RIP Sandra Milo

 

RIP Sandra Milo One of Italy’s most popular film and television actresses Sandra Milo died in Rome on January 29^th at the age of 90. She was born Salvatrice Elena Greco in Tunis on March 11, 1933. Sandra made her film debut at age 20 in 1955 co-starring alongside Alberto Sordi in “Lo scapolo”. For the next full decade, she unleashed her fiery figure on a number of tempted male players in scores of saucy comedies, feisty costumers and steamy melodramas. Such films included “Nero's Mistress” (1956), “The Mirror Has Two Faces” (1958), “Toto in the Moon” (1958), “General Della Rovere” (1959), and the period comedy romp “The Green Mare” (1959) starring the great French actor Bourvil. Milo appeared to fine advantage in two of Fellini's greatest masterpieces “8½” (1963) and “Juliet of the Spirits” (1965). Leaving films in 1968, Sandra was little seen on camera and did not return to the big screen until over a decade later, now sporadically appearing as severe-looking blondes. Milo was married twice and had three children. She appeared in two Spaghetti westerns: as Gwenda Skaggel in 1967’s “Bang Bang Kid” with Guy Madison and Tom Bosley and as Liz in 1968’s “Dead for a Dollar” starring George Hilton and John Ireland.