Lisa Gastoni

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Lisa Gastoni

Lisa Gastoni (actually Elisabetta Gastoni ; born July 28, 1935 in Alassio ) is an Italian actress .

Life

Gastoni, the daughter of an Italian and an Irish woman, was temporarily interned in a fascist concentration camp run by the Mussolini regime during the Second World War. In the first post-war years she went to London with her parents, where she began a career as a photo model and actress after finishing school, initially at the theater. She received her first film role in They Who Dare in 1953 and achieved success in smaller British films, not least because of her "undeniably erotic charisma due to her well-formed body combined with her pretty face with green eyes" (mymovies). In 1961 she went to the thriving film city of Rome and from then on continued her career in Italian genre films . Her acquaintance with producer John Fryd led to her casting as the female lead in Svegliati ed uccidi , for which she received the Nastro d'Argento in 1966 . Her most famous role followed in 1968, when she in Salvatore Samperis Grazie, zia the her nephew in incestuous played sense related aunt. She was honored with the David di Donatello for her interpretation .

Since the 1970s she accepted offers less often and only shot with directors who she believed could be of quality. In 1975 she received a second Nastro d'argento , this time for Amore amaro . After a year in the theater in 1979 and marrying a lawyer in 1988, she devoted herself to painting and writing for a few years until she resumed her career as an actress in 2000. In 2005 she was nominated again for both prestigious Italian film awards, due to her performance in Cuore sacro by Ferzan Oztepek .

Gastoni has starred as Jane Fate in a number of films . From 1961 to 1965 she was married to the Magnum photographer Constatine Manos .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1953: They Who Dare
  • 1956: The baby on the battleship (The Baby and the Battleship)
  • 1961: Pirate Captain Mary (Le avventure di Mary Read)
  • 1962: One against seven (Duello nella Sila)
  • 1962: Eva
  • 1962: Tharus, son of Attila (Tharus figlio di Attila)
  • 1963: The rivals of the four musketeers (I quattro moschettieri)
  • 1964: The last of the gladiators (L'ultimo gladiatore)
  • 1964: The avenger with the mask (Il vendicatore mascherato)
  • 1965: The killer of sinful girls (Le notti della violenza)
  • 1965: The Man with the Golden Blade (L'uomo che ride)
  • 1965: Spaceship Alpha (I criminali della galassia)
  • 1965: Deadly Mists (I diafonoidi vengono dal Marte)
  • 1966: Fire Dance (Svegliati e uccidi)
  • 1968: Thank you, aunt (Grazie, zia)
  • 1968: A raven-black sheep (La pecora nera)
  • 1968: The seven Cervi brothers (I sette fratelli Cervi)
  • 1974: Mussolini - The Last Days (Mussolini: ultimo atto)
  • 1974: Bitter Love (Amore amaro)
  • 2005: Cuore sacro
  • 2017: Voice from the Stone - Call from Beyond

Web links

Commons : Lisa Gastoni  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 202.
  2. ^ Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, Gremese 2003, p. 156
personal data
SURNAME Gastoni, Lisa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gastoni, Elisabetta (real name); Fate, Jane (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian actress
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Alassio , Italy