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Attractive, dark-haired and blessed with a pair of piercing blue eyes, Karen Valenti tried her luck in Italian cinema during the late 1960s, and though she never became famous, she managed to land a small role that is still widely remembered by fans of Italian giallo cinema: that of the young girl stabbed to death in the elevator in Dario Argento's renowned L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo (1970). The image of Karen being brutally stabbed to death with a razor has become iconic of the film and has been featured in countless cover art and posters etc.

Sadly, Karen Valenti only had one other credited role: a very brief part in Il trapianto (1970), but did appear as a background actress in various other films at the end of the 1960s and start of the 1970s.

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1969

1. Camille 2000 .... Party guest (uncredited)
2. Femina ridens .... Musician on the train (uncredited)
3. Gli intoccabili .... Cloakroom employee (uncredited)
4. Scacco alla regina .... Party guest (uncredited)
5. Una su 13 .... Girl in barber shop (uncredited)
   
   1970
6. Ciakmull - L'uomo della vendetta .... Saloon girl (uncredited)
7. Il trapianto .... Margherita (credited)
8. L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo .... The fifth victim (credited)
9. Principe coronato cercasi per ricca ereditiera .... One of Grace's friends (uncredited)
10. Satiricosissimo .... Woman at the feast (uncredited)

Karen's most famous role in Dario Argento's landmark giallo L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo (1970) as The fifth victim
Images of this famous scene appears in numerous lobby cards and poster art etc. Here are two examples

Uncredited in Scacco alla regina (1969) as Party guest together with Bruno Alias

With Bruno Alias again in Camille 2000 (1969) as Party guest

Ciakmull - L'uomo della vendetta (1970) as Saloon girl

Principe coronato cercasi per ricca ereditiera (1970) as One of Grace's friends.

Uncredited but fairly large role here for Karen as one of the girls seduced by Franco Franchi.

Una su 13 (1969) as Girl in barber shop

Satiricosissimo (1970) as Woman at the feast

Femina ridens (1969) as Musician on the train (uncredited)

Gli intoccabili (1969) as Cloakroom employee
Only seeing for a minute.