Nicoletta Machiavelli

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 political philosopher and historian Niccolò Machiavelli. She studied painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze.

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.

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. She eventually moved to Seattle, Washington, where among other things she taught Italian at the Bellevue College and at the University of Washington.

Selected filmography

Thrilling (1965) A Question of Honour (1966) – Domenicangela Piras Our Husbands (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)