (USA) ... aka "Graf von Monte Christo,
Der" (1999) (mini) (Germany) Inconnu de Strasbourg, L' (1998)
.... Madeleine Somewhere in the City (1998) .... Marta Widows
- Erst die Ehe, dann das Vergnügen (1998) .... Maria Sommer ...
aka Widows (1998) (USA) "Avvocato Porta, L'" (1997) TV Series
.... (1997) Mordbüro (1997) Pour rire! (1997) .... Alice Mi fai
un favore (1996) .... Stella ... aka Stella's Favor (1996) (USA)
"Grande Fausto, Il" (1995) (mini) TV Series .... Giulia la 'Dama
Bianca' ... aka "Price of Victory, The" (1995) (mini) (Europe:
English title) I Love Ornella Muti (1995) Tatiana, la muñeca rusa
(1995) .... Tatiana Amante bilingüe, El (1993) .... Norma Valentí
... aka Amante bilingue, L' (1993) (Italy) ... aka Bilingual Lover,
The (1993) Vacanze di Natale '91 (1992) .... Giuliana ... aka
Christmas Vacation '91 (1992) Non chiamarmi Omar (1992) Once Upon
a Crime... (1992) .... Elena Morosco Conte Max, Il (1991) ....
Isabella ... aka Count Max (1991) Domenica specialmente, La (1991)
.... Anna (segment "La domenica specialmente") ... aka Dimanche
de préférence, Le (1992) (France) ... aka Especially on Sunday
(1993) (USA) Viaggio di Capitan Fracassa, Il (1991) .... Serafina
... aka Captain Fracassa's Journey (1991) ... aka Voyage de capitaine
Fracasse, Le (1991) (France) ... aka Voyage of Captain Fracassa,
The (1991) (USA) Oscar (1991) .... Sofia Provolone Season of Giants,
A (1991) (TV) ... aka Michelangelo: The Last Giant (1991) (TV)
Stasera a casa di Alice (1990) .... Alice ... aka Tonight at Alice's
(1990) 'O re (1989) .... Maria Sofia of Austria ... aka King of
Naples, The (1989) Wait Until Spring, Bandini (1989) .... Maria
... aka Aspetta primavera Bandini (1989) (Italy) ... aka Bandini
(1989) ... aka John Fante's Wait Until Spring, Bandini (1989)
... aka Ragioni del cuore, Le (1989) (Italy) Codice privato (1988)
... aka Private Access (1988) Femme de mes amours, La (1988) Frullo
del passero, Il (1988) .... Silvana ... aka Sparrow's Fluttering,
The (1988) Io e mia sorella (1987) .... Silvia Piergentili ...
aka Me and My Sister (1987) ... aka My Sister and I (1987) (Australia:
literal English title) Stregati (1987) .... Anna ... aka Bewitched
(1987) Cronaca di una morte annunciata (1987) .... Angela Vicario
... aka Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1987) ... aka Chronique
d'une mort annoncée (1987) (France) ... aka Crónica de una muerte
anunciada (1987) (Colombia) Casanova (1987) (TV) .... Henriette
... aka Veneziano, vita e amori di Giacomo Casanova, Il (1987)
(TV) Grandi magazzini (1986) .... Herself/Luisa ... aka Department
Store (1986) Tutta colpa del paradiso (1985) ... aka All the Fault
of Paradise (1985) (International: English title) Futuro è donna,
Il (1984) .... Malvina ... aka Futur est femme, Le (1984) (France)
... aka Future Is Woman, The (1984) Un amour de Swann (1984) ....
