Edwige Sfenek was born in Bône, Constantine, France on December 24, 1948. As Edwige Fenech she moved from Nice to Rome in 1967 for her first Italian film “Samoa, Queen of the Jungle” by Guido Malatesta. In 1968, she came under contract with Austrian director Franz Antel and from the late 1960s to early 1970s, she acted in various films of Antel (including his “Frau Wirtin” series) as well as that of Franz Marischk.
Fenech starred in many genres of cinema but her greatest commercial success came with commedia sexy all'italiana films, particularly including earlier works Ubalda, “All Naked and Warm” (1972) and “Giovannona Long-Thigh” (1973), as well as the following l'insegnante (school teacher), la soldatessa (soldier), la poliziotta (policewoman) series and other films that featured Fenech in stereotypical professions, which further bolstered Fenech's position as the most popular actress of the genre. She often paired with Carlo Giuffrè and later with Renzo Montagnani in commedia sexy films as well as a regular in giallo films.
Fenech was married to Italian film producer Luciano Martino from 1971 to 1979.
In the mid-1990s, she was engaged to the Italian industrialist Luca di Montezemolo. Her son Edwin (born 1971) has worked at her production company Immagine e Cinema S.r.l. Productions and was the former CEO of Ferrari Asia-Pacific, Ferrari Greater China and Ferrari North America.
Edwige appeared in one Spaghetti western as a supporting role as Manuela in Piero Pierotti’s “Heads or Tails” starring John Ericson and Špela Rozin.
FENECH, Edwige (Edwige Sfenek)
[12/24/1948, Bône, Constantine, France -
] – producer, film, TV actress, married to producer, production manager,
director, assistant director, writer, actor Luciano Martino [1933–2013]
(1971-1979) mother of producer Edwin Fenech [1971- ], founder of Immagine e Cinema S.r.l.
Productions.
Heads or Tails – 1968 (Manuela)
George Hilton: The World Belongs to the Daring – 2017
[herself]
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