Italian Actress. Her career spanned five decades in which she appeared in over 60 films. Born Ines Isabella Sampietro, she worked as a typist while attending the Accademia dei Filodrammatici in Milan and training as a stage actress. She went on to play bit parts in Italian films in Rome. She landed success with Max Ophüls' film "La Signora di tutti" (Everybody's Woman - 1934) in which she played the role of 'Gaby Doriot', a famous film star and adventuress with whom men cannot help falling in love. This performance landed her a Hollywood contract with Paramount Pictures, and she was billed as the "Italian Marlene Dietrich." She played femme fatale roles in films such as "Hotel Imperial" (1939) and "Adventure in Diamonds" (1940). She returned to Italy soon after the outbreak of World War II and continued to act onstage and to make films. In 1949, she starred in René Clément's "The Walls of Malapaga" (1949), which won the 1950 Academy Award for the most outstanding foreign language film, and for Miranda, the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Other notable film appearances include "La Ronde" (1950). "Siamo donne" (We, the Women - 1953), "Summertime" (1955), "Gli Sbandati" (1955), "The Yellow Rolls-Royce" (1964, "The Shoes of the Fisherman" (1968), and "The Night Porter" (1974). She was married to the Italian film director and producer Alfredo Guarini until his death in 1981.
Italian Actress. Her career spanned five decades in which she appeared in over 60 films. Born Ines Isabella Sampietro, she worked as a typist while attending the Accademia dei Filodrammatici in Milan and training as a stage actress. She went on to play bit parts in Italian films in Rome. She landed success with Max Ophüls' film "La Signora di tutti" (Everybody's Woman - 1934) in which she played the role of 'Gaby Doriot', a famous film star and adventuress with whom men cannot help falling in love. This performance landed her a Hollywood contract with Paramount Pictures, and she was billed as the "Italian Marlene Dietrich." She played femme fatale roles in films such as "Hotel Imperial" (1939) and "Adventure in Diamonds" (1940). She returned to Italy soon after the outbreak of World War II and continued to act onstage and to make films. In 1949, she starred in René Clément's "The Walls of Malapaga" (1949), which won the 1950 Academy Award for the most outstanding foreign language film, and for Miranda, the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Other notable film appearances include "La Ronde" (1950). "Siamo donne" (We, the Women - 1953), "Summertime" (1955), "Gli Sbandati" (1955), "The Yellow Rolls-Royce" (1964, "The Shoes of the Fisherman" (1968), and "The Night Porter" (1974). She was married to the Italian film director and producer Alfredo Guarini until his death in 1981.
Bio by: William Bjornstad
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