Halina Zalewska
Polish-born Italian actress
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Halina Zalewska (1940 – 19 August 1976) was a Polish-born Italian actress.
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Born1940
Poland
Died19 August 1976 (aged 36)
Rome, Italy
OccupationActress
RelativesEly Galleani (half-sister)
Halina Zalewska | |
|---|---|
Zalewska in The Long Hair of Death (1964) | |
| Born | 1940 Poland |
| Died | 19 August 1976 (aged 36) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Relatives | Ely Galleani (half-sister) |
Life and career
Born in Poland,[1] Zalewska was the daughter of a Polish noblewoman and an Italian businessman.[2] She spent her childhood in Alassio, her father's birthplace.[2] Her career was launched by winning the beauty pageant Miss Muretto (held at the Muretto in Alassio) in 1958.[2] She was very active in genre films, but her career include also a few art films, including a minor role in Luchino Visconti's The Leopard.[2]
Zalewska accidentally died in a fire in 1976, aged 36 years old.[2][3] She was the half-sister of actress Ely Galleani.[3]
Selected filmography
- Leoni al sole (1961) - Paola
- The Leopard (1963)
- Hercules, Samson and Ulysses (1963)
- The Warm Life (1964)
- Triumph of the Ten Gladiators (1964) - Myrta
- The Long Hair of Death (1964) - Lisabeth Karnstein
- Amore mio (1964)
- Hard Time for Princes (1965) - Luisetta
- Questo pazzo, pazzo mondo della canzone (1965)
- Giant of the Evil Island (1965) - Dona Alma Morales
- Seven Dollars on the Red (1966) - Mexican Woman (uncredited)
- An Angel for Satan (1966) - Luisa
- Agente segreto 777 - Invito ad uccidere (1966) - Frida
- War Between the Planets (1966) - Janet Norton
- The Ugly Ones (1966) - Eden
- La morte viene dal pianeta Aytin (1967) - Lt. Teri Sanchez
- Dynamite Joe (1967) - Betty
- Date for a Murder (1967) - Fidelia Forrester
- Gente d'onore (1967)
- Hate Is My God (1969) - Rosalie Field
- Nero Wolfe: Salsicce 'Mezzanotte' (1971, TV Series) - Dina Laszlo
- La polizia brancola nel buio (1975) - (final film role)