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Nicoletta Machiavelli(1944-2015)

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Nicoletta Machiavelli
A Native American warrior seeks revenge on the gang of sadistic scalphunters-turned-bank robbers who massacred his tribe.
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Navajo Joe (1966)
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Full name - Nicholetta Rangoni Machiavelli. The first role in a long movie was in Luigi Zampa's Una questione d'onore (1966), produced in 1965. In 1969, was nominated as best actress for the German Academy Award for her role of Scarabea in the film Scarabea - wieviel Erde braucht der Mensch? (1969).

Machiavelli played in film sketches and movies with many of the good Italian and French directors of her time: Alberto Lattuada, Liliana Cavani, Carlo Lizzani, Dino Risi, Andrzej Zoulawski, Georges Lautner.

In 1978 she became a Rajneeshee, a follower of the spiritual teacher Rajneesh, later known as Osho, and after two more films, she stopped her career and moved to Rajnespuram (Wasco County, Oregon, USA).

In 1985 she settled in Seattle (USA), where she was an interpreter and Italian language teacher at the University of Washington. Occasionally worked as a guide on inclusive tours in her home country.

She passed away on November 15, 2015 in Seattle, Washington, USA.
BornSeptember 8, 1944
DiedNovember 15, 2015(71)
BornSeptember 8, 1944
DiedNovember 15, 2015(71)
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    • 1 nomination total

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Nicoletta Machiavelli in Scarabea - wieviel Erde braucht der Mensch? (1969)
Scarabea - wieviel Erde braucht der Mensch?
7.2
  • Scarabea
  • 1969
Romy Schneider and Fabio Testi in That Most Important Thing: Love (1975)
That Most Important Thing: Love
7.0
  • Luce
  • 1975
Matchless (1967)
Matchless
5.2
  • Tipsy
  • 1967
Garter Colt (1968)
Garter Colt
5.3
  • Lulu 'Garter' Colt
  • 1968

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Actress



  • L'autunno del generale
    TV Movie
    • 1982
  • La fuite en avant (1980)
    La fuite en avant
    6.2
    • Fiama
    • 1980
  • Erland Josephson, Robert Powell, and Dominique Sanda in Beyond Good and Evil (1977)
    Beyond Good and Evil
    6.3
    • Amanda
    • 1977
  • Tomas Milian in Tough Cop (1976)
    Tough Cop
    6.4
    • Mara Scarlatti
    • 1976
  • L'année sainte (1976)
    L'année sainte
    6.3
    • Carla, la terroriste
    • 1976
  • Anny Duperey, Claude Jade, Mary Marquet, Cécile Vassort, and Jacques Weber in Evil Pleasure (1975)
    Evil Pleasure
    5.6
    • Melisa
    • 1975
  • Romy Schneider and Fabio Testi in That Most Important Thing: Love (1975)
    That Most Important Thing: Love
    7.0
    • Luce
    • 1975
  • Alain Delon, Mireille Darc, and Claude Brasseur in Someone Is Bleeding (1974)
    Someone Is Bleeding
    5.7
    • Mrs. Rilson
    • 1974
  • Bawdy Tales (1973)
    Bawdy Tales
    5.7
    • Duchessa Caterina di Ronciglione
    • 1973
  • La coppia
    • Roberta
    • 1973
  • Alain Delon in No Way Out (1973)
    No Way Out
    6.7
    • Anna Arzenta
    • 1973
  • Marcello Mastroianni in Dirty Weekend (1973)
    Dirty Weekend
    6.3
    • Sylva
    • 1973
  • Merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck (1973)
    Merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck
    8.3
    TV Mini Series
    • Amalie
    • 1973
  • Lungo il fiume e sull'acqua (1973)
    Lungo il fiume e sull'acqua
    7.5
    TV Mini Series
    • Billie Reynolds
    • 1973
  • L'homme au cerveau greffé (1972)
    L'homme au cerveau greffé
    6.4
    • Héléna
    • 1972

Producer



  • Garter Colt (1968)
    Garter Colt
    5.3
    • producer (uncredited)
    • 1968

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  • Alternative names
    • Nicoletta Macchiavelli
  • Height
    • 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
  • Born
    • September 8, 1944
    • Ravarino, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
  • Died
    • November 15, 2015
    • Seattle, Washington, USA(undisclosed)
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    • 1 Article
    • 2 Pictorials
    • 2 Magazine Cover Photos

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    The weekly magazine "Novella 2000," #19, May 7, 1970, published in Milan, Italy, revealed in a two pages illustrated article, how the actress was expecting to have a baby in London, England, before marrying her boyfriend Carmelo Patrono. At the time she was living with her boyfriend's mother.

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