Antonella Lualdi

Antonella Lualdi
Antonella Lualdi in Chronicle of Poor Lovers (1954).
Born	Antonietta de Pascale (1931-07-06) 6 July 1931 Beirut, Lebanon
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1949-present
Spouse(s)	Franco Interlenghi (m. 18 September 1955-his death); 2 children

Antonella Lualdi (born 6 July 1931) is an Italian actress and singer. She appeared in many Italian and French films in the 1950s and 1960s, notably in Claude Autant-Lara's film The Red and the Black in 1954, opposite Gérard Philipe.

Life and career

Lualdi was born Antonietta de Pascale in Beirut, Lebanon to an Italian father and a Greek mother, and grew up fluent in Arabic, French and Italian. She began her career in 1949, after having won a contest for new talents of the cinema magazine Hollywood, in which she was presented as "Signorina X" ("Madam X"), inviting the readers to choose her stage name.^[1]

After having starred with him in several films, she married Italian actor Franco Interlenghi in 1955; the couple had two daughters, Stella and Antonellina, an actress in her own right.^[1]

In 1974 she debuted in France as a singer with some success and critical appreciation, then she also debuted on stage with the comedy Le Moulin de la Gallette, with which she toured across several European countries.^[1]

Selected filmography

References

External links

Media related to Antonella Lualdi at Wikimedia Commons

• Antonella Lualdi at the Internet Movie Database
• Antonella Lualdi at AllMovie