Stefania Sandrelli

Sandrelli was born in Viareggio, Tuscany, into a middle-class family, the daughter of Florida and Otello Sandrelli (who died when she was eight years old), owners of a pension in Viareggio. As a girl, Sandrelli studied ballet and learned to play the accordion. Sandrelli had a brother, Sergio, seven years older, who had a successful music career and died in 2013. ==Career==

She debuted in cinema at the age of 15 in Mario Sequi's film Gioventù di notte. In 1960, Sandrelli won the Miss Cinema Viareggio beauty contest, then was the cover girl of the magazine Le Ore, and had `her first opportunities to make films, appearing, among others, in Luciano Salce's The Fascist. Her film career was launched by Pietro Germi with Divorce Italian Style (1961); later, she worked three more times with Germi, in Seduced and Abandoned (1964), The Climax (1967), and Alfredo, Alfredo (1970). In 1983, she relaunched her career with the Tinto Brass erotic film The Key. On 10 September 2005, she received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 62nd Venice International Film Festival. On 11 May 2012, she received the title of Chevalier (Knight) of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. ==Personal life==

Sandrelli had a long relationship with Italian singer-songwriter Gino Paoli. Their daughter Amanda Sandrelli, born in 1964, is also an actress. ==Filmography==

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