| Veronica Lazar | |
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Lazar as Mater Tenebrarum in Inferno |
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| Born | October 16, 1938 Bucharest, Romania |
| Years active | 1972-present |
| Spouse | Adolfo Celi (1966-1986) (his death) 2 children |
Veronica Lazar (born October 16, 1938) is an Italian actress.
She made her debut in Bernardo Bertolucci's Last Tango in Paris (1973), and also appeared in some of the director's subsequent films, La Luna (1979), The Sheltering Sky (1990), and Besieged (1998). Lazar is probably best known for her role as the demonic Mater Tenebrarum in Dario Argento's Inferno (1980). Lazar also appeared in Argento's The Stendhal Syndrome (1996), Michelangelo Antonioni's Identification of a Woman (1982) and Lucio Fulci's The Beyond (1981).
She married Italian actor Adolfo Celi in 1966 and had two children with him. Member of Communist Party in Italy.