Greta Scacchi

Greta Scacchi (born February 18, 1960) is an actress.

Scacchi was born as Greta Gracco in Milan, Italy. Her mother was an English dancer and her father was an Italian painter. Greta's parents divorced when she was three. Her mother returned to England with Greta. In 1975, Greta's family (her mother had now remarried) moved to Australia.

In 1977, Scacchi returned to England to pursue an acting career. She studied at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, with Miranda Richardson and Amanda Redman. In 1982, Scacchi made her film debut in the German movie Das Zweite Gesicht (The Second Face).

Scacchi married actor Vincent D'Onofrio in 1991. The marriage lasted approximately eighteen months. The couple have a daughter Leila. Scacchi also has a son, Matteo, from a 1998 relationship with her cousin Carlo Mantegazza.

Filmography

  • Das Zweite Gesicht (1982) German
  • Dead On Time (1982)
  • Heat and Dust (1983)
  • Waterfront (1984) TV miniseries
  • Camille (1984) TV movie
  • The Ebony Tower (1984)
  • The Coca-Cola Kid (1985)
  • Dr. Fischer of Geneva (1985) Australian TV movie
  • Burke & Wills (1985)
  • Defence of the Realm (1985)
  • Un homme amoureux (1987) (aka A Man in Love) Italian
  • Good Morning, Babylon (1987)
  • White Mischief (1987)
  • Paura e amore (1988) (aka Fear and Love) French
  • La Donna della luna (1988) (aka The Moon Woman) Italian
  • Presumed Innocent (1990)
  • Fires Within (1991)
  • Shattered (1991)
  • Turtle Beach (1992)
  • The Player (1992)
  • Salt on Our Skin (1992)
  • The Browning Version (1994)
  • Country Life (1994)
  • Jefferson in Paris (1995)
  • Rasputin (1996) TV movie - Scacchi won an Emmy for her performance
  • Cosi (1996)
  • Emma (1996)
  • The Serpent's Kiss (1997)
  • The Odyssey (1997) TV movie
  • Macbeth (1998) TV movie
  • Le Violon rouge (1998) (aka The Red Violin) French
  • Love and Rage (1998)
  • The Manor (1999)
  • Tom's Midnight Garden (1999)
  • Cotton Mary (1999)
  • Ladies Room (1999)
  • Looking for Alibrandi (2000)
  • One of the Hollywood Ten (2000)
  • Christmas Glory 2000 (2000) TV movie
  • Festival in Cannes (2001)
  • The Farm (2001) TV miniseries
  • Daniel Deronda (2002) TV miniseries
  • Jeffrey Archer: The Truth (2002) TV movie
  • Baltic Storm (2003)
  • Il Ronzio delle mosche (2003) (aka The Buzz of the Flies) Italian
  • Sotto falso nome (2004) (aka Under False Name) Italian
  • Beyond the Sea (2004)

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Filmography. After her death, biographies began to report these rumors as fact, with several sources who had known both Stanwyck and Taylor willing to go on record and verify these claims. Scacchi also has a son, Matteo, from a 1998 relationship with her cousin Carlo Mantegazza. During her life, Stanwyck was the subject of rumor that she was a lesbian, and that her marriage to the actor Robert Taylor was a "lavender marriage", designed to conceal the fact that both were homosexual. The couple have a daughter Leila. Her last starring role was in 1985, in The Colbys. The marriage lasted approximately eighteen months. In her later years, she also starred in television, notably in the 1960s Western series, The Big Valley.

Scacchi married actor Vincent D'Onofrio in 1991. She received an Academy Honorary Award "for superlative creativity and unique contribution to the art of screen acting" in 1982. In 1982, Scacchi made her film debut in the German movie Das Zweite Gesicht (The Second Face). Stanwyck starred in almost a hundred films during her career and received four nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress: Stella Dallas (1937), Ball of Fire (1941), Double Indemnity (1944), and Sorry, Wrong Number (1948). She studied at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, with Miranda Richardson and Amanda Redman. The play starred a British actress named Joan Stanwyck. In 1977, Scacchi returned to England to pursue an acting career. She took her stage name from the name of a play, "Barbara Frietchie", about a fictional Civil War heroine.

In 1975, Greta's family (her mother had now remarried) moved to Australia. She was born in New York City, and her mother died when she was only four. Her mother returned to England with Greta. Barbara Stanwyck (born Ruby Katherine Stevens) (July 16, 1907 - January 20, 1990) was an American film and television actress. Greta's parents divorced when she was three. "Barbara Stanwyck, Actress, Dead at 82." The New York Times. January 22, 1990. D11. Her mother was an English dancer and her father was an Italian painter. Flint.

