Acting

Ely Galleani

Born April 24, 1953 · Alassio, Italy (age 73)

Born in Alassio as Federica Elisabetta De Galleani, daughter of an Italian count and of a Polish woman of Lithuanian origin, Galleani made her film debut in 1970 with a small role in Quella piccola differenza by Duccio Tessari, then appeared in a number of films with roles of more weight. She retired from acting in 1978 and moved on to a career as an accountant. She was the half-sister of actress…

Known For

Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade

Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade · 1978

Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade

MovieDramaHorror

Emanuelle returns to Kenya, trying to get an interview with a foreign gangster who's taken refuge in the African countryside while still operating an international criminal network.

Beach House

Beach House · 1977

Summer Sunday at a small beach house at the coast of Rome. Many people and stories: women's basketball team, two sports-obsessed soldiers, two men with their girlfriends and the priest with a big secret, an elderly couple with their pregnant granddaughter, and engagemented couple wanting to have sex for the first time.

Damned in Venice

Damned in Venice · 1978

Damned in Venice

MovieMysteryHorror

A blind boy, who lives alone with his mean sister in a rundown hotel in Venice, receives a vision that warns him of the upcoming birth of the Antichrist. Soon, his sister mysteriously becomes pregnant.

Five Dolls for an August Moon

Five Dolls for an August Moon · 1970

Five Dolls for an August Moon

MovieHorrorMystery

A wealthy playboy gathers a group of bourgeois friends at his isolated beach house for a weekend of relaxation. When bodies start pilling up, they realize they’re trapped with a killer in their midst, sending them in a frenzy to figure out who amongst them is killing the others before they are killed next.

Emanuelle in Bangkok

Emanuelle in Bangkok · 1976

Emanuelle in Bangkok

MovieDramaRomance

A reporter travels the world's hot spots, looking for lurid stories that usually involve her sexual participation in gaining those behind-the-scenes exclusives.

Under the Sheets

Under the Sheets · 1976

Under the Sheets

Three medical students who are reluctant to hit the books and unwilling to work are much more enthusiastic about creating pranks and targeting a thriving confidential, female doctor.

A Lizard in a Woman's Skin

A Lizard in a Woman's Skin · 1971

A Lizard in a Woman's Skin

MovieHorrorThriller

Carol Hammond, daughter of a politician, has vivid nightmares involving sex orgies and LSD. In a dream, she murders a neighbor she envies and wakes up to a real investigation into her neighbor's murder.

Roma bene

Roma bene · 1971

A parade of corrupt and sleazy characters in the high society of Rome.

Filmography

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Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade

Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade · 1978

Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade

MovieDramaHorror

Emanuelle returns to Kenya, trying to get an interview with a foreign gangster who's taken refuge in the African countryside while still operating an international criminal network.

Susan Towers

Beach House

Beach House · 1977

Summer Sunday at a small beach house at the coast of Rome. Many people and stories: women's basketball team, two sports-obsessed soldiers, two men with their girlfriends and the priest with a big secret, an elderly couple with their pregnant granddaughter, and engagemented couple wanting to have sex for the first time.

Ragazza nuda (uncredited)

Damned in Venice

Damned in Venice · 1978

Damned in Venice

MovieMysteryHorror

A blind boy, who lives alone with his mean sister in a rundown hotel in Venice, receives a vision that warns him of the upcoming birth of the Antichrist. Soon, his sister mysteriously becomes pregnant.

Christine's Friend

Five Dolls for an August Moon

Five Dolls for an August Moon · 1970

Five Dolls for an August Moon

MovieHorrorMystery

A wealthy playboy gathers a group of bourgeois friends at his isolated beach house for a weekend of relaxation. When bodies start pilling up, they realize they’re trapped with a killer in their midst, sending them in a frenzy to figure out who amongst them is killing the others before they are killed next.

Isabel

Emanuelle in Bangkok

Emanuelle in Bangkok · 1976

Emanuelle in Bangkok

MovieDramaRomance

A reporter travels the world's hot spots, looking for lurid stories that usually involve her sexual participation in gaining those behind-the-scenes exclusives.

Frances

Under the Sheets

Under the Sheets · 1976

Under the Sheets

Three medical students who are reluctant to hit the books and unwilling to work are much more enthusiastic about creating pranks and targeting a thriving confidential, female doctor.

