Elsa Martinelli

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Elsa Martinelli (born Elisa Tia; 30 January 1935 – 8 July 2017) was an Italian actress and fashion model. Described by The Guardian as a "versatile star of Hollywood’s international years whose work spanned romantic comedies, period epics and spaghetti westerns", she went on to star opposite Kirk Douglas, John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Charlton Heston, and Anthony Quinn, be directed by André De Toth, Vittorio De Sica, Howard Hawks and Orson Welles on both sides of the Atlantic.

At her peak from the late 1950s into the late 1960s she was a rival of top "Hollywood Italian imports" Sophia Loren, Gina Lollobrigida and Claudia Cardinale. Her slim, sexy figure and elfin looks birthed the quip that she was a “kind of Audrey Hepburn with sex appeal”. Outside her busy film career, Martinelli was a member of the glitterati, married to an Italian count and befriending such international celebrities as Maria Callas, Aristotle Onassis and Jackie Kennedy.

Martinelli made over 50 film appearances between 1954 and 1992.

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US Vogue December 1954
Photographer: Clifford Coffin
Model: Elsa Martinelli


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US Vogue November 1, 1954
"Party News Coming from Paris"
Photographers: Clifford Coffin, Henry Clarke
Model: Elsa Martinelli, Unknown


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US Vogue April 15, 1955
"Made to Order for a Summer Evening"
Photographer: Roger Prigent
Models: Nina de Voogt, Anne St. Marie, Evelyn Tripp, Elsa Martinelli



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Life April 11, 1960
Pond's
Photographer: Unknown
Featuring: Elsa Martinelli


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Life July 27, 1962



"Stay-at-Home Nighties"
Photographers: Mark Shaw, Francesco Scavullo (p. 66B)
Featuring: Elsa Martinelli, Unknown




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US Vogue August 1975
"In France the Good Life"
Photographer: Leombruno-Bodi-Lami
Featuring: Elsa Martinelli, Willy Rizzo



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