Laurette Marcia Gemser is an Indonesian-Dutch retired actress, model and costume designer. She is primarily known for her work in Italian erotic cinema, most notably the Emanuelle series. Many of her films were collaborations with directors Joe D'Amato and Bruno Mattei.
Laura Betti was an Italian actress known particularly for her work with directors Federico Fellini, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Bernardo Bertolucci. She had a long friendship with Pasolini and made a documentary about him in 2001.
Monica Vitti was an Italian actress who starred in several award-winning films directed by Michelangelo Antonioni during the 1960s. She appeared with Marcello Mastroianni, Alain Delon, Richard Harris, Terence Stamp, and Dirk Bogarde. On her death, Italian culture minister Dario Franceschini called her "the Queen of Italian cinema".
Karin Schubert is a German actress. She appeared in film roles since 1970 and became a pornographic actress in the 1980s.
Mariangela Caterina Melato, sometimes billed as Maria Angela Melato, was an award-winning Italian film and theatre actress. She is most remembered for her roles in films of director Lina Wertmüller, including The Seduction of Mimi (1972), Love and Anarchy (1973), and Swept Away (1974). In cinema, she also appeared in films of Claude Chabrol, Elio Petri and Vittorio De Sica, and on stage in productions by Dario Fo, Luchino Visconti and Luca Ronconi. Her roles in English-language films include the 1980 science fiction film Flash Gordon.
Maria Christina "Tina" Aumont was an American actress. She was the daughter of French actor Jean-Pierre Aumont and Dominican actress Maria Montez. She made her acting debut in the British film Modesty Blaise (1966), but later had a prominent career as a leading lady in Italian films.
Anita Strindberg is a Swedish former actress who appeared in numerous Italian giallo films in the 1970s.
Luciano Salce was an Italian film director, comedian, television host, producer, actor and lyricist. His 1962 film Le pillole di Ercole was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.
Lea Massari is an Italian actress and singer.
Adalberto "Bitto" Albertini (1924–1999) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Agostina Belli is an Italian film actress. She has appeared in more than 50 films since 1968.
Giannetto De Rossi was an Italian makeup and special effects artist for motion pictures. His career included work for several high-profile directors, including Bernardo Bertolucci, Sergio Leone, Federico Fellini, Franco Zeffirelli, and David Lynch; as well as collaborations with cult filmmakers Lucio Fulci and Alexandre Aja. He was known particularly for his highly detailed and realistic prosthetic appliances, most visible in his horror output. He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Special Effects for the Oscar-winning The Last Emperor (1987).
Venantino Venantini was an Italian film actor. He was the father of Victoria Venantini and Luca Venantini and appeared in more than 140 films between 1954 and 2018.
Dagmar Lassander is a German actress.
Emmanuelle is the lead character in a series of French erotic films based on the protagonist in the novel of the same name, by Emmanuelle Arsan, written in 1959 and published in 1967.
Giuseppe Caruso, best known as Pino Caruso, was an Italian actor, author and television personality.
Annabella Incontrera, sometimes credited as Pam Stevenson, was an Italian film and television actress.
Paola Senatore is an Italian retired film actress.
Gabriele Tinti was an Italian actor who was married to actress and model Laura Gemser.
Malisa Longo is an Italian actress, model and writer.
