Elvi Lissiak

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Elvi Lissiak (aka Elvira Lissiak ; born July 19, 1929 in Trieste , † February 25, 1996 in Grabagnate Milanese ) was an Italian actress .

Life

Lissiak's career in Italian film was not particularly long and included two phases in which she played roles: from 1950 to 1953 and from 1960 to 1962.

Until her discovery by Luciano Emmer , she worked as a ballet dancer in revues; her first role in A Sunday in August was very well received by the critics. Then she played a few roles at the side of Vittorio Gassman , with whom she also had a private relationship for some time. She left Cinecittà in 1953 and, apart from a brief return at the beginning of the 1960s, devoted herself exclusively to theater work, disappointed about the consistently similar role offers and due to her marriage to fellow actor Franco Castellani .

She also played under the name variant Elvy Lissiak .

Filmography

  • 1949: Lo sparviero del Nilo
  • 1950: A Sunday in August (Un Domenica d'Agosto)
  • 1950: Totò cerca moglie
  • 1950: The Lion of Amalfi (Il leone di Amalfi)
  • 1951: Trieste mia!
  • 1952: L'ingiusta condanna
  • 1953: The Ship of the Lost Women (La nave delle donne maledette)
  • 1960: Red lips - slim legs (Labbre rosse)
  • 1961: It happened in Rome (La giornata balorda)
  • 1961: I due mearescialli
  • 1962: Lo smemorato di Collegno
  • 1962: The great dogs of the Caribbean Sea (Lo sparviero nero)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, Gli attrici, pp. 197/8, Gremese 2003
personal data
SURNAME Lissiak, Elvi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lissiak, Elvy; Lissiak, Elvira
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian actress
DATE OF BIRTH July 19, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Trieste
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 1996
Place of death Grave magnate Milanese