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Gianna Maria Canale. Actress: Clash of Steel. Gianna Maria Canale was born on 12 September 1927 in Reggio di Calabria, Calabria, Italy. She was an actress, known for Clash of Steel (1962), Theodora, Slave Empress (1954) and Dead Woman's Kiss (1949).
- Actress
- September 12, 1927
- 1 min
- February 13, 2009
Gianna Maria Canale's Movies and TV Shows. Colossus and the Amazon Queen. 1960. 1 hr 20 min. TV-14. Adventure · Fantasy · Comedy · Foreign/International.
Canale was born in 1927 in Reggio Calabria. In 1947, she competed in the Miss Italia beauty contest, where she was runner-up to Lucia Bosè. Following this, she appeared in many Italian magazines, with her looks being compared to those of Ava Gardner . Canale was offered a role in a movie by Riccardo Freda, with whom she eventually fell in love.
YearTitleRole1946Riccardo Freda1946RigolettoMaddalena1948Countess Lehmann1948JacquelineFeb 13, 2009 · Gianna Maria Canale September 12, 1927 — February 13, 2009 • 81 y.o. (96)
- Woman
- Reggio Calabria, Italy
- Actress
- September 12, 1927
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Gianna Maria Canale. Actress: Clash of Steel. Gianna Maria Canale was born on 12 September 1927 in Reggio di Calabria, Calabria, Italy. She was an actress, known for Clash of Steel (1962), Theodora, Slave Empress (1954) and Dead Woman's Kiss (1949). She was previously married to Riccardo Freda. She died on 13 February 2009 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy.
A practioner of the "enigmatic femme fatale" school of screen performing, Italian actress Gianna Maria Canale was signed for a film contract immediately after competing in the 1946 Miss Italy contest. Most of Canale's film appearances were exotic to the point of self-mockery, as witness Theodora Slave Empress (1954) and Queen of the Pirates (1960).
