Scene from Lezioni private (1975)

Alternate Names: Carrol Baker, Karolina Piekarski, کارول بیکر

Physical Characteristics: N/A

First Appearances:

• Easy to Love (1953) as Clarice

Most Important Roles:

• Kindergarten Cop (1990) as Eleanor Crisp
• Giant (1956) as Luz Benedict II
• The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) as Veronica
• The Game (1997) as Ilsa
• The Watcher in the Woods (1980) as Helen Curtis
• Star 80 (1983) as Dorothy's Mum
• How the West Was Won (1962) as Eve Prescott Rawlings
• The Big Country (1958) as Patricia Terrill
• Baby Doll (1956) as Baby Doll Meighan
• Ironweed (1987) as Annie Phelan

Career Highlights:

• Kindergarten Cop (1990)
• Giant (1956)
• The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
• The Game (1997)
• The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
• Star 80 (1983)
• How the West Was Won (1962)
• The Big Country (1958)
• Baby Doll (1956)
• Ironweed (1987)

Awards:

• Golden Globe Awards
• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (1960)
• Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year (1957)

Carroll Baker (born May 28, 1931) is a former American actress who has enjoyed popularity as both a serious dramatic actress and, particularly in the 1960s, as a movie sex symbol. After studying under Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio, Baker began performing on Broadway in 1954. From there, she was recruited by director Elia Kazan to play the lead in the adaptation of two Tennessee Williams plays into the film Baby Doll in 1956. In the mid-1960s, as a contract player for Paramount Pictures, Baker became a sex symbol after appearing as a hedonistic widow in The Carpetbaggers (1964). The film's producer, Joseph E. Levine, cast her in Sylvia before giving her the role of Jean Harlow in the biopic Harlow (1965). Despite significant prepublicity, Harlow was a critical failure, and Baker relocated to Italy in 1966 amid a legal dispute over her contract with Paramount and Levine's overseeing of her career. In Europe, she spent the next 10 years starring in hard-edged giallo and horror films, including Romolo Guerrieri's The Sweet Body of Deborah (1968), a series of four films with Umberto Lenzi beginning with Orgasmo (1969) and ending with Knife of Ice (1972), and Corrado Farina's Baba Yaga (1973). Baker appeared in supporting roles in several acclaimed dramas in the 1980s, including the drama Star 80 (1983) as the mother of murder victim Dorothy Stratten, and the racial drama Native Son (1986), based on the novel by Richard Wright. Through the 1990s Baker had guest roles in several television series, such as Murder, She Wrote; L.A. Law, and Roswell. She formally retired from acting in 2003.

Alternate Names: Eufemia Benussi, Femy Benussi, Feny Benussi, Femy Benuzzi, Femi Martin, Femy Martin

Physical Characteristics: N/A

First Appearances:

• Bloody Pit of Horror (1965) as Annie, the Cover Girl

Most Important Roles:

• Special Killers (1973) as Laura Damiani
• Finders Killers (1971) as Salon Girl
• Nude Strike (1983) as Femi
• Strip Nude for Your Killer (1975) as Lucia Cerrazini
• The Beast (1970) as Maud's Friend (uncredited)
• The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966) as Luna
• Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970) as Alice Norton
• Syndicate Sadists (1975) as Flora
• Deadly Inheritance (1968) as Simone Marot
• The Stranger and the Gunfighter (1974) as Italian Mistress

Career Highlights:

• Special Killers (1973)
• Finders Killers (1971)
• Nude Strike (1983)
• Strip Nude for Your Killer (1975)
• The Beast (1970)
• The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966)
• Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)
• Syndicate Sadists (1975)
• Deadly Inheritance (1968)
• The Stranger and the Gunfighter (1974)

​Femi Benussi (born 4 March 1945), is an Italian film actress. She appeared in 82 films between 1965 and 1983.

Alternate Names: Eleonora Cristofani, Eleonora Fani

Physical Characteristics: N/A

First Appearances:

• Amore mio non farmi male (1974) as

Most Important Roles:

• Peccati a Venezia (1980) as Franca Faccenda
• Fever of 40! (1980) as Sandy Temple
• Act of Aggression (1975) as Josy
• Born for Hell (1976) as Jenny
• Nenè (1977) as Nenè
• Hotel Fear (1978) as Rosa
• The Private Lesson (1975) as Emanuela Finzi
• Amore mio non farmi male (1974) as
• The Household (1974) as Martina
• Son tornate a fiorire le rose (1975) as

Career Highlights:

• Peccati a Venezia (1980)
• Fever of 40! (1980)
• Act of Aggression (1975)
• Born for Hell (1976)
• Nenè (1977)
• Hotel Fear (1978)
• The Private Lesson (1975)
• Amore mio non farmi male (1974)
• The Household (1974)
• Son tornate a fiorire le rose (1975)

Eleonora Cristofani (known professionally as Leonora Fani) is an Italian actress. She was raised in Crocetta del Montello, in the province of Treviso, Italy, where she developed her early interests in performance. Fani's entertainment career began in 1971 when she won the Miss Teenager pageant, which served as her entry point into the Italian film industry. She quickly established herself as a prominent figure in Italian B-cinema throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, particularly within the violent-erotic subgenre that was popular during this era. Her filmography includes notable performances in "Dog Lay Afternoon" (1976), "Sweet Adolescents" (1977), and "Giallo in Venice" (1979), where she often portrayed complex characters dealing with psychological trauma and challenging circumstances. Fani typically played young women navigating difficult situations, roles that required both dramatic intensity and emotional depth. Her work spanned from 1973 to 1986, during which she appeared in approximately 28 films that showcased her versatility as a performer. Fani's contributions to Italian cinema during the 1970s helped define a specific era of genre filmmaking, and her performances remain part of the cultural documentation of Italian B-movie production during this distinctive period in film history.