Full Name Elvira Lissiak Occupation actress | Name Elvy Lissiak Role Film actress | |
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Spouse Franco Castellani (m. 1952) Movies Sunday in August, Trieste mia!, From a Roman Balcony Similar People Vittorio Gassman, Luciano Emmer, Paola Gassman, Alessandro Gassmann, Jacopo Gassman |
Elvy Lissiak (19 July 1929 – 25 February 1996) was an Italian stage and film actress.
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Life and career
Born in Trieste as Elvira Lissiak, she made her film debut with the role of Luciana in Luciano Emmer's Domenica d'agosto, gaining critical appreciation for her performance. 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. 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. She retired from acting in the early 1960s.
Selected filmography
References
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