Bernard Brumberg "  Elsa Martinelli "

Elsa Martinelli, whose real name Tia Elsa (born January 13, 1935 in Grosseto in Tuscany, Italy) is an Italian film actress.

She began her career as a fashion model before turning to filmmaking.

Child of a large family and very poor, Elsa Martinelli becomes international model because of its great beauty. The American actor Kirk Douglas notices a picture of her in Life magazine and offered him a role in a western.

Elsa Martinelli's strat in film are dazzling, thanks to its role in the Indian River Fighter (André De Toth, 1955), which still marks the minds of many moviegoers. This woman of rare beauty is coupled with an excellent actress.

At home in melodrama (The Daughter of rice, Raffaello Matarazzo, 1955) as in comedy (Donatella, Mario Monicelli, 1955), it has an international career.

Sophistication seduces Roger Vadim, who offered her the role of a vampire and die of pleasure (1959). She alternates the prestige films (dried Ha!, Howard Hawks, 1960, The Trial, Orson Welles, 1962) and more intimate dramas (The Amica, Alberto Lattuada, 1969).

From the 1970s, his activities as a businesswoman taking over on her film career. Elsa Martinelli is embarking on creating a fashion design company and clothing based in Rome and Milan.

Elsa Martinelli is the mother of actress Cristiana Mancinelli Italian.