Margit Evelyn Newton

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Margit Evelyn Newton is an Italian actress who appeared in fourteen films between 1979 and 1990. Frequently billed as Margie Newton, she also received billing, at various points in her career, as Margie Moreau, Margi Eveline Newton and Margi Evelyn Newton.

A native of Rome, Margit Evelyn Newton used the name Margie Moreau in her first two films, 1979's La Vedova del trullo and 1980's Mafia, una legge che non perdona (a/k/a The Iron Hand of the Mafia). Her other 1980 film, L'Ultimo cacciatore (a/k/a Hunter of the Apocalypse and The Last Hunter), billed her as Margi Eveline Newton. In her last film to date, Claude Chabrol's Jours tranquilles à Clichy (a/k/a Quiet Days in Clichy), she had a guest cameo appearance.

In addition to her acting work, Margit Evelyn Newton also modeled in the sexually-explicit Italian men's magazines Playmen and Ginfilm between 1984 and 1987. She retired from show business in 1990-91 to marry and raise a family.