Elvy Lissiak Explained

Elvy Lissiak
Birth Name:Elvira Lissiak
Birth Date:1929 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Trieste, Kingdom of Italy
Death Place:Rome, Italy
Occupation:Actress

Elvy Lissiak (19 July 1929 – 25 February 1996) was an Italian stage and film actress.

Life and career

Born in Trieste, Italy, as Elvira Lissiak, she made her film debut with the role of Luciana in Luciano Emmer's Domenica d'agosto (1950), gaining critical appreciation for her performance.[1] [2] Lissiak later appeared on stage in a rivista with Ugo Tognazzi and in several films alongside Vittorio Gassman, at the time her partner in life.[1] Following the breakup of her relationship with Gassman, she decided to focus her activities on stage, where she knew her then husband, the actor Franco Castellani.[1] She retired from acting in the early 1960s.[1]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1950Sunday in August Luciana
1950Toto Looks for a Wife Adelina
1950Hawk of the Nile Selika Uncredited
1950The Lion of Amalfi Diana
1951Trieste mia!
1952Guilt Is Not Mine Barbara Soldani
1953The Ship of Condemned Women Carmen
1960Labbra rosse Baby's Sister
1960From a Roman Balcony
1961The Two Marshals Vanda
1962Hawk of the Caribbean Lolita
1962Lo smemorato di Collegno Wife of Polacic (final film role)

Notes and References

  1. Book: Enrico Lancia . Roberto Poppi . Dizionario del cinema italiano - Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. 888440214X.
  2. Book: Roberto Chiti . Roberto Poppi . Enrico Lancia . Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. 8876055487.