Nicoletta Machiavelli

Italian actress (1944–2015)

Nicoletta Machiavelli

Machiavelli in the movie I nostri mariti (1966)

Born| (1944-08-01)1 August 1944

Stuffione, Ravarino, Modena, Kingdom of Italy

Died| 15 November 2015(2015-11-15) (aged 71)

Seattle, Washington, U.S.

Other names|

* Nicoletta Rangoni Machiavelli
* Nicoletta Macchiavelli

Occupation| Actress (until 1983)
Years active| 1965–1983

Nicoletta Machiavelli (1 August 1944 – 15 November 2015) was an Italian film actress, also known as Nicoletta Rangoni Machiavelli and Nicoletta Macchiavelli.

## Life and career

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The daughter of a Florentine father and of an American mother, Machiavelli was a descendant of the philosopher and author Niccolò Machiavelli.[1] She studied painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze.[2]

Following an audition for the role of Eva in John Huston's The Bible: In the Beginning..., she was noted by the producer Dino De Laurentiis who put her under contract for seven years, a contract she eventually broke after three years.[3]

Her first role was Ugo Tognazzi's wife in A Question of Honour, and following a few comedies, her early career was characterized by genre films, mainly spaghetti Western, notably Sergio Corbucci's Navajo Joe.[3]

Starting from the late 1960s Machiavelli started appearing in more ambitious art films, working with Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, Pietro Germi, Dino Risi, Sergio Citti, Andrzej Żuławski, and Liliana Cavani, among others.[3]

In 1984, Machiavelli became a disciple of Osho and retired from show business.[4] She eventually moved to Seattle, Washington, where among other things she taught Italian at the Bellevue College and at the University of Washington.[2] She died of an undisclosed illness on 15 November 2015, aged 71.[3][5]

## Selected filmography

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Nicoletta Machiavelli, 1964

* Thrilling (1965)
* A Question of Honour (1966) – Domenicangela Piras
* I nostri mariti (1966) – Roberta (segment "Il Marito di Roberta")
* Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1966) – Sylvia
* The Hills Run Red (1966) – Mary Ann
* Navajo Joe (1966) – Estella – Mrs. Lynne's maid
* Matchless (1967) – Tipsy
* Anyone Can Play (1968)
* A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die (1968) – Laurinda
* Garter Colt (1968) – Lulu 'Garter' Colt
* Hate Thy Neighbor (1968) – Peggy Savalas
* Candy (1968) – Marquita
* Scarabea: How Much Land Does a Man Need? (1969) – Scarabea
* Temptation (1970) – Carla Veraldi
* A Noose for Django (1969) – Maya
* Monte Carlo or Bust! (1969) – Dominique
* Carnal Circuit (1969) – Luisa Lamberti
* It Takes a Thief, ep. "Who'll Bid Two Million Dollars?" (1969) – Varina
* The Ravine (1969) – Anja Kovach
* Necropolis (1970)
* A Pocketful of Chestnuts (1970) – Teresa
* Lover of the Great Bear (1971) – Leonia
* The Policeman (1971)
* Man with the Transplanted Brain (1971) – Héléna
* Dirty Weekend (1973) – Sylva
* Tony Arzenta (1973) – Anna – wife of Tony
* La coppia (1973)
* Bawdy Tales (1973) – Duchessa Caterina di Ronciglione
* Die merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck (1973) – Amalie – sister of Frederick the Great
* Icy Breasts (1974) – Mrs. Rilson
* That Most Important Thing: Love (1975) – Luce, la femme de Lapade
* Malicious Pleasure (1975) – Melisa
* L'Année sainte (1976) – Carla, la terroriste
* Free Hand for a Tough Cop (1976) – Mara
* Beyond Good and Evil (1977) – Amanda
* La fuite en avant (1983) – Fiama (final film role)

## References

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1. ^ Eugenia Sheppard (31 March 1969). "What's Behind the Gipsy Look". New York Magazine. pp. 31–35. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
\- ""Machiavellian" Has New Meaning". Youngstown Vindicator. 24 June 1969. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
2. ^ a b Mike Barnes (20 November 2015). "Nicoletta Machiavelli, Beautiful Star of Spaghetti Westerns, Dies at 71". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
3. ^ a b c d Marco Giusti (18 November 2015). "Addio a Nicoletta Machiavelli, la nobile reginetta degli spaghetti western". Dagospia. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
4. ^ Enrico Franceschini (25 July 1985). "Nel paradiso arancione del guru con la Rolls". La Repubblica. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
5. ^ Obituary: "Ma Prem Anado", OshoNews.com, 17 November 2015; retrieved 19 November 2015.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nicoletta Machiavelli.

* Nicoletta Machiavelli at IMDb
* Actress Machiavelli Now Star Teacher, bellevuecollege.edu; accessed 19 November 2015.

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