| 22 August 33 |
is born in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, later to become Croatia
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| c. 45 |
moves with her family to Italy at age 12
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enrolls as a physics major at the University of Naples
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goes to Rome and begins modeling
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| 54 |
is “Miss Di Tappa” and discovered when exchanging a kiss with the winner of the Giro d’Italia, a Rome-to-Naples bicycle race. The resulting picture of the moment is published in newspapers all over Europe and leads to her being offered a job as a model.
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| 56 |
director Pietro Germi sees her in the newspaper and casts her for his The Railroad Man
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signs a contract with producer Carlo Ponti
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| c. 58 |
feels abandoned and alone when Ponti and his wife, actress Sophia Loren, leave for Hollywood
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| 63 |
her co-star in Il Fornaretto di Venzia, German Fred Williams, will remember her as a pretty hysterical partner. She always has her lover with her and chases him around a lot for her handbag.
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| 67 |
marries Italian Raimondo Castelli, a producer with Minerva Films
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| May 67 |
is featured in Playboy
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| March 69 |
has a brawl with co-star Laurence Harvey while filming Kampf um Rom. The actor punches her in the jaw so hard that the shot has to be halted.
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| 69 |
is back in Yugoslavia for the filming of The Battle of Neretva
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| Late 60s |
escapes death when the caretaker at her Italian villa goes berserk and shoots three people to death while she’s filming in South Africa
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| 72 |
some scenes of her lovemaking to Gabriele Tinti in Lisa and the Devil have to be cut because they are considered pornographic
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| June 75 |
is on the cover of and featured in the Italian Playboy
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| 26 December 94 |
dies at age 61 in Rome, Italy, after a long battle with cancer
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Sources:
Film Fatales by Tom Lisanti and Louis Paul, Unofficial Homepage, www.IMDb.com, Fred Williams for www.terrorverlag.de, Classic Physique, Screen Portraits |
Recommended Books:
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Links:
Filmography
Unofficial Home Page
JSR Pages: Sylva Koscina
Brian's Drive-In Theater: Sylva Koscina |