Odette de Crecy ... aka Liebe von Swann, Eine (1984) (West Germany)
... aka Love of Swann, A (1984) ... aka Swann in Love (1984) Povero
ricco, Un (1983) ... aka Rich and Poor (1983) (International:
English title) Ragazza di Trieste, La (1983) .... Nicole ... aka
Girl from Trieste, The (1983) Bonnie e Clyde all'italiana (1982)
.... Rosetta ... aka Bonnie and Clyde Italian Style (1982) Love
and Money (1982) .... Catherine Stockheinz Storie di ordinaria
follia (1981) .... Cass ... aka Conte de la folie ordinaire (1982)
(France) ... aka Tales of Ordinary Madness (1983) (USA) Innamorato
pazzo (1981) .... Cristina ... aka Madly in Love (1981) (USA)
Nessuno è perfetto (1981) .... Chantal Bisbetico domato, Il (1980)
.... Lisa Silvestri Flash Gordon (1980) .... Princess Aura Vita
è bella, La (1979) ... aka Life Is Beautiful (1979) (USA) ...
aka Zhizn' prekrasna (1979) (Soviet Union: Russian title) Eutanasia
di un amore (1978) .... Sena ... aka Break Up (1978) Giallo napoletano
(1978) .... Lucia ... aka Atrocious Tales of Love and Revenge
(1978) ... aka Neapolitan Mystery (1978) (International: English
title) ... aka Neapolitan Thriller (1978) Nuovi mostri, I (1978)
.... L'autostoppista ... aka New Monsters, The (1978) (USA: literal
English title) ... aka Viva Italia! (1978) Primo amore (1978)
.... Renata ... aka First Love (1978) (International: English
title) Mort d'un pourri (1977) .... Valérie ... aka Death of a
Corrupt Man (1977) ... aka Twisted Detective, The (1977) (USA:
video title) Ritratto di borghesia in nero (1977) .... Elena Mazzarini
... aka Nest of Vipers (1977) ... aka Portrait of a Bourgeois
in Black (1977) Stanza del vescovo, La (1977) .... Matilde ...
aka Bishop's Bedroom, The (1977) (International: English title)
... aka Bishop's Room, The (1977) ... aka Chambre de l'évèque,
La (1977) (France) Agnese va a morire, L' (1976) Come una rosa
al naso (1976) .... Lucia ... aka Pure as a Lily (1976) (UK) ...
aka Verginità (1976) ... aka Virginity (1976) Dernière femme,
La (1976) .... Valerie ... aka Last Woman, The (1976) ... aka
Ultima donna, L' (1976) (Italy) Joven casada, La (1975) .... Camino
... aka Joven casada, La (1975) (Argentina) Leonor (1975) ....
Catherine ... aka Léonor (1975) (France) Appassionata (1974) ....
Virginia Romanzo popolare (1974) .... Vincenzina ... aka Come
Home and Meet My Wife (1974) Cebo para una adolescente (1974)
.... Maribel Chica y un señor, Una (1974) Altra faccia del padrino,
L' (1973) Paolo il caldo (1973) .... Giovanna ... aka Sensual
Man, The (1973) ... aka Sensuous Sicilian, The (1973) (USA) Tutti
figli di mamma santissima (1973) ... aka Italian Graffiti (1973)
(USA) Monache di Sant'Arcangelo, Le (1973) .... Isabella ... aka
Innocents from Hell (1973) ... aka Nun and the Devil, The (1973)
... aka Nuns of Saint Archangel, The (1973) ... aka Religieuses
du Saint Archange, Les (1973) (France) ... aka Sisters of Satan
(1973) Fiorina la vacca (1972) .... Teresa Experiencia prematrimonial
(1972) Casa de las palomas, La (1972) .... Sandra ... aka House
of the Doves, The (1972) (International: English title) ... aka
Solo grande amore, Un (1972) (Italy) ... aka Violation of Laura
(1972) Posto ideale per uccidere, Un (1971) .... Ingrid ... aka
Deadly Trap (1971/II) ... aka Dirty Pictures (1971) ... aka Oasis
of Fear (1971) (USA: dubbed version) Sole nella pelle, Il (1971)
.... Lisa ... aka Summer Affair (1971) ... aka Sun on the Skin
(1971) (UK) Moglie più bella, La (1970) .... Francesca Cimarosa
... aka Most Beautiful Wife, The (1970) (International: English
title) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Filmography as: Actress, Notable TV guest
appearances --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Notable TV guest appearances "Willemsens
Woche" (1994) playing "Herself" "Hitchhiker,
The" (1983) playing "Sister Theresa" in episode: "True Believer"
(episode # 2.6) 12/10/1985
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