Gianna Maria Canale

• Born: 1927 09 1 in Reggio di Calabria, Italy
• Occupation: Actor
• Active: '50s-'60s
• Major Genres: Adventure, Action
• Career Highlights: Hercules, Go for Broke!, Maciste Contro il Vampiro
• First Major Screen Credit: Il Bacio Di Una Morta (1949)

Biography

A practioner of the "enigmatic femme fatale" school of screen performing, Italian actress Gianna Maria Canale was signed for a film contract immediately after competing in the 1946 Miss Italy contest. Most of Canale's film appearances were exotic to the point of self-mockery, as witness Theodora Slave Empress (1954) and Queen of the Pirates (1960). She has also appeared in the American-produced war picture Go For Broke (1951), and in the British/American murder mystery The Whole Truth, archly cast as a temperamental Italian film star who is bumped off in reel two. Many of Gianna Maria Canale's earlier films were produced by Riccardo Freda, who later became her husband. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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