{{Short description|Italian actress (1944–2015)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox person | image = Nicoletta Machiavelli.png | caption = Machiavelli in the movie ''[[Our Husbands]]'' (1966) | name = Nicoletta Machiavelli | birth_date = {{birth date|1944|8|1|df=y}} | birth_place = Stuffione, [[Ravarino]], [[Province of Modena|Modena]], Kingdom of Italy | death_date = {{death date and age|2015|11|15|1944|8|1|df=y}} | death_place = [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], U.S. | other_names = {{ubl|Nicoletta Rangoni Machiavelli|Nicoletta Macchiavelli}} | occupation = Actress (until 1983) | years_active = 1965–1983 }}
'''Nicoletta Machiavelli''' (1 August 1944 – 15 November 2015) was an Italian film actress, also known as '''Nicoletta Rangoni Machiavelli''' and '''Nicoletta Macchiavelli'''.
==Life and career== The daughter of a [[Florence|Florentine]] father and of an [[Americans|American]] mother, Machiavelli was a descendant of the political philosopher and historian [[Niccolò Machiavelli]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Eugenia Sheppard|title=What's Behind the Gipsy Look|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e8cDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA35 |magazine=[[New York Magazine]] |pages=31–35|accessdate=4 December 2011|date=31 March 1969}}<br /> - {{cite journal|title="Machiavellian" Has New Meaning|journal=[[Youngstown Vindicator]]|date=24 June 1969|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H49IAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IoQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4093,2944817&dq=nicoletta-machiavelli&hl=en|accessdate=4 December 2011}}</ref> She studied painting at the [[Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze]].<ref name="auto">{{cite news|last1=Mike Barnes|title=Nicoletta Machiavelli, Beautiful Star of Spaghetti Westerns, Dies at 71|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/nicoletta-machiavelli-dead-navajo-joe-842501|accessdate=6 November 2016|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=20 November 2015}}</ref>
Following an audition for the role of Eva in [[John Huston]]'s ''[[The Bible: In the Beginning...]]'', she was noted by the producer [[Dino De Laurentiis]] who put her under contract for seven years, a contract she eventually broke after three years.<ref name="bio">{{cite news|last1=[[Marco Giusti]]|title=Addio a Nicoletta Machiavelli, la nobile reginetta degli spaghetti western|url=http://www.dagospia.com/rubrica-2/media_e_tv/necrologio-giusti-addio-nicoletta-machiavelli-nobile-113219.htm|accessdate=19 November 2015|work=[[:it:Dagospia|Dagospia]]|date=18 November 2015}}</ref>
Her first role was [[Ugo Tognazzi]]'s wife in ''[[A Question of Honour (film)|A Question of Honour]]'', and following a few comedies, her early career was characterized by genre films, mainly [[spaghetti Western]], notably [[Sergio Corbucci]]'s ''[[Navajo Joe]]''.<ref name="bio"/>
Starting from the late 1960s Machiavelli started appearing in more ambitious [[art film]]s, working with [[Hans-Jürgen Syberberg]], [[Pietro Germi]], [[Dino Risi]], [[Sergio Citti]], [[Andrzej Żuławski]], and [[Liliana Cavani]], among others.<ref name="bio"/>
In 1984, Machiavelli became a disciple of [[Rajneesh|Osho]] and retired from show business.<ref>{{cite news|last=Enrico Franceschini|title=Nel paradiso arancione del guru con la Rolls|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1985/07/25/nel-paradiso-arancione-del-guru-con-la.html|newspaper=[[La Repubblica]]|accessdate=2 January 2012|date=25 July 1985}}</ref> She eventually moved to [[Seattle]], Washington, where among other things she taught Italian at the [[Bellevue College]] and at the [[University of Washington]].<ref name="auto"/> She died of an undisclosed illness on 15 November 2015, aged 71.<ref name="bio" /><ref>Obituary: [http://www.oshonews.com/2015/11/anado/ "Ma Prem Anado"], OshoNews.com, 17 November 2015; retrieved 19 November 2015.</ref>
==Selected filmography== [[File:Nicoletta Machiavelli 64.JPG|thumb|Nicoletta Machiavelli, 1964]] {{Div col|colwidth=30em}} * ''[[Thrilling (film)|Thrilling]]'' (1965) * ''[[A Question of Honour (film)|A Question of Honour]]'' (1966) – Domenicangela Piras * ''[[Our Husbands]]'' (1966) – Roberta (segment "Il Marito di Roberta") * ''[[Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die]]'' (1966) – Sylvia * ''[[The Hills Run Red (1966 film)|The Hills Run Red]]'' (1966) – Mary Ann * ''[[Navajo Joe]]'' (1966) – Estella – Mrs. Lynne's maid * ''[[Matchless (film)|Matchless]]'' (1967) – Tipsy * ''[[Anyone Can Play]]'' (1968) * ''[[A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die (film)|A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die]]'' (1968) – Laurinda * ''[[Garter Colt]]'' (1968) – Lulu 'Garter' Colt * ''[[Hate Thy Neighbor]]'' (1968) – Peggy Savalas * ''[[Candy (1968 film)|Candy]]'' (1968) – Marquita * ''[[Scarabea: How Much Land Does a Man Need?]]'' (1969) – Scarabea * ''[[Temptation (1968 film)|Temptation]]'' (1970) – Carla Veraldi * ''[[A Noose for Django]]'' (1969) – Maya * ''[[Monte Carlo or Bust!]]'' (1969) – Dominique * ''[[Carnal Circuit]]'' (1969) – Luisa Lamberti * ''[[It Takes a Thief (1968 TV series)|It Takes a Thief]]'', ep. "[[List of It Takes a Thief (1968 TV series) episodes|Who'll Bid Two Million Dollars?]]" (1969) – Varina * ''[[The Ravine]]'' (1969) – Anja Kovach * ''[[Necropolis (film)|Necropolis]]'' (1970) * ''[[A Pocketful of Chestnuts]]'' (1970) – Teresa * ''[[Lover of the Great Bear]]'' (1971) – Leonia * ''[[The Policeman]]'' (1971) * ''[[Man with the Transplanted Brain]]'' (1971) – Héléna * ''[[Dirty Weekend (1973 film)|Dirty Weekend]]'' (1973) – Sylva * ''[[Tony Arzenta]]'' (1973) – Anna – wife of Tony * ''La coppia'' (1973) * ''[[Bawdy Tales]]'' (1973) – Duchessa Caterina di Ronciglione * ''[[Die merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck]]'' (1973) – Amalie – sister of [[Frederick the Great]] * ''[[Icy Breasts]]'' (1974) – Mrs. Rilson * ''[[That Most Important Thing: Love]]'' (1975) – Luce, la femme de Lapade * ''[[Malicious Pleasure]]'' (1975) – Melisa * ''L'Année sainte'' (1976) – Carla, la terroriste * ''[[Free Hand for a Tough Cop]]'' (1976) – Mara * ''[[Beyond Good and Evil (film)|Beyond Good and Evil]]'' (1977) – Amanda * ''La fuite en avant'' (1983) – Fiama (final film role) {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|0532609}} * [https://www.bellevuecollege.edu/magazine/2015/06/01/former-actress-machiavelli-now-star-teacher Actress Machiavelli Now Star Teacher], bellevuecollege.edu; accessed 19 November 2015.
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