Edy Vessel
| Edy Vessel | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Edoarda Vesselovsky 8 March 1940 Trieste, Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
Edoarda Vesselovsky, (born 8 March 1940), better known by her stage name Edy Vessel or Edy Vesel, is an Italian actress and businesswoman.
Biography
Vesselovsky was born in Trieste in 1940.[1][2] In her youth, she worked as a model in the local boutiques while attending school.[1] She landed a part as a chorus girl in a Wanda Osiris revue, where she was discovered by Mario Mattoli, who cast her in her debut film role in the 1959 film Guardatele ma non toccatele [Look, But Don't Touch].[1]
This was followed by a dozen films, culminating with a role in Fellini's 8½.[1][2] After this film, Vessel abandoned her film career.[2]
Personal life
In 1965 Vessel started a relationship with Italian businessman Camillo Crociani; once he obtained the annulment of his first marriage from the Roman Rota, the couple married in 1970.[2] Upon his death in 1980, Vessel remarried to Pierluigi Vitalini and assumed control of Crociani's company Ciset (later to become Vitrociset), resulting in a court battle with Crociani's children from his first marriage.[3][4]
Filmography
- Guardatele ma non toccatele (Mario Mattoli, 1959)
- Il raccomandato di ferro (Marcello Baldi, 1959)
- Tipi da spiaggia (Mario Mattoli, 1959)
- Un dollaro di fifa (Giorgio Simonelli, 1960)
- Risate di gioia (Mario Monicelli, 1960)
- The Thief of Baghdad (Arthur Lubin and Bruno Vailati, 1961)
- Psycosissimo (Steno, 1961)
- Sword of the Conqueror (Carlo Campogalliani, 1961)
- The Trojan Horse (Giorgio Ferroni, 1961)
- Seven Seas to Calais (Primo Zeglio, 1962)
- Rocambole (Bernard Borderie, 1963)
- 8½ (Federico Fellini, 1963)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. pp. 365–366. ISBN 888440214X.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 e. rz. (1 March 1976). "Quelle gambe di Edy "Finmeccanica"". Stampa Sera (50). p. 1.
- ↑ Francesco Grignetti (13 October 1997). "Crociani, Dynasty al veleno". La Stampa (282). p. 11.
- ↑ Valentina Calaciura (21 June 2001). "La dinasty dei Crociani I figli rinviati a giudizio". La Repubblica. p. 9. Retrieved 3 October 2014.