Elissa Landi
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Elissa Landi is a working actress in Italian film and television, with the documentation thinner than the work itself. There is more work here than the profile suggests, 32 credits in all. Of the titles on record, 'After the Thin Man' is the one that gets cited, with Selma Forrest Landis as her character.
Elissa Landi
32 Movies
Elissa Landi is a working actress in Italian film and television, with the documentation thinner than the work itself. There is more work here than the profile suggests, 32 credits in all. Of the titles on record, 'After the Thin Man' is the one that gets cited, with Selma Forrest Landis as her character.
Movies
Plays Mercia
The Sign of the Cross
1932
Plays Selma Forrest Landis
After the Thin Man
1936
Plays Mercedes
The Count of Monte Cristo
1934
Plays Kersti
Sin
1928
Plays Princess Aurore
Crimson Dynasty
1935
Plays Carla
Body and Soul
1931
Plays Zita Marishka
The Great Flirtation
1934
Plays Marya Kalish
The Yellow Ticket
1931
Plays Jennifer Gage
Without Regret
1935
Plays Dr. Royce Lee Stockman
Corregidor
1943
Plays Nell
Underground
1928
Plays Margot Rande
Wicked
1931
Plays Korah Hurley / Collette
Knowing Men
1930
Plays Peter Dean
Mad Holiday
1936
Plays Lisa Della Robbia
Enter Madame
1935
Plays Myra Carson
A Passport to Hell
1932
Plays Helen Trent
The Thirteenth Chair
1937
Plays Eve Chilcote
The Masquerader
1933
Plays Marie
By Candlelight
1933
Plays Vicki Meredith
I Loved You Wednesday
1933
Plays Lila Banning
Always Goodbye
1931
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After the Thin Man
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Corregidor
Dr. Royce Lee Stockman
1943
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The Thirteenth Chair
Helen Trent
1937
Film
Hollywood Party
Herself - the Hostess
1937
Film
After the Thin Man
Selma Forrest Landis
1936
Film
Mad Holiday
Peter Dean
1936
Film
The Amateur Gentleman
Lady Cleone Meredith
1936
Film
Crimson Dynasty
Princess Aurore
1935
Film
Without Regret
Jennifer Gage
1935
Film
Enter Madame
Lisa Della Robbia
1935
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Is Elissa Landi still alive?
Elissa Landi passed away on October 21, 1948 at age 43.
What are the most famous roles of Elissa Landi?
Elissa Landi is best known for roles in After the Thin Man, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Sign of the Cross.
How many movies has Elissa Landi been in?
Over a 21-year career (since 1927), Elissa Landi has appeared in 31 movies and 0 TV shows.
What was Elissa Landi's first movie?
The career of Elissa Landi began with London (1927).
What is Elissa Landi's most recent movie or series?
Elissa Landi's most recent release is Corregidor, which premiered on March 29, 1943.
Elissa Landi
1904-12-06 · Venice, Italy
Elissa Landi (December 6, 1904 – October 21, 1948) was an Italian born actress who was popular in Hollywood films of the 1920s and 1930s. Rumoured to be a descendant of Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, she was noted for her aristocratic bearing.
Born Elisabeth Marie Christine Kühnelt in Venice, Landi was raised in Austria and educated in England.
Her first ambition was to be a writer, and she wrote her first novel at the age of twenty. She would return to writing during lulls in her acting career. She joined the Oxford Repertory Company at an early age, appearing in many British and American stage successes.
During the 1920s she appeared in British, French, and German films before travelling to the United States to appear in a Broadway production of A Farewell to Arms. She was signed to a contact by Fox Film Corporation (later 20th Century Fox) in 1931.
She played the heroine in Cecil B. De Mille's The Sign of the Cross (1932), but was overshadowed by Claudette Colbert who played the flashier role of Poppea. She was paired successfully with some of the major leading men, such as David Manners, Charles Farrell, Warner Baxter, and Ronald Colman in romantic dramas such as Body and Soul (1931) before appearing in the box office hit The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) with Robert Donat.
Her contract with Fox was abruptly cancelled in 1936 as a result of her refusal to accept a particular role. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer signed her to a contract and after a couple of romantic dramas she played the cousin of Myrna Loy in the very popular After the Thin Man (1936). After only two more films she retired, in 1943.
She became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1943, and dedicated herself to writing, producing six novels and a series of poems.
She died from cancer in Kingston, New York, and was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Newburyport, Massachusetts.
Elissa Landi has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to Motion Pictures, at 1615 Vine St.Elissa Landi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.