EDWIGE FENECH: QUEEN OF GIALLO (PART 2)

If you visited WOM last week, you saw the first part of the German magazine, SIMPLE FILM PORTRAT featuring giallo actress, Edwige Fenech. As promised, here's the second part of that magazine's special tribute to the stunning Edwige.

EDWIGE FENECH: QUEEN OF GIALLO (PART 1)

Among all the beautiful women that acted during the height of the giallo film era, Edwige Fenech is generally regarded as the "Queen of Giallo". Her remarkable good looks and acting ability were the keys to her popularity. The fact that she landed some roles in choice movies didn't hurt either.

The French Italian actress was born in French Algeria on December 24, 1948 to a Maltese father and a Sicilian mother, the combination of which accounts for her beauty.

Her first Italian film role was in Guido Malatesta's SAMOA, QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE (1967). Her giallo films include FIVE DOLLS FOR AN AUGUST MOON (1970), YOUR VICE IS A LOCKED ROOM AND ONLY I HAVE THE KEY (1972) and ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK (1972). While she is very popular with genre fans, she is more known internationally for her many Italian sex comedies.

Shown below is the hard-to-find German film magazine, SIMPLE MOVIE PORTRAT (#7, 2010), a special edition featuring Miss Fenech and is probably the most complete overview of her film career in print.

See Part II right here next week.

See more of Edwige HERE

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ROSALBA NERI, GIALLO GODDESS

Italy has given us some classic horror movies, as well as introducing us to the world of giallo. These films teem with tropes: murder, black gloves, lots of bloodletting and, best of all, a slew of beautiful women.

One of them that reigned supreme for years was Rosalba Neri (a.k.a. Sara Bay), a dark-haired siren that brought a touch of beauty to the bloodshed. Born on 19 June 1939 in Forlì, Emilia-Romagna, she won a beauty pageant as a young girl and later turned down an offer to work in Hollywood, instead remaining in her native Italy to work there.

Miss Neri is best remembered by horror fans as playing Tania Frankenstein in the 1971 Italian production of LA FIGLIA DI FRANKENSTEIN (LADY FRANKENSTEIN), directed by American Mel Welles and co-directed by Italian Aureliano Luppi. While the film itself was tepid, the temperature rose considerably whenever Neri was onscreen. She was also the standout in the Mark Damon-scripted THE DEVIL'S WEDDING NIGHT (1973).

The now 83 year-old Neri starred in numerous giallo and erotic films and she was not afraid to appear nude or perform in Lesbian scenes. Combined with this and her natural beauty, she was a popular subject for pinups and photo-spreads in magazines.

Below is offered a gallery of Rosalba Neri to show you just what I mean.

WARNING!

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