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Il Ronzio delle mosche (2003) (aka The Buzz of the Flies) Italian. Ladies of Leisure (1930). Baltic Storm (2003). Illicit (1931). Jeffrey Archer: The Truth (2002) TV movie. Ten Cents a Dance (1931). Daniel Deronda (2002) TV miniseries. The Slippery Pearls (aka The Stolen Jools) (short) (1931).

The Farm (2001) TV miniseries. The Miracle Woman (1931). Festival in Cannes (2001). Night Nurse (1931). Christmas Glory 2000 (2000) TV movie. Forbidden (1932). One of the Hollywood Ten (2000). Shopworn (1932).

Looking for Alibrandi (2000). So Big! (1932). Ladies Room (1999). The Purchase Price (1932). Cotton Mary (1999). The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933). Tom's Midnight Garden (1999). Baby Face (1933).

The Manor (1999). Ladies They Talk About (aka Women in Prison) (1933). Love and Rage (1998). Ever in My Heart (1933). Le Violon rouge (1998) (aka The Red Violin) French. A Lost Lady (aka Courageous) (1934)*. Macbeth (1998) TV movie. The Secret Bride (aka Concealment) (1934).

The Odyssey (1997) TV movie. Gambling Lady (1934). The Serpent's Kiss (1997). Annie Oakley (1935). Emma (1996). The Woman in Red (1935). Cosi (1996). Red Salute (aka Arms and the Girl) (aka Her Enlisted Man) (aka Her Uncle Sam) (aka Runaway Daughter) (1935).

Rasputin (1996) TV movie - Scacchi won an Emmy for her performance. His Brother's Wife (aka Lady of the Tropics) (1936). Jefferson in Paris (1995). A Message to Garcia (1936). Country Life (1994). The Plough and the Stars (1936). The Browning Version (1994). The Bride Walks Out (1936).

Salt on Our Skin (1992). Banjo on My Knee (1936). The Player (1992). This Is My Affair (aka His Affair) (1937). Turtle Beach (1992). Stella Dallas (1937). Shattered (1991). Breakfast for Two (1937).

Fires Within (1991). Internes Can't Take Money (aka You Can't Take Money) (1937). Presumed Innocent (1990). The Mad Miss Manton (1938). La Donna della luna (1988) (aka The Moon Woman) Italian. Always Goodbye (1938). Paura e amore (1988) (aka Fear and Love) French. Golden Boy (1939).

White Mischief (1987). Union Pacific (1939). Good Morning, Babylon (1987). Remember the Night (1940). Un homme amoureux (1987) (aka A Man in Love) Italian. Meet John Doe (aka John Doe, Dynamite) (1941). Defence of the Realm (1985). You Belong to Me (aka Good Morning, Doctor) (1941).

Burke & Wills (1985). Ball of Fire (aka The Professor and the Burlesque Queen) (1941). Fischer of Geneva (1985) Australian TV movie. The Lady Eve (1941). Dr. The Great Man's Lady (1942). The Coca-Cola Kid (1985). The Gay Sisters (1942).

The Ebony Tower (1984). Lady of Burlesque (aka The G-String Murders) (aka Striptease Lady) (1943). Camille (1984) TV movie. Flesh and Fantasy (aka Six Destinies) (1943). Waterfront (1984) TV miniseries. Double Indemnity (1944). Heat and Dust (1983). Hollywood Canteen (1944).

Dead On Time (1982). Christmas in Connecticut (aka Indiscretion) (1945). Das Zweite Gesicht (1982) German. My Reputation (1946). The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946). California (1946).

The Bride Wore Boots (1946). Carrolls (1947). The Two Mrs. Variety Girl (1947).

The Other Love (1947). Cry Wolf (1947). Sorry, Wrong Number (1948). F.'s Daughter (aka Polly Fulton) (1948).

B. No Man of Her Own (aka I Married a Dead Man) (1949). The Lady Gambles (1949). The File on Thelma Jordan, (aka Thelma Jordan) (1949).

East Side, West Side (1949). To Please a Lady (aka Red Hot Wheels) (1950). The Furies (1950). The Man with a Cloak (1951).

Clash by Night (1952). Titanic (1953). The Moonlighter (1953). All I Desire (aka Stopover) (aka You Belong to Me) (1953).

Jeopardy (1953). Blowing Wild (1953). Witness to Murder (1954). Executive Suite (1954).

Cattle Queen of Montana (1954). The Violent Men (aka The Bandits)(aka Rough Company) (1955). Escape to Burma (1955). The Maverick Queen (1956).

These Wilder Years (1956). There's Always Tomorrow (1956). Crime of Passion (1957). Trooper Hook (1957).

Forty Guns (1957). Walk on the Wild Side (1962). Roustabout (1964). The Night Walker (aka The Dream Killer) (1964).