Sandra Milo(1933-2024)
- Actress
- Additional Crew
During the 1950s and 1960s bosomy, scintillating, dark-haired Tunisian
leading lady Sandra Milo played bored patricians, manipulative
mistresses and other enticing ladies of questionable morals with
typical sensuous flare in scores of Italian and French productions.
Born Elena Liliana Greco in Tunis on March 11, 1933, Sandra made her film debut
at age 20 co-starring tauntingly alongside
Alberto Sordi in Lo scapolo (1955) and renamed herself. For the next full decade, she
unleashed her fiery figure on a number of tempted male players in
scores of saucy comedies, feisty costumers and steamy melodramas. Such
films included Nero's Mistress (1956), The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (1957), The Mirror Has Two Faces (1958) [The Mirror Has Two Faces], Toto in the Moon (1958) [Toto in the
Moon], General Della Rovere (1959) [General della Rovere], and the period comedy romp
The Green Mare (1959) starring the great French actor Bourvil, which
served as the inspiration to the bawdy classic "Tom Jones."
Ms. Milo appeared to fine advantage in two of Fellini's greatest
masterpieces - 8½ (1963) and Juliet of the Spirits (1965). She
personified the aloof Italian temptress opposite Europe's most virile,
passionate leading men -- Vittorio Gassman, Marcello Mastroianni, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Sorel, etc.
Leaving films in 1968, Sandra was little seen on camera and did not return to the big screen until over a decade later, now sporadically appearing as severe-looking blondes. Primarily filming in Italy well into her octogenarian years, such movies have included the comedy Riavanti... Marsch! (1979), the dramedy Grog (1982), the musical fantasy Cindy - Cinderella '80 (1984), the comedy Camerieri (1995), the romantic dramedy Incantato (2003), the comedies Sleepless (2009), Happy Family (2010), Una notte agli studios (2013), There's No Place Like Home (2018) and Free - Liberi (2020).
leading lady Sandra Milo played bored patricians, manipulative
mistresses and other enticing ladies of questionable morals with
typical sensuous flare in scores of Italian and French productions.
Born Elena Liliana Greco in Tunis on March 11, 1933, Sandra made her film debut
at age 20 co-starring tauntingly alongside
Alberto Sordi in Lo scapolo (1955) and renamed herself. For the next full decade, she
unleashed her fiery figure on a number of tempted male players in
scores of saucy comedies, feisty costumers and steamy melodramas. Such
films included Nero's Mistress (1956), The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (1957), The Mirror Has Two Faces (1958) [The Mirror Has Two Faces], Toto in the Moon (1958) [Toto in the
Moon], General Della Rovere (1959) [General della Rovere], and the period comedy romp
The Green Mare (1959) starring the great French actor Bourvil, which
served as the inspiration to the bawdy classic "Tom Jones."
Ms. Milo appeared to fine advantage in two of Fellini's greatest
masterpieces - 8½ (1963) and Juliet of the Spirits (1965). She
personified the aloof Italian temptress opposite Europe's most virile,
passionate leading men -- Vittorio Gassman, Marcello Mastroianni, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Sorel, etc.
Leaving films in 1968, Sandra was little seen on camera and did not return to the big screen until over a decade later, now sporadically appearing as severe-looking blondes. Primarily filming in Italy well into her octogenarian years, such movies have included the comedy Riavanti... Marsch! (1979), the dramedy Grog (1982), the musical fantasy Cindy - Cinderella '80 (1984), the comedy Camerieri (1995), the romantic dramedy Incantato (2003), the comedies Sleepless (2009), Happy Family (2010), Una notte agli studios (2013), There's No Place Like Home (2018) and Free - Liberi (2020).