Maria Grazia Buccella
Maria Grazia Buccella | |
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Buccella in Sissignore (1969) | |
Born |
Milan, Lombardy, Italy | 15 August 1940
Years active | 1951 - 2000 |
Maria Grazia Buccella, (born 15 August 1940) is a former Italian glamour model, Miss Italy contestant (1959) and film actress.
Buccella screentested for the role of Domino Derval in the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball. The role eventually went to French actress, Claudine Auger.[1] That year, she appeared in the Dino Risi-directed film Il Gaucho which co-starred actors such as Vittorio Gassman.
In 1966, she played the beauty Miss Okra in the Peter Sellers film After the Fox. In 1968, she won a Silver Ribbon award at the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists for Best Supporting Actress (Migliore Attrice Non Protagonista) in the film Ti ho sposato per allegria.[2]
She featured on the cover of Playboy magazine in July 1977. She virtually retired from film in 1979 although she made two small appearances in the late 1980s and a final appearance in the 2000 TV series Hotel Otello.
Filmography
- La nostra pelle, directed by Raymond Berhard (1951)
- Fountain of Trevi, directed by Carlo Campogalliani (1960)
- La strada dei giganti, directed by Guido Malatesta (1960)
- Nerone '71, directed by Walter Filippi (1961)
- The Fall of Rome, directed by Antonio Margheriti (1963)
- Il Boom, directed by Vittorio De Sica (1963)
- Siamo tutti pomicioni, directed by Marino Girolami (1963)
- La donna degli altri è sempre più bella, directed by Marino Girolami (1963)
- Canzoni in bikini, directed by Giuseppe Vari (1963)
- Love and Marriage, directed by Gianni Puccini (1964)
- Il Gaucho, directed by Dino Risi (1965)
- Man from Cocody, directed by Christian-Jaque (1965)
- Su e giù, directed by Mino Guerrini (1965)
- The Dirty Game, directed by Carlo Lizzani (1965)
- Menage all'italiana, directed by Franco Indovina (1965)
- Adultery Italian Style, directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile (1966)
- A Maiden for a Prince, directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile (1966)
- L'armata Brancaleone, directed by Mario Monicelli (1966)
- After the Fox, directed by Vittorio De Sica (1966)
- Pleasant Nights, directed by Armando Crispino (1966)
- Dead Run, directed by Christian-Jaque (1967)
- I Married You for Fun, directed by Luciano Salce (1967)
- Domani non siamo pià qui, directed by Brunello Rondi (1967)
- It's Your Move, directed by Robert Fiz (1968)
- Villa Rides, directed by Buzz Kulik (1968)
- Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence, directed by Luigi Comencini (1969)
- Where Are You Going All Naked?, directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile (1969)
- Sissignore, directed by Ugo Tognazzi (1969)
- The Wind's Fierce, directed by Mario Camus (1970)
- Il provinciale, directed by Luciano Salce (1971)
- Basta guardarla, directed by Luciano Salce (1971)
- Remo e Romolo - Storia di due figli di una lupa, directed by Pier Francesco Pingitore (1976)
- Nerone, directed by Pier Francesco Pingitore (1977)
- Quando c'era lui... caro lei!, directed by Giancarlo Santi (1978)
- L'importante è non farsi notare, directed by Romolo Guerrieri (1979)
- Crime in Formula One, directed by Bruno Corbucci (1983)
- I ragazzi della 3ª C (TV series, 1988, guest star)
See also
- List of people in Playmen 1970-1979
References
- ↑ Production notes for Thunderball — MI6.co.uk
- ↑ Enrico Lancia. I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 88-7742-221-1.
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