Sandra Milo

During the 1950s and 1960s bosomy, scintillating, dark-haired Tunisian leading lady 'Sandra Milo' (qv) 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' (qv) in _Lo scapolo (1955)_ (qv) 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)_ (qv), _The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (1957)_ (qv), _The Mirror Has Two Faces (1958)_ (qv) [The Mirror Has Two Faces], _Totò nella luna (1958)_ (qv) [Toto in the Moon], _Il Generale Della Rovere (1959)_ (qv) [General della Rovere], and the period comedy romp _The Green Mare (1959)_ (qv) starring the great French actor 'Bourvil' (qv), 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)_ (qv) and _Juliet of the Spirits (1965)_ (qv). She personified the aloof Italian temptress opposite Europe's most virile, passionate leading men -- 'Vittorio Gassman' (qv), 'Marcello Mastroianni' (qv), 'Jean-Paul Belmondo' (qv), 'Jean Sorel' (qv), 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 _Eine total verrückte Kompanie (1979)_ (qv), the dramedy _Grog (1982)_ (qv), the musical fantasy _Cinderella '87 (1984)_ (qv), the comedy _Camerieri (1995)_ (qv), the romantic dramedy _Incantato (2003)_ (qv), the comedies _Sleepless (2009)_ (qv), _Happy Family (2010)_ (qv), _Una notte agli studios (2013)_ (qv), _There's No Place Like Home (2018)_ (qv) and _Free - Liberi (2020)_ (qv).::Gary Brumburgh / gr-home@pacbell.net