Ely Galleani


Ely Galleani, sometimes credited as Justine Gall and Ely Gall, is a retired Italian film actress.
Born in Alassio, Italy, as Federica Elisabetta De Galleani, daughter of an Italian count and of a Polish woman of Lithuanian origin, Galleani made her film debut in 1970 with a small role in Quella piccola differenza by Duccio Tessari, then appeared in a number of films with roles of more weight. Drug problems and a decline in Italian film production forced her to retire from acting in 1978. She moved on to a career as an accountant.
She was the half-sister of actress Halina Zalewska, who accidentally died in 1976, at 36, in a fire. Galleani is also the ex-wife of Italian filmmaker Carlo Vanzina.

Selected filmography

The Swinging Confessors Five Dolls for an August Moon In the Name of the Italian People A Lizard in a Woman's Skin Roma Bene High Crime Redneck Sixteen Baba Yaga La prova d'amore The Devil Is a Woman Mark Shoots First Naked Massacre The Big Operator Emanuelle in Bangkok Black Cobra Woman La dottoressa sotto il lenzuolo Apache Woman Nero veneziano Cugine mie