Nicoletta Machiavelli

Nicoletta Machiavelli (1 August 1944 – 15 November 2015) was an Italian film actress, also known as Nicoletta Rangoni Machiavelli and Nicoletta Macchiavelli.

Nicoletta Machiavelli
Machiavelli in the movie I nostri mariti (1966)
Born(1944-08-01)1 August 1944
Stuffione, Ravarino, Modena, Kingdom of Italy
Died15 November 2015(2015-11-15) (aged 71)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Other names
  • Nicoletta Rangoni Machiavelli
  • Nicoletta Macchiavelli
OccupationActress (until 1983)
Years active1965–1983

Life and career

The daughter of a Florentine father and of an American mother, Machiavelli was a descendant of the philosopher and author Niccolò Machiavelli.[1] She studied painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze.[2]

Following an audition for the role of Eva in John Huston's The Bible: In the Beginning..., she was noted by the producer Dino De Laurentiis who put her under contract for seven years, a contract she eventually broke after three years.[3]

Her first role was Ugo Tognazzi's wife in A Question of Honour, and following a few comedies, her early career was characterized by genre films, mainly spaghetti Western, notably Sergio Corbucci's Navajo Joe.[3]

Starting from the late 1960s Machiavelli started appearing in more ambitious art films, working with Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, Pietro Germi, Dino Risi, Sergio Citti, Andrzej Żuławski, and Liliana Cavani, among others.[3]

In 1984, Machiavelli became a disciple of Osho and retired from show business.[4] She eventually moved to Seattle, Washington, where among other things she taught Italian at the Bellevue College and at the University of Washington.[2] She died of an undisclosed illness on 15 November 2015, aged 71.[3][5]

Selected filmography
Nicoletta Machiavelli, 1964
  • Thrilling (1965)
  • A Question of Honour (1966) – Domenicangela Piras
  • I nostri mariti (1966) – Roberta (segment "Il Marito di Roberta")
  • Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1966) – Sylvia
  • The Hills Run Red (1966) – Mary Ann
  • Navajo Joe (1966) – Estella – Mrs. Lynne's maid
  • Matchless (1967) – Tipsy
  • Anyone Can Play (1968)
  • A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die (1968) – Laurinda
  • Garter Colt (1968) – Lulu 'Garter' Colt
  • Hate Thy Neighbor (1968) – Peggy Savalas
  • Candy (1968) – Marquita
  • Scarabea: How Much Land Does a Man Need? (1969) – Scarabea
  • Temptation (1970) – Carla Veraldi
  • A Noose for Django (1969) – Maya
  • Monte Carlo or Bust! (1969) – Dominique
  • Carnal Circuit (1969) – Luisa Lamberti
  • It Takes a Thief, ep. "Who'll Bid Two Million Dollars?" (1969) – Varina
  • The Ravine (1969) – Anja Kovach
  • Necropolis (1970)
  • A Pocketful of Chestnuts (1970) – Teresa
  • Lover of the Great Bear (1971) – Leonia
  • The Policeman (1971)
  • Man with the Transplanted Brain (1971) – Héléna
  • Dirty Weekend (1973) – Sylva
  • Tony Arzenta (1973) – Anna – wife of Tony
  • La coppia (1973)
  • Bawdy Tales (1973) – Duchessa Caterina di Ronciglione
  • Die merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck (1973) – Amalie – sister of Frederick the Great
  • Icy Breasts (1974) – Mrs. Rilson
  • That Most Important Thing: Love (1975) – Luce, la femme de Lapade
  • Malicious Pleasure (1975) – Melisa
  • L'Année sainte (1976) – Carla, la terroriste
  • Free Hand for a Tough Cop (1976) – Mara
  • Beyond Good and Evil (1977) – Amanda
  • La fuite en avant (1983) – Fiama (final film role)

References
  1. Eugenia Sheppard (31 March 1969). "What's Behind the Gipsy Look". New York Magazine. pp. 31–35. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
    - ""Machiavellian" Has New Meaning". Youngstown Vindicator. 24 June 1969. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  2. Mike Barnes (20 November 2015). "Nicoletta Machiavelli, Beautiful Star of Spaghetti Westerns, Dies at 71". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  3. Marco Giusti (18 November 2015). "Addio a Nicoletta Machiavelli, la nobile reginetta degli spaghetti western". Dagospia. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  4. Enrico Franceschini (25 July 1985). "Nel paradiso arancione del guru con la Rolls". La Repubblica. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  5. Obituary: "Ma Prem Anado", OshoNews.com, 17 November 2015; retrieved 19 November 2015.
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