Lella

A Lizard in a Woman's Skin

A Lizard in a Woman's Skin · 1971

A Lizard in a Woman's Skin

MovieHorrorThriller

Carol Hammond, daughter of a politician, has vivid nightmares involving sex orgies and LSD. In a dream, she murders a neighbor she envies and wakes up to a real investigation into her neighbor's murder.

Joan Hammond

Roma bene

Roma bene · 1971

A parade of corrupt and sleazy characters in the high society of Rome.

Vivi Santi

Baba Yaga

Baba Yaga · 1973

MovieHorrorMystery

A mysterious witch casts a spell on an attractive young fashion photographer, who is then thrust into a world of sadism.

Annette

Born for Hell

Born for Hell · 1976

MovieDramaThriller

Loosely based on the notorious Richard Speck murders, this is the grim tale of a disturbed Vietnam vet returning home via Belfast, who invades a house shared by eight nurses and proceeds to terrorize and murder them.

Pam

Cugine mie

Cugine mie · 1978

Mara, Silvia and Irene, three sisters, are sent from Rome to Padua as guests of prof. Bordignon, their uncle. First, they let off steam with the young cousin Anselmo; then, realizing that their destiny is a boarding school, they take plot their revenge.

Irene

Redneck

Redneck · 1973

MovieDramaAction

Franco Nero and Telly Savalas star in the story of a trio of jewel thieves on the lam after a heist goes very wrong. Wrecking their car they take another unaware that there is a teenager hiding in the back. As the flight becomes more frantic, the young man is discovered, upsetting the balance of the thieves.

Maria

In the Name of the Italian People

In the Name of the Italian People · 1971

In the Name of the Italian People

MovieComedyDrama

An obscure Italian magistrate suspects that a well-known industrialist commited murder, and decides to investigate him, and bring him to court, whatever it takes. But - will the magistrate have it in him to go against impossible odds, in the name of the Italian people he represents?

Silvana Lazzorini

Mark Shoots First

Mark Shoots First · 1975

Mark Shoots First

Mark Terzi goes to Genoa to take on the case of a serial killer who calls himself "The Sphinx".

Angela Frizzo

High Crime

High Crime · 1973

MovieCrimeThriller

An Italian police inspector matches wits with a powerful European drug ring. As he comes closer to the top of the underworld organization, his odds of survival decrease.

Chicca

Jus primae noctis

Jus primae noctis · 1972

Jus primae noctis

Ariberto de Ficulle is a nobleman who came into possession of a small feud by marrying the ugly Matilde Montefiascone.

Beata

The Tempter

The Tempter · 1974

A young writer is invited to stay in a religious hostel run by a sinister, manipulative nun who plays deadly psychological games with the inhabitants.

Rodolfo's Girlfriend

Apache Woman

Apache Woman · 1976

Tommy is an innocent cavalry officer who falls in love with a beautiful Apache woman after rescuing her from a nasty gun smuggler named Honest Jeremy. When Jeremy and his gang find Tommy, gruesome violence ensues.

The Preacher's Daughter

The Big Operator

The Big Operator · 1976

The Big Operator

The aging villain Émile Morland talks his old friend Aristide into helping him with to kidnap the son of a millionaire.

Dorotea

Traveling Companions

Traveling Companions · 1978

Traveling Companions

MovieAdventureRomance

The Story of Oddyseus and the Sirens placed in the countryside of France. Oddyseus is a trucker and his Penelope runs a café.

Ellie

The Married Priest

The Married Priest · 1970

The Married Priest

A young Sicilian priest who moved to Rome comes into contact with the high bourgeoisie and receives a lot of sexual attention.

Paola

Emanuelle's Perverse Outburst

Emanuelle's Perverse Outburst · 1983

Emanuelle's Perverse Outburst

MovieDramaRomance

Investigative journalist Emanuelle breaks into a home to find a microfilm, which leads her to an "international expedition" in Hong Kong. This film was made entirely of footage from Joe D'Amato films released between 1976 and 1980, quickly becoming popular within the bootleg video market.

Susan Towers (archive footage)

Day of Violence

Day of Violence · 1977

Day of Violence

MovieThrillerAction

Two thugs take 15 people hostage and demand a ransom from the authorities million dollars in gold, a car and a plane to get out of the country.

Ragazza americana

It Was I

It Was I · 1973

MovieComedyCrime

A humble Milanese window-cleaner with dreams of magazine and TV fame accuses himself of the murder of a soprano from La Scala.

Hitch-hiker