Edwige Fenech
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| Edwige Fenech | |
 Edwige Fenech in La Vedova Inconsolabile |
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| Birth name | Edwige Sfenek |
| Born | December 24, 1948 (age 58) Bone, French Algeria |
| Notable roles | Catarina Prevosti in La Vedova Inconsabile |
Edwige Fenech (born December 24, 1948 as Edwige Sfenek in Bône, (now Annaba) in French Algeria is a French-born Italian actress and film producer.
[edit] Biography
She was born to a Maltese father and Sicilian mother. She started to work thanks to her great sex-appeal.
In the 1970s and 1980s she was an Italian movie star, starring in a large number of erotic comedies, poliziotteschi thrillers and giallo films, most of which were directed by Sergio Martino.
She became a television personality in the 1980's, typically appearing with Barbara Bouchet on a chat show on Italian television.
In the mid-90s, she was engaged to famous Italian industrialist Luca di Montezemolo.
After many years of work in movie production (she produced, among others, The Merchant of Venice, 2004, with Al Pacino), Fenech accepted Quentin Tarantino's offer to star in another movie, Hostel 2 (2007), directed by Eli Roth.
