![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Born: September 1, 1927 in Reggio di Calabria, Italy Biography:A practioner of the "enigmatic femme fatale" school of screen performing, Italian actress "Gianna Maria Canale" was signed for a film contract immediately after competing in the 1946 Miss Italy contest. Most of Canale's film appearances were exotic to the point of self-mockery, as witness "Theodora Slave Empress" (1954) and "Queen of the Pirates" (1960). She has also appeared in the American-produced war picture "Go For Broke" (1951), and in the British/American murder mystery "The Whole Truth", archly cast as a temperamental Italian film star who is bumped off in reel two. Many of "Gianna Maria Canale"'s earlier films were produced by "Riccardo Freda", who later became her husband. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
| ||||||||||||
| advertisement |