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{{Short description|Italian actress}}
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| image = Lisa Gastoni cropped.jpg
| image = 1968 “Grazie zia” - Lisa Gastoni, close-up.jpg
| caption = Gastoni in ''[[Come Play with Me (1968 film)|Come Play with Me]]''
| caption = Gastoni in the movie ''[[Come Play with Me (1968 film)|Come Play with Me]]'' (1968)
| name = Lisa Gastoni
| name = Lisa Gastoni
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1935|7|28|df=yes}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1935|7|28|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Alassio]], [[Liguria]], Italy
| birth_place = [[Alassio]], [[Province of Savona|Savona]], [[Liguria]], Kingdom of Italy
| death_date =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| death_place =
| occupation = Actress
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1954–present
| yearsactive = 1954–1979, 2005–present
}}
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'''Lisa Gastoni''' (born 28 July 1935) is an Italian film actress. Gastoni was named "Best Italian Actress of the Year, 1966" as she received both the Nastro D'Argento Award and the Golden Globe Award from Italy's Foreign Press Association.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lisa Gastoni Wins Awards|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10995539/colorado_springs_gazettetelegraph/|work=Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph|date=15 July 1967|location=Colorado, Colorado Springs|page=6-C}|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date=14 May 2017}} {{Open access}}</ref>
'''Lisa Gastoni''' (born 28 July 1935) is an Italian film actress.


==Biography==
==Biography==
[[File:Maddalena (film 1971) Lisa Gastoni.png|thumb|left|Gastoni in a scene from ''[[Maddalena (1971 film)|Maddalena]]'' (1971)]]
Daughter of an Italian father and an Irish mother, Gastoni and her family moved to England in 1948. She turned from her initial ambition of being an architect to modeling and acting.<ref name="etcf">{{cite book|last1=Aaker|first1=Everett|title=Encyclopedia of Early Television Crime Fighters: All Regular Cast Members in American Crime and Mystery Series, 1948-1959|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Co.|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6409-8|pages=230-231}}</ref>
Daughter of an Italian father and an Irish mother, Gastoni and her family moved to England in 1948. She turned from her initial ambition of being an architect to modelling and acting.<ref name="etcf">{{cite book|last1=Aaker|first1=Everett|title=Encyclopedia of Early Television Crime Fighters: All Regular Cast Members in American Crime and Mystery Series, 1948-1959|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Co.|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6409-8|pages=230–231}}</ref>


She appeared in various [[B movies]] throughout the 1950s, as well as co-starring as Giulia in the [[Sapphire Films]] TV series ''[[The Four Just Men (TV series)|The Four Just Men]]'' (1959) for [[ITV Network|ITV]].
She appeared in various [[B movies]] throughout the 1950s, as well as co-starring as Giulia in the [[Sapphire Films]] TV series ''[[The Four Just Men (TV series)|The Four Just Men]]'' (1959) for [[ITV Network|ITV]] and at least two episodes of ''[[Danger Man]]'' in 1960 and 1961.


Gastoni returned to Italy in the 1960s, first appearing in [[sword-and-sandal]] and [[swashbuckler films]], but eventually gaining the attention of respected directors. The turning point in her film career was her role in ''[[Grazie, zia]]'' by [[Salvatore Samperi]]. This would set the tone for the roles she would play for the next decade; bourgeois women who were seductive yet sexually frustrated, cruel and arrogant yet sad and sympathetic, manipulating the people around them to try and fill the emptiness in their own lives.{{Citation needed|date=May 2017}}
Gastoni returned to Italy in the 1960s, first appearing in [[sword-and-sandal]] and [[swashbuckler films]], but eventually gaining the attention of respected directors. The turning point in her film career was her role in ''[[Grazie, zia]]'' by [[Salvatore Samperi]]. This would set the tone for the roles she would play for the next decade; bourgeois women who were seductive yet sexually frustrated, cruel and arrogant yet sad and sympathetic, manipulating the people around them to try to fill the emptiness in their own lives.{{Citation needed|date=May 2017}}


After 1979, she retired from acting to focus on painting and writing. In 2005 she returned to the screen with an appearance in the film ''[[Cuore Sacro]]''.
In 1979, she retired from acting to focus on painting and writing. In 2005 she returned to the screen with an appearance in the film ''[[Cuore Sacro]]''.

