Luciana Angiolillo


Luciana Angiolillo was an Italian actress and model, known for her career in peplum classic films.

Life and career

Born Luciana Nevi in Rome, Angiolillo started her career as a runway model. She made her film debut thanks to the friendship of Ennio Flaiano, who suggested her to the director Luciano Emmer for the role of an upper class lady in Camilla. From then she appeared in a number of films, often in stereotypal roles of snobbish bourgeois ladies. Gradually relegated to secondary roles, Angiolillo eventually devoted herself to the direction of a fashion house owned by her.
Angiolillo died on November 30, 2014.

Selected filmography