Incontrera, Annabella

[Emiliano]

Annabella Incontrera on the set of "Il ritorno di Sabata" (1971)

Annabella Incontrera was a quite active actress in the genre Italian movies of the 1960s and '70s. She was most famous for her "maneater" or "vamp" roles.

Biographical note

Annabella Incontrera was born on June 11, 1943 in Saronno (Varese). She entered in the world of entertainment after having attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, but without having completed its studies[1].

In the 1969 she married Guglielmo Biraghi, film critic of the newspaper "Il messaggero", from whom she has a son, but the marriage ends soon in separation.

On the silver screen she usually plays not important roles, and rarely manages to emerge as a true protagonist; it is the case of minor productions such as Operazione Goldsnake (1966) by Ferdinando Baldi and in A suon di lupara (1968) by Luigi Petrini. She appears in the western vein, in such titles as Un poker di pistole (1967) by Giuseppe Vari and Quella carogna di Frank Mitraglia (1968) by John Berry.

In the 1969 she plays a lesbian role in the thriller A doppia faccia by Riccardo Freda. The little notoriety that gets from that "scandalous" role, favors her in numerous films participations, in which usually she interprets the prototype of the malicious lesbian (Roma bene - 1971 by Carlo Lizzani, Sette scialli di seta gialla - 1972 by Sergio Pastore, Perché quelle strane gocce di sangue sul corpo di Jennifer? - 1972 by Giuliano Carmineo). Other times she had the role of the femme fatale, like in Amore formula 2 (1970) by Mario Amendola.

She also appears on some photonovels ("Sogno", "GrandHotel") and on TV, where she worked in various series, of which the most famous was L'Eneide (1971) by Franco Rossi. Her film career ended in 1980, after about thirty films, with the thriller Enigma by José Ramón Larraz.

In 1998, she revealed that she was Geoffrey Robinson's lover of Tony Blair's government for twenty-five years[2, 3]. From the 90s she suffering from osteoporosis and using a wheelchair[4].

1. Dizionario del cinema italiano. Le attrici (Lancia, Poppi).
2. La Repubblica (April 20, 1998).
3. The Guardian (October 31, 2001).
4. Birmingham Post & Mail Ltd, 1998.

Filmography

1959

1. L'inferno addosso .... Michela "Micky" Borsato (credited)
   
   1961
2. Maciste contro il Vampiro .... Magda (credited)
   
   1966
3. Goldsnake "Anonima Killers" .... Evelyne (credited)
4. L'arcidiavolo .... Lucrezia (credited)
   
   1967
5. A suon di lupara .... Lucienne (credited)
6. The Ambushers .... Annabella (credited as "Annabella")
7. Un poker di pistole .... Lola (credited)
   
   1968
8. A tout casser / Quella carogna di Frank Mitraglia .... Eva (credited)
   
   1969
9. A doppia faccia .... Liz (credited)
10. The Assassination Bureau .... Eleonora Spado (credited)
11. Una ragazza chiamata Amore .... Cécile (credited)
    
    1970
12. Amore formula 2 .... Loreley (credited)
13. Commando di spie .... Madeleine (credited)
14. I pirati dell'isola verde .... Isabella (credited)
15. La sfida dei MacKenna .... Maggie (credited)
    
    1971
16. È tornato Sabata... hai chiuso un'altra volta! .... Saloon girl Maggie (credited)
17. Eneide (TV mini series) - Episode 2 .... Helen of Troy (credited)
18. La tarantola dal ventre nero .... Mirta Ricci, the furrier (credited)
19. Roma bene .... Betty's friend at phone (credited)
    
    1972
20. L'illazione (TV Movie) .... Monica (credited)
21. Perchè quelle strane gocce di sangue sul corpo di Jennifer? .... Sheila (credited)
22. Rivelazioni di un maniaco sessuale al capo della squadra mobile .... Franca Santangeli (credited)
23. Sette scialli di seta gialla .... Helga Schurn (credited)
    
    1973
24. Il gatto di Brooklyn aspirante detective .... Countess Gravida De Porcaris (credited)
    
    1978
25. Le braghe del padrone .... Dinner guest (credited)
    
    1979
26. La vedova e il piedipiatti (TV series) - ep.: "Parola di lode" .... Jole Labo (credited)

Filmography to check

• Incontro notturno (Short, 1961)
• Una domenica d'estate (1962)
• L'uomo che bruciò il suo cadavere (1964)
• L'imboscata (1967) .... Slaygirl (as Annabella)
• Quei disperati che puzzano di sudore e di morte (1969) .... Carol Day
• Due ragazzi da marciapiede (1970) .... Matilde
• Le calde notti di Don Giovanni (1971) .... Maddalena
• Le belve (1971) - segment "Processo a porte chiuse" .... Carmela Sparapaoli
• La colonna infame (1972) .... Arconati's lover
• All'ultimo minuto (TV Series, 1973) - season 3, ep. 4: "Scala reale" .... Barbara
• Il viaggio (1974) .... Simona
• Verginità (1974)
• Ciak si muore (1974) .... Lucia
• Paolo Barca, maestro elementare, praticamente nudista (1975)
• Estigma (1980) .... Miguel's mother

No Isabella!

Films in which she's listed on some Databases but she does not appear at all.

• Quando gli uomini armarono la clava e... con le donne fecero din-don (1971) as Prehistoric woman (uncredited) - No trace of her.

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Her first movie, L'inferno addosso (1959) as Micki

[Emiliano]

As Loreley, a traitor and opportunist femme-fatale, in Amore formula 2 (1970)

[PeplumParadise]

L'arcidiavolo (1966) credited, as Lucrezia

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I pirati dell'isola verde (1970) credited, as Isabella

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Maciste contro il Vampiro (1961) credited, as Magda.
This film is due out on blu-ray very soon, so hopefully I'll be able to upgrade the images before long.

A photo on the set.

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Commando di spie (1970) as Madeleine. A rare leading role for Annabella, appearing here as a sensual French resistance girl during WW2.

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Un poker di pistole (1967) credited, as Lola

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[Emiliano]

A big part in the cult Giallo Perchè quelle strane gocce di sangue sul corpo di Jennifer? (1972) as Sheila.
Here she plays a lesbian woman who allusively tries to seduce the protagonists, Edwige Fenech and Paola Quattrini. Her role is very nice and important and as usual her malicious and aristocratic charm is very well expressed.