Elsa Martinelli Death
Elisa passed away on July 8, 2017 at the age of 82 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
When did Elsa Martinelli die?
July 8, 2017How old was Elsa Martinelli when died?
82Where did Elsa Martinelli die? What was the location of death?
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Elsa Martinelli Birthday and Date of Death
Elsa Martinelli was born on January 13, 1935 and died on July 8, 2017. Elisa was 82 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: January 13, 1935
Date of Death: July 8, 2017
Age at Death: 82
Elsa Martinelli - Biography
Biography by Hal EricksonThe official story was that Italian actress Elsa Martinelli was discovered for movies when Kirk Douglas spotted her on a 1954 magazine cover. Actually, Martinelli had been playing bits in Italian films since 1950, and had been a professional model since her early teens. Her first and only screen appearance while under contract to Douglas' Bryna Productions was The Indian Fighter (1955). The film should have made her a star, but (at least according to Douglas) Martinelli exercised nothing but bad judgment thereafter, taking parts that exploited her physical attributes but allowed her acting skills to atrophy. Finally, Douglas threw in the towel, telling Martinelli that she'd have to pay him to work for Bryna again. With such notable exceptions as Orson Welles' The Trial, Martinelli never had a part as good as her Native American heroine in Indian Fighter. She retired from filmmaking in the mid-1980s, making an unheralded return appearance in the inconsequential all-star comedy Once Upon a Crime. Elsa Martinelli is the mother of actress Cristiana Mancinelli.
