RIP José Greci

Italian actress José Greci died on June 1^st in Rome, Italy. She was 76.Her death was confirmed by her friend actress Martine Brochard on her Facebook page. Giuseppina Greci on January 10, 1941 in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, the daughter of the journalist and television writer Luigi Greci, in 1956 at just fifteen years old Greci enrolled the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Art; after two years she left the Academy to debut on stage. She made her film debut in 1959, playing the Virgin Mary in William Wyler's “Ben-Hur”. From there she started appearing in dozens of genre films, soon becoming one of the most prolific actresses in the 1960s Italian cinema, particularly becoming a star in the sword-and-sandal and euro-spy genres. She was also active on television before she gradually abandoned her career in 1974. Greci appeared in one Euro-western 1968’s “Bury Them Deep” as Consuelo/Pepita and starring Craig Hill.