Nicoletta Machiavelli

Nicoletta Machiavelli (1 August 1944 – 15 November 2015) was an Italian film actress, also known as Nicoletta Rangoni Machiavelli and Nicoletta Macchiavelli.
Life and career
The daughter of a Florentine father and of an American mother, Machiavelli was a descendant of the philosopher and author Niccolò Machiavelli. She studied painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze.
Following an audition for the role of Eva in John Huston's The Bible: In the Beginning..., she was noted by the producer Dino De Laurentiis who put her under contract for seven years, a contract she eventually broke after three years.
Her first role was Ugo Tognazzi's wife in A Question of Honour, and following a few comedies, her early career was characterized by genre films, mainly Spaghetti Western, notably Sergio Corbucci's Navajo Joe.
Starting from the late 1960s Machiavelli started appearing in more ambitious art films, working with Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, Pietro Germi, Dino Risi, Sergio Citti, Andrzej Żuławski, and Liliana Cavani, among others.
In 1984, Machiavelli became a disciple of Osho and retired from show business. She eventually moved to Seattle, Washington, where among other things she taught Italian at the Bellevue College and at the University of Washington. She died of an undisclosed illness on 15 November 2015, aged 71.
Selected filmography
Thrilling (1965)
A Question of Honour (1966) – Domenicangela Piras
I nostri mariti (1966) – Roberta (segment "Il Marito di Roberta")
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1966) – Sylvia
The Hills Run Red (1966) – Mary Ann
Navajo Joe (1966) – Estella – Mrs. Lynne's maid
Matchless (1967) – Tipsy
Anyone Can Play (1968)
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die (1968) – Laurinda
Garter Colt (1968) – Lulu 'Garter' Colt
Hate Thy Neighbor (1968) – Peggy Savalas
Candy (1968) – Marquita
Scarabea: How Much Land Does a Man Need? (1969) – Scarabea
Temptation (1970) – Carla Veraldi
A Noose for Django (1969) – Maya
Monte Carlo or Bust! (1969) – Dominique
Carnal Circuit (1969) – Luisa Lamberti
It Takes a Thief, ep. "Who'll Bid Two Million Dollars?" (1969) – Varina
The Ravine (1969) – Anja Kovach
Necropolis (1970)
A Pocketful of Chestnuts (1970) – Teresa
Lover of the Great Bear (1971) – Leonia
The Policeman (1971)
Man with the Transplanted Brain (1971) – Héléna
Dirty Weekend (1973) – Sylva
Tony Arzenta (1973) – Anna – wife of Tony
La coppia (1973)
Bawdy Tales (1973) – Duchessa Caterina di Ronciglione
Die merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck (1973) – Amalie – sister of Frederick the Great
Icy Breasts (1974) – Mrs. Rilson
That Most Important Thing: Love (1975) – Luce, la femme de Lapade
Malicious Pleasure (1975) – Melisa
L'Année sainte (1976) – Carla, la terroriste
Free Hand for a Tough Cop (1976) – Mara
Beyond Good and Evil (1977) – Amanda
La fuite en avant (1983) – Fiama (final film role)
References
External links
Actress Machiavelli Now Star Teacher, bellevuecollege.edu; accessed 19 November 2015.
1944 births
2015 deaths
20th-century Italian actresses
American film actresses
American women academics
Italian emigrants to the United States
Italian film actresses
Italian women academics
Spaghetti Western actresses
Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze alumni
Italian people of American descent
21st-century American women