- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 6, 1904
- Place of Birth
- Venice, Italy
- Died
- October 21, 1948
Elissa Landi
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 career. She joined the Oxford Repertory Company at an early age, appearing in many British and American stage successes. During the 1920s she appeared in British, French, and German films before travelling to the United States to appear in a Broadway production of A Farewell to Arms. She was signed to a contact by Fox Film Corporation (later 20th Century Fox) in 1931. She played the heroine in Ceci…
Filmography
movieCorregidor
1943 · Dr. Royce Lee Stockman
movieThe Thirteenth Chair
1937 · Helen Trent
movieHollywood Party
1937 · Herself - the Hostess
movieAfter the Thin Man
1936 · Selma Forrest Landis
movieMad Holiday
1936 · Peter Dean
movieThe Amateur Gentleman
1936 · Lady Cleone Meredith
movieCrimson Dynasty
1935 · Princess Aurore
movieWithout Regret
1935 · Jennifer Gage
movieEnter Madame
1935 · Lisa Della Robbia
movieThe Count of Monte Cristo
1934 · Mercedes
movieThe Great Flirtation
1934 · Zita Marishka
movieSisters Under the Skin
1934 · Blossom Bailey
movieMan of Two Worlds
1934 · Joan Pemberton
movieBy Candlelight
1933 · Marie
movieThe Masquerader
1933 · Eve Chilcote
movieI Loved You Wednesday
1933 · Vicki Meredith
movieThe Warrior's Husband
1933 · Antiope
movieThe Sign of the Cross
1932 · Mercia
movieA Passport to Hell
1932 · Myra Carson
movieThe Woman in Room 13
1932 · Laura Ramsey
movieDevil's Lottery
1932 · Evelyn Beresford
movieThe Yellow Ticket
1931 · Marya Kalish
movieWicked
1931 · Margot Rande
movieAlways Goodbye
1931 · Lila Banning
movieBody and Soul
1931 · Carla
movieChildren of Chance
1930 · Binnie
The Voice of Hollywood
movieThe Voice of Hollywood
1930
movieThe Price of Things
1930 · Anthea Mary Dayre
movieKnowing Men
1930 · Korah Hurley / Collette
movieSin
1928 · Kersti
movieUnderground
1928 · Nell
movieBolibar
1928 · Françoise-Marie / La Monita
movieLondon
1927 · Alice Cranston