The Iconophile's Ornella Muti Reliquary

Born Francesca Romana Rivelli, Mar 9, 1955, in Rome, Italy. Former Playboy playmate (in Italy), she's been dubbed “The World's Most Beautiful Woman” by the Italian Harper's Bazaar and other magazines. She's also an extremely prolific actress, having performed in some 57 films. Tragically, of all her movies, only Flash Gordon made it to the U.S. mainstream — arguably one of her lamest films; if American movie-goers ever get to see her again, my guess is that she'll have as many years behind her as films.