Virna Lisi Biography
Born: November 08, 1936
In European films from 16, ash-blonde beauty Virna Lisi was required to do little beyond display her physical attributes. Lisi's appearances in Duel of the Titans (1961) and Casanova_70 (1965) were the ones best known to American audiences. She made her U.S. film bow in George_Axelrod's satirical How to Murder Your Wife (1966), delivering a well-timed comic performance despite her unfamiliarity with English. Lisi was then co-starred with Frank_Sinatra in Assault on A Queen (1966), and Tony_Curtis in Not_With_My_Wife,_You_Don't (1967). Though she never openly expressed any displeasure at being typed in sexy roles, Lisi returned to Europe in hopes of securing three-dimensional character parts. More recently, Virna Lisi has been playing ice-blooded villainesses and predatory "cradle robbers," undoubtedly relishing every opportunity to be more than just a (fabulously) pretty face. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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