Podestà, Rossana (1934–)
Podestà, Rossana (1934–)
Italian-Argentine actress. Name variations: Rossanna Podesta, Rossana Podesta. Born Carla Podestà, June 20, 1934, in Tripoli, Libya, to Italian-Argentine parents.
Star of Italian and international films, made debut in Strano appuntamento (1950), and came to prominence in title role of Helen of Troy (1956); other films include Santiago, La Bigorne, Raw Wind in Eden, La furia dei barbari, Sodom and Gomorrah, Solo contro Roma, La vergine di Norimberga, Sette uomini d'oro, Homo Eroticus, Il gatto mammone, Siete chicas peligrosas, Sunday Lovers and Hercules.
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