Elissa Landi
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Elissa Landi (December 6, 1904 – October 21, 1948) was an Italian born actress who was popular in Hollywood films of the 1920s and 1930s. Rumoured to be a descendant of Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, she was noted for her aristocratic bearing. Born Elisabeth Marie Christine Kühnelt in Venice, Landi was raised in Austria and educated in England. Her first ambition was to be a writer, and she wrote her first novel at the age of twenty. She would return to writing during lulls in her acting car...
Known For
Filmography
Corregidor
1943
as Dr. Royce Lee Stockman
The Thirteenth Chair
1937
as Helen Trent
Hollywood Party
1937
as Herself - the Hostess
After the Thin Man
1936
as Selma Forrest Landis
Mad Holiday
1936
as Peter Dean
The Amateur Gentleman
1936
as Lady Cleone Meredith
Enter Madame
1935
as Lisa Della Robbia
Crimson Dynasty
1935
as Princess Aurore
Without Regret
1935
as Jennifer Gage
The Count of Monte Cristo
1934
as Mercedes
Man of Two Worlds
1934
as Joan Pemberton
The Great Flirtation
1934
as Zita Marishka
Sisters Under the Skin
1934
as Blossom Bailey
By Candlelight
1933
as Marie
The Masquerader
1933
as Eve Chilcote
I Loved You Wednesday
1933
as Vicki Meredith
The Warrior's Husband
1933
as Antiope
Devil's Lottery
1932
as Evelyn Beresford
The Sign of the Cross
1932
as Mercia
A Passport to Hell
1932
as Myra Carson
The Woman in Room 13
1932
as Laura Ramsey
The Yellow Ticket
1931
as Marya Kalish
Wicked
1931
as Margot Rande
Always Goodbye
1931
as Lila Banning
Body and Soul
1931
as Carla
The Voice of Hollywood
1930
Children of Chance
1930
as Binnie
The Price of Things
1930
as Anthea Mary Dayre
Knowing Men
1930
as Korah Hurley / Collette
Underground
1928
as Nell
Sin
1928
as Kersti
Bolibar
1928
as Françoise-Marie / La Monita
London
1927
as Alice Cranston