==Recognition==
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Gastoni was named "Best Italian Actress of the Year, 1966" as she received both the Nastro D'Argento Award and the Golden Globe Award from Italy's Foreign Press Association.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lisa Gastoni Wins Awards|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10995539/colorado_springs_gazettetelegraph/|work=Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph|date=15 July 1967|location=Colorado, Colorado Springs|page=6-C}|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = 14 May 2017}} {{Open access}}</ref>


==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==
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* ''[[They Who Dare]]'' (1954)
* ''[[They Who Dare]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Doctor in the House]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Doctor in the House (film)|Doctor in the House]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Twist of Fate (1954 film)]]'' (1954) - Yvette (U.S. ' Beautiful Stranger ')
* ''[[Josephine and Men]]'' (1955)
* ''[[Josephine and Men]]'' (1955)
* ''[[Man of the Moment (1955 film)|Man of the Moment]]'' (1955)
* ''[[Man of the Moment (1955 film)|Man of the Moment]]'' (1955)
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* ''[[Man from Tangier]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Man from Tangier]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Face in the Night]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Face in the Night]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Intent to Kill]]'' (1958)
* ''[[Intent to Kill (1958 film)|Intent to Kill]]'' (1958)
* ''[[Rx Murder]]'' (1958)
* ''[[Rx Murder]]'' (1958)
* ''[[Chain of Events]]'' (1958) - Simone Day
* ''[[Wrong Number (1959 film)|Wrong Number]]'' (1959)
* ''[[Passport to China]]'' (1961)
* ''[[Passport to China]]'' (1961)
* ''[[Queen of the Seas]]'' (1961)
* ''[[Queen of the Seas]]'' (1961)
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* ''[[Tharus Son of Attila]]'' (1962)
* ''[[Tharus Son of Attila]]'' (1962)
* ''[[Gidget Goes to Rome]]'' (1963)
* ''[[Gidget Goes to Rome]]'' (1963)
*''[[The Four Musketeers (1963 film)|The Four Musketeers]]' (1963)
* ''[[The Four Musketeers (1963 film)|The Four Musketeers]]'' (1963)
* ''[[3 Avengers]]'' (1964)
* ''[[3 Avengers]]'' (1964)
* ''[[Three Swords for Rome]]'' (1964)
* ''[[Three Swords for Rome]]'' (1964)
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* ''[[The Seven Cervi Brothers]]'' (1968)
* ''[[The Seven Cervi Brothers]]'' (1968)
* ''[[L'amica]]'' (1969)
* ''[[L'amica]]'' (1969)
* ''[[Maddalena (1971 film)|Maddalena]]'' (1971)
* ''[[La seduzione|Seduction]]'' (1973)
* ''[[La seduzione|Seduction]]'' (1973)
* ''[[Amore amaro|Bitter Love]]'' (1974)
* ''[[Amore amaro|Bitter Love]]'' (1974)
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==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
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[[Category:Nastro d'Argento winners]]
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[[Category:20th-century Italian actresses]]
[[Category:20th-century Italian actresses]]
[[Category:Italian people of Irish descent]]
[[Category:Italian emigrants to the United Kingdom]]

Latest revision as of 15:45, 10 September 2024

Lisa Gastoni
Gastoni in the movie Come Play with Me (1968)
Born (1935-07-28) 28 July 1935 (age 89)
Alassio, Savona, Liguria, Kingdom of Italy
OccupationActress
Years active1954–1979, 2005–present

Lisa Gastoni (born 28 July 1935) is an Italian film actress. Gastoni was named "Best Italian Actress of the Year, 1966" as she received both the Nastro D'Argento Award and the Golden Globe Award from Italy's Foreign Press Association.[1]

Biography

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Gastoni in a scene from Maddalena (1971)

Daughter of an Italian father and an Irish mother, Gastoni and her family moved to England in 1948. She turned from her initial ambition of being an architect to modelling and acting.[2]

She appeared in various B movies throughout the 1950s, as well as co-starring as Giulia in the Sapphire Films TV series The Four Just Men (1959) for ITV and at least two episodes of Danger Man in 1960 and 1961.

Gastoni returned to Italy in the 1960s, first appearing in sword-and-sandal and swashbuckler films, but eventually gaining the attention of respected directors. The turning point in her film career was her role in Grazie, zia by Salvatore Samperi. This would set the tone for the roles she would play for the next decade; bourgeois women who were seductive yet sexually frustrated, cruel and arrogant yet sad and sympathetic, manipulating the people around them to try to fill the emptiness in their own lives.[citation needed]

In 1979, she retired from acting to focus on painting and writing. In 2005 she returned to the screen with an appearance in the film Cuore Sacro.

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ "Lisa Gastoni Wins Awards". Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph. Colorado, Colorado Springs. 15 July 1967. p. 6-C}. Retrieved 14 May 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ Aaker, Everett (2011). Encyclopedia of Early Television Crime Fighters: All Regular Cast Members in American Crime and Mystery Series, 1948-1959. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. pp. 230–231. ISBN 978-0-7864-6409-8.
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