Italian actress (1927–2009)
Gianna Maria Canale
Canale in 1959
Born (1927-09-12 ) 12 September 1927Died 4 January 2009(2009-01-04) (aged 81) Occupation Actress Years active 1946–1964 Spouse Riccardo Freda
Gianna Maria Canale (12 September 1927 – 13 February 2009) was an Italian film actress.
Canale was born in 1927 in Reggio Calabria . In 1947, she competed in the Miss Italia beauty contest, where she was runner-up to Lucia Bosè . Following this, she appeared in many Italian magazines, with her looks being compared to those of Ava Gardner .
Canale in I vampiri Canale was offered a role in a movie by Riccardo Freda , with whom she eventually fell in love. They moved to Brazil where they were married and worked together in two movies. As Canale did not enjoy living in South America, the couple returned to Italy where, often directed by her husband, she starred in many Sword-and-sandal movies, as well as horror and adventure ones. I vampiri
Canale retired from acting in 1964 at the age of 37. She died in Sutri , Viterbo in January 2009.
Year Title Role Director Cast Notes 1946 Black Eagle Riccardo Freda Rossano Brazzi, Irasema Dilián, Gino Cervi 1946 Rigoletto Maddalena Carmine Gallone Tito Gobbi, Marcella Govoni, Lina Pagliughi 1948 Il cavaliere misterioso Countess Lehmann Riccardo Freda Vittorio Gassman , María Mercader , Yvonne Sanson 1948 Guarany Jacqueline Riccardo Freda António Vilar , Mariella Lotti 1949 Totò Le Mokò Viviane de Valance Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia Totò 1949 O caçula do Barulho Riccardo Freda Oscarito , Grande Otelo 1949 The Iron Swordsman Emilia Riccardo Freda Carlo Ninchi 1949 Il bacio di una morta [it ] Nora O'Kira Guido Brignone Virginia Belmont 1950 Son of d'Artagnan Linda Riccardo Freda Carlo Ninchi 1951 Double Cross Luisetta Riccardo Freda Amedeo Nazzari , Vittorio Gassman 1951 Go for Broke! Rosina Robert Pirosh Van Johnson 1951 Revenge of Black Eagle Tatiana Cernicevskij Riccardo Freda Rossano Brazzi 1951 See Naples and Die Marisa Meris Riccardo Freda 1952 The Eternal Chain Maria Raneri Anton Giulio Majano Marcello Mastroianni 1952 The Legend of the Piave Contessa Giovanna Dolfin Riccardo Freda 1953 Sins of Rome Sabina Crassus Riccardo Freda Massimo Girotti , Ludmilla Tchérina 1953 The Man from Cairo Lorraine Belogne Ray Enright George Raft 1953 Alarm in Morocco Nathalie Provence Jean Devaivre Jean-Claude Pascal , Erich von Stroheim 1954 Theodora, Slave Empress Theodora Riccardo Freda Georges Marchal 1954 Madame du Barry Duchesse de Grammont Christian-Jaque Martine Carol 1954 The Shadow Elena Giorgio Bianchi Märta Torén , Pierre Cressoy 1954 Madame Butterfly Singer: Suzuki Carmine Gallone Kaoru Yachigusa, Nicola Filacuridi, Michiko Tanaka 1955 Napoleón Pauline Bonaparte Sacha Guitry Daniel Gélin , Raymond Pellegrin , Orson Welles , Erich von Stroheim , Michèle Morgan , Danielle Darrieux , Yves Montand , Jean Gabin , Jean Marais 1955 Il coraggio Susy Esposito Domenico Paolella Totò , Gino Cervi 1956 A Woman Alone Mara Vittorio Sala Eleonora Rossi Drago 1956 The Lebanese Mission Countess Athelstane Orloff Richard Pottier Jean-Claude Pascal , Omar Sharif , Jean Servais , Juliette Gréco 1956 Le schiave di Cartagine Julia Martia Guido Brignone Jorge Mistral 1957 I Vampiri Giselle du Grand Riccardo Freda Film completed by Mario Bava 1958 Pirate of the Half Moon Infanta Caterina Giuseppe Maria Scotese John Derek 1958 Hercules Antea Pietro Francisci Steve Reeves , Sylva Koscina 1958 The Silent Enemy Conchita William Fairchild Laurence Harvey , Dawn Addams , Michael Craig 1958 The Mighty Crusaders Armida Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia Francisco Rabal , Sylva Koscina , Rik Battaglia 1958 The Whole Truth Gina Bertini John Guillermin Stewart Granger , Donna Reed , George Sanders 1958 The Warrior and the Slave Girl Amira Vittorio Cottafavi Georges Marchal 1959 Devil's Cavaliers Baroness Elaine of Faldone Siro Marcellini Frank Latimore 1960 Seven in the Sun Libertà Sergio Bergonzelli Frank Latimore 1960 The Night They Killed Rasputin Czarina Alexandra Pierre Chenal Edmund Purdom , John Drew Barrymore 1960 Queen of the Pirates Sandra Mario Costa 1960 Colossus and the Amazon Queen Amazon Queen Vittorio Sala Rod Taylor , Ed Fury , Dorian Gray 1960 The Conqueror of the Orient Dinazar / Zobeida Tanio Boccia Rik Battaglia 1961 The Treasure of Monte Cristo Lucetta Di Marca Monty Berman , Robert S. Baker Rory Calhoun 1961 Maciste contro il vampiro Astra Sergio Corbucci , Giacomo Gentilomo Gordon Scott , Jacques Sernas 1961 The Centurion Artemide Mario Costa Jacques Sernas , John Drew Barrymore , Geneviève Grad , Gordon Mitchell 1962 The Slave Claudia Sergio Corbucci Steve Reeves , Jacques Sernas 1962 Le Chevalier de Pardaillan [fr ] Princess Fausta Borgia Bernard Borderie Gérard Barray 1962 Tiger of the Seven Seas Consuelo Luigi Capuano Anthony Steel 1963 The Adventures of Scaramouche [fr ] Suzanne Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi Gérard Barray , Michèle Girardon 1963 Il Boom Silvia Alberti Vittorio De Sica Alberto Sordi 1963 The Lion of St. Mark Rossana Luigi Capuano Gordon Scott , Rik Battaglia 1964 Il treno del sabato Luisa Mancini Vittorio Sala 1964 The Avenger of Venice Imperia Carlo Campogalliani , Piero Pierotti Brett Halsey (final film role)
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