About Elvy Lissiak
Lived 1929 – 1996 (aged 66). Elvy Lissiak was an Italian actor, stage actor and film actor.
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. 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.
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Who was Elvy Lissiak?
Italian actress (1929-1996)
When was Elvy Lissiak born?
Elvy Lissiak was born on 19 July 1929 in Trieste.
When did Elvy Lissiak die?
Elvy Lissiak died on 25 February 1996 in Rome.
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Elvy Lissiak was an actor, stage actor and film actor.
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Elvy Lissiak was Italian.
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