Nicoletta Machiavelli

Italian actress (1944–2015)

Nicoletta Rangoni Machiavelli
Nicoletta Macchiavelli

OccupationActress (until 1983)Years active1965–1983

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

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

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

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b Mike Barnes (20 November 2015). "Nicoletta Machiavelli, Beautiful Star of Spaghetti Westerns, Dies at 71". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Marco Giusti (18 November 2015). "Addio a Nicoletta Machiavelli, la nobile reginetta degli spaghetti western". Dagospia. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
^ Enrico Franceschini (25 July 1985). "Nel paradiso arancione del guru con la Rolls". La Repubblica. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
^ Obituary: "Ma Prem Anado", OshoNews.com, 17 November 2015; retrieved 19 November 2015.