Rossana Podestà
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Rossana Podestà (born June 20, 1934) is an Italian former actress.
[edit] Life
She was born in the Italian colony of Libya, where she spent her first years in Tripoli and later moved to Rome after WWII. She still lives in Italy.
[edit] Actress career
Her most memorable role was as Helen in Helen of Troy, produced by Robert Wise in 1956. She could not speak English so she learned her lines by rote with a voice coach. The movie gave Podestá an international importance and was done with a young Brigitte Bardot.
Rossana Podestá worked even in the movie "Ulisse" of Mario Camerini and in the sixties and seventies did some romantic and love movies ("Paolo il caldo", "Il prete sposato"). Her last work as actress was in 1985: "Segreti segreti" of director Giuseppe Bertolucci.
She married and then divorced movie producer Marco Vicario.
