Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Little Known Spaghetti Western actors ~ Luisa Della Noce

[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]

Maria-Luisa Della Noce was born in San Giorgio di Nogaro, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy on May 28, 1923. She appeared in fourteen films between 1951 and 1982. Her film career began in 1951 with a supporting role in the film by Mario Bonnard, “L’ultima sentenza”, but success came only in 1956 when alongside Pietro Germi, in the double role of lead actor and director, played the part of his wife in “The Railwayman”. The skill and naturalness in the role demonstrated by Luisa Della Noce contributed to the great success of the film and, with this performance, won in 1956 the award for best female performance at the San Sebastian Festival.

Her last appearance on the big screen was in a minor role in 1982 in “Identification of a Woman” by Michelangelo Antonioni.

Luisa appeared in two Spaghetti westerns: “Con lui cavalca la morte” (Death Rides Alone) in 1967 as a pioneer woman and in “John il Bastardo” (John the Bastard) in 1967 as Sara Donald.

DELLA NOCE, Luisa (aka Malù Della Noce, Maria Luisa Della Noce) (Maria-Luisa Della Noce) [5/28/1923, San Giorgio di Nogaro, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy – 4/15/2008, Rome, Lazio, Italy] – film, voice actress.

Death Rides Along – 1967 (pioneer woman)

John the Bastard - 1967 (Sara Donald)

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