Zeudi Araya
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La ragazza dalla pelle di luna (1972).
Zeudi Araya (b. 10 February 1951) is an (Eritrean) actress. Daughter of an Eritrean politician and niece of a diplomat in Rome, she became Miss Ethiopia in 1969. On a journey to Italy, she recorded a commercial for coffee, and was discovered by the director Luigi Scattini, who cast her in his movie La ragazza dalla pelle di luna in 1972. Several roles in erotic movies followed, most of them directed by Scattini. She appeared in the Italian version of Playboy magazine in February 1977. From the early 80s Araya withdrew from acting, and has since then been producing movies.
She was married to film producer Franco Cristaldi, who had previously been married to Claudia Cardinale, until his death in 1992. She now lives with the director Massimo Spano, with whom she has a son.
[edit] Select filmography
- La Ragazza dalla pelle di luna - "Simone" (1972)
- Il Signor Robinson - "Venerdi" (1976)
- Giallo napoletano - "Elizabeth" (1978)
- Tesoro mio - "Tesoro Hoaua" (1979)
- I Paladini - storia d'armi e d'amori - "Marfisa" (1983)
