Elissa Landi

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Birth Name: Elizabeth Marie Christine Kühnelt

Born: 6 December 1904 Died: 21 October 1948

Country of origin: Italy

Height: 5' 5"

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Description: 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 Elizabeth Marie Christine Kühnelt in Venice, Italy, 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. During the 1920s she appeared in British, French, and German films before travelling to the United States to appear i ... (more)