Vivacious and sexy in an androgynous sort of way, popular Italian actress Stefania Sandrelli was at her best starring as a lonely, sickly country woman trying to survive in a hostile post-WWII city in Antonio Pietrangeli's Io la Conoscevo Bene (I Knew Her Well) (1965). Before launching her acting career in 1961 with Il Federale, Sandrelli was a beauty queen. She got her break appearing as a teenaged seductress in Pietro Germi's Divorzio all'Italiana (Divorce Italian Style) (1961). In the U.S., she is best known for appearing in several films of Bernardo Bertolucci, notably Il Conformista (The Conformist) (1970). She has also worked with other prominent Italian directors including Ettore Scola. She had great success in Tinto Brass' La Chiave (The Key) in 1984 and this led to her appearing in a few very racy films. Since then Sandrelli became a character actress. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide ... (show more)

Partial Filmography

The Last Kiss (L'Ultimo Bacio) (2002) Waiting for the Messiah (2002) The Last Kiss (2002) Stealing Beauty (1996)

Born: 5 June 1946......Viareggio, Italy
Mother of Amanda Sandrelli

1."Farmacia di turno" (2000)
2.Esperando al mesías (2000) .... Elisa
3.Otra cara de la luna, La (1999)
4.Volavérunt (1999) .... Marie Luisa de Parma
5.Le faremo tanto male (1998) .... Federica Birki
6.Probably Love (1998)
7.Cena, La (1998) .... Isabella ....... aka Dîner, Le (2000) ........AVAILABLE
8.Matrimoni (1998) .... Giulia's mother ... aka Marriages
9."Marseille" (1998) (mini)
10."Caro maestro" (1996) .... Francesca (1997)
11."Maresciallo Rocca, Il" (1996) ..Margherita
12.Biscotti (1996)
13.Ninfa plebea (1996) .... Nunziata ... aka Nymph ........AVAILABLE
14.Teo (1996)
15.Stealing Beauty (1996) .... Noemi
16.Caramelle (1995) .... Anna
17.Mister Dog (1995)
18.Palermo Milano solo andata (1995) .... Franca
19."Desideria" (1994) .... Fairy of the Lakes ........AVAILABLE
20.Con gli occhi chiusi (1994) .... Anna
21.Ho un segreto con papà (1994)
22.Of Love and Shadows (1994) .... Beatriz
23.Colpo di coda (1993) (TV) .... Francesca
24.Per amore, solo per amore (1993) .... Dorotea
25.Jamón, jamón (1992) .... Conchita ........AVAILABLE
26.Non chiamarmi Omar (1992)
27.Nottataccia (1992) .... Susanna
28.Oeil écarlate, L' (1992)
29.Africana, L' (1990)
30.Evelina e i suoi figli (1990)
31.Male oscuro, Il (1990) ........AVAILABLE
32.Tracce di vita amorosa (1990)
33.Stradivari (1989)
34.Zio indegno, Lo (1989) ...Isabella ... aka Sleazy Uncle
35.Mignon è partita (1988) .... Mama
36.Piccolo diavolo, Il (1988) .... Patrizia ... aka Little Devil ........AVAILABLE
37.D'Annunzio (1987) .... Elvira ... aka D'Annunzio and I ........AVAILABLE
39.Occhiali d'oro, Gli (1987) ... aka Lunettes d'or, Les (1987) ........AVAILABLE
40.Secondo Ponzio Pilato (1987)
41.Famiglia, La (1987) .... Beatrice (as a woman) ........AVAILABLE
42.Sposa americana, La (1986)
43.Sposa era bellissima, La (1986) ... aka Bride Was Beautiful
44.Segreti segreti (1985) .... Renata
45.Speriamo che sia femmina (1985) .... Lolli ... aka Let's Hope It's a Girl
46.Mamma Ebe (1985) ........AVAILABLE
47."Racconti del maresciallo, I" (1984)

48.L' Attenzione (1984) ... aka Lie, The............A story of love and lust shaded with overtones of incest and lesbianism. Livia (Stefania Sandrelli) is a woman trying to regain the affections of her husband Alberto (Ben Cross) ........AVAILABLE

49.Donna allo specchio, Una (1984) .... Manuela ... aka Woman in the Mirror
50.Mi faccia causa (1984)
51.Momento magico, Il (1984) ... aka Magic Moments ........AVAILABLE

> 52.Chiave, La (1983) .... aka: LA CLE.......Teresa Rolfe ....Tinto Brass: Director.... ........AVAILABLE

53.Vacanze di Natale (1983) .... Ivana
54.Bello mio, bellezza mia (1982)
55.Eccezzziunale... veramente (1982) .... Loredana
56.Disubbidienza, La (1981) .... Angela ... aka Désobéissance, La
57.Desideria: La vita interiore (1980) .Viola... aka Desire, the Interior Life ........AVAILABLE
58.Lulù (1980/II)
59.Terrazza, La (1980) .... Giovanna
60.Verdad sobre el caso Savolta, La (1979)
61.Dove vai in vacanza? (1978) .... (segment "Saro tutta per te")
62 Grand embouteillage, Le (1978)
63.Io sono mia (1978) .... Vanina
64.Maître-nageur, Le (1978) .... Marie
65.Quelle strane occasioni (1976) .... Donatella (segment "L'Ascensore")
66.1900 (1976) .... Anita Foschi
67.Magiciens, Les (1976) .... Sylvia

68.Police Python 357 (1976) .... Sylvia Leopardi ...........A tough but honest cop must clear his name after a corrupt colleague implicates him in a murder in this French thriller. Ferrot (Yves Montand) ........AVAILABLE

69.Cinema According to Bertolucci, The (1975)
70.C'eravamo tanto amati (1974) .... Luciana Zanon

71.Delitto d'amore (1974)....aka: Somewhere Beyond Love ....aka: Un Vrai Crime d'Amour....Set In Northern Italy, this part melodrama and part social/political commentary, two star-crossed-lovers form a strong romantic connection. The woman, torn between the freedoms of the North and her traditional Sicilian values, slowly allows herself to love, then marry, her co-worker.

72.Alfredo, Alfredo (1972) .... Maria Rosa
73.Diavolo nel cervello, Il (1972)
74.Tarantola dal ventre nero, La (1972) .... Anna
75.Brancaleone alle crociate (1970) .... Tiburzia da Pellocce
76.Conformista, Il (1970) .... Giulia ... aka Conformist, The ........AVAILABLE
77.Estate con sentimento, Un (1970)

78.Amante di Gramigna, L' (1968) ........... A father and son are offered a good price for their land by a wealthy land baron. ........AVAILABLE

79.Partner (1968) .... Clara
80.Immorale, L' (1967) .... Marisa Malagugini
81.Tendre voyou (1966) .... Véronique
82.Io la conoscevo bene (1966) .... Adriana Astarelli

83.Sedotta e abbandonata (1964) ....... aka Seduced and Abandoned.. ........AVAILABLE

84.Chance et l'amour, La (1964)
85.Bella di Lodi, La (1963)
86.Fornaretto di Venezia, Il (1963)
87.Aîné des Ferchaux, L' (1963) .... Angie, Hitch-Hiker
88.Vierges, Les (1963) ... aka Virgins, The
89.Federale, Il (1961) .... Lisa
90.Divorzio all'italiana (1961) .... Angela ... aka Divorce - Italian Style
91.Gioventù di notte (1961) ... aka Jeunesse de nuit (1961)

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