José Greci

José Greci
Born	10 January 1941 Ferrara, Italy
Occupation	Actress

José Greci (born 10 January 1941) is an Italian former film, television and stage actress.

Life and career

Born in Ferrara as Giuseppina Greci, the daughter of the journalist and television writer Luigi, in 1956 at just fifteen years old Greci enrolled the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Art; after two years she left the Academy to debut on stage.^[1]

Greci made her film debut in 1959, playing the Virgin Mary in William Wyler's Ben-Hur.^[1][2] From then she started appearing in dozens of genre films, soon becoming one of the most prolific actresses in the 1960s Italian cinema, particularly becoming a star in the sword-and-sandal and eurospy genres.^[1] Also active on television, she gradually abandoned her career during the seventies.^[1]

Selected filmography

• Revenge of the Barbarians (1960)
• War Gods of Babylon (1962)
• Colossus of the Arena (1962)
• The Ten Gladiators (1963)
• The Rebel Gladiators (1963)
• Goliath and the Sins of Babylon (1963)
• Hercules Against the Mongols (1963)
• Sword of the Empire (1963)
• Hercules and the Masked Rider (1963)
• Zorro and the Three Musketeers (1963)
• Hercules Against the Barbarians (1964)
• Revenge of The Gladiators (1964)
• Seven Rebel Gladiators (1965)
• Espionage in Tangier (1965)
• Operation Poker (1965)
• Maigret a Pigalle (1966)
• Last Man to Kill (1966)
• Special Code: Assignment Lost Formula (1966)
• Bury Them Deep (1968)
• All on the Red (1968)
• The Sicilian Connection (1972)
• Catene (1974)

References

1. Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 888440214X.
2. "Girotondo di José Greci". Stampa Sera (73). 26 March 1959. p. 8.

External links

• José Greci at the Internet Movie Database