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She was born in Viareggio (Tuscany, Italy) on June 5th, 1946. She won a beauty contest when she was just 15 years old, which led to her first role in "Il federale" together with the great Italian actor Ugo Tognazzi. She was then cast by Germi for the Italian comedy "Divorzio all'Italiana", working with Marcello Mastroianni, but she became well known a few years later performing in the movie "Sedotta e abbandonata". At 16 she had a relationship with the Italian musician Gino Paoli and in 1964 she gave birth to her first daughter Amanda. In the 70s she worked with directors Bernardo Bertolucci, Ettore Scola, Comencini and acted with Vittorio Gassman, Dustin Hoffman (Alfredo, Alfredo), Robert De Niro and Gerard Depardieu (Novecento). In the 80s she performed her sexiest role in "La chiave" by Tinto Brass, which made her an erotic icon for a whole generation of men, and participated in important Italian movies (for example Speriamo che sia femmina, with Catherine Deneuve and Liv Ullman). In the 90s she especially worked for tv series and became very popular as Gigi Proietti's fiancée in "Il Maresciallo Rocca". She worked a little less for the cinema industry, nevertheless she participated in Bertolucci's "Io ballo da sola" and in Muccino's "L'ultimo bacio", where she portrayed a woman in the deep of a midlife crises. On September 10th 2005 she received the Golden Lion at the 62th Venice Film Festival for her life achievements. 

Stefania Sandrelli represents one of the few actresses who are able to age gracefully and still get interesting roles. She is still regarded as one of the most beautiful women in Italy and she is still able to charm the audience with her sweet smile and sparkling eyes.

On his role in La Chiave (1983): I didn&#39;t like being naked from morning to night, but I knew I was doing it for a good, if not noble, cause.

About Italian filmmaker Tinto Brass: It&#39;s one of the people with the biggest sense of humor I know. A fun, lovely and special character. And also humble. Only big men know how to combine these qualities. And Tinto is definitely a great man.

[on La Chiave (1983)] Tinto and I had already met in the world of cinema, but we had never worked together. Then, at almost forty years old, I received the offer to play the role of Teresa in The Key. In fact, the first time he spoke to my agent and explained what he had in mind for me. I liked the idea of ​​putting myself on the line right away, even though I was well aware that I was not at the usual age for a film like that.

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