Elissa Landi

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 Cecil B. De Mille's The Sign of the Cross (1932), but was overshadowed by Claudette Colbert who played the flashier role of Poppea. She was paired successfully with some of the major leading men, such as David Manners, Charles Farrell, Warner Baxter, and Ronald Colman in romantic dramas such as Body and Soul (1931) before appearing in the box office hit The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) with Robert Donat. Her contract with Fox was abruptly cancelled in 1936 as a result of her refusal to accept a particular role. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer signed her to a contract and after a couple of romantic dramas she played the cousin of Myrna Loy in the very popular After the Thin Man (1936). After only two more films she retired, in 1943. She became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1943, and dedicated herself to writing, producing six novels and a series of poems. She died from cancer in Kingston, New York, and was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Elissa Landi has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to Motion Pictures, at 1615 Vine St. Description above from the Wikipedia article Elissa Landi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Elissa Landi
  • Popularity: 1.235
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1904-12-06
  • Place of Birth: Venice, Italy
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  • Also Known As: Элисса Ланди, Elisabeth Marie Christine von Kühnelt
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Elissa Landi Movies

  • 1928
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    Underground

    Underground

    6.9 1928 HD

    A working-class love story set in and around the London Underground of the 1920s. Two men – gentle Bill and brash Bert – meet and are...

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  • 1936
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    After the Thin Man

    After the Thin Man

    7.336 1936 HD

    Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora's cousin reports her disreputable husband is missing, and find themselves in a mystery involving the...

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  • 1934
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    The Count of Monte Cristo

    The Count of Monte Cristo

    6.6 1934 HD

    After greedy men have Edmound Dantes unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a letter entrusted to him, he escapes to revenge...

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  • 1932
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    Devil's Lottery

    Devil's Lottery

    1 1932 HD

    Intricate, soapy drama of romance, heartbreak, and murder amongst a diverse group of sweepstakes winners visiting a newspaper tycoon's estate.

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  • 1932
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    The Sign of the Cross

    The Sign of the Cross

    6.1 1932 HD

    After burning Rome, Emperor Nero decides to blame the Christians, and issues the edict that they are all to be caught and sent to the arena. Two old...

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  • 1935
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    Enter Madame

    Enter Madame

    5.5 1935 HD

    Man marries opera singer, winds up taking back seat to her career.

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  • 1931
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    The Yellow Ticket

    The Yellow Ticket

    5 1931 HD

    A young Russian girl is forced into a life of prostitution in Czarist Russia, and she and a British journalist find their lives endangered when she...

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  • 1936
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    Mad Holiday

    Mad Holiday

    6 1936 HD

    A temperamental film star's vacation turns deadly when he uncovers a murder.

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  • 1933
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    By Candlelight

    By Candlelight

    5.8 1933 HD

    A beautiful woman mistakes a Prince's butler for the Prince.

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  • 1937
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    The Thirteenth Chair

    The Thirteenth Chair

    5.8 1937 HD

    A phony psychic tries to solve a murder that took place during her seance.

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  • 1931
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    Wicked

    Wicked

    1 1931 HD

    Margot Rande, a basically decent woman, is led down the path to perdition by her bank robber husband.

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  • 1928
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    Sin

    Sin

    6 1928 HD

    A married writer's luck turns when he gets a play produced at Théâtre de Paris. He meets the femme fatale who should play the lead in...

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  • 1935
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    Crimson Dynasty

    Crimson Dynasty

    5.3 1935 HD

    Koenigsmark is a 1935 British-French drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Elissa Landi, John Lodge and Pierre Fresnay. The film is...

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  • 1934
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    Man of Two Worlds

    Man of Two Worlds

    6 1934 HD

    A British explorer brings an Eskimo hunter to London, where he misreads a woman.

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  • 1937
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    Hollywood Party

    Hollywood Party

    6.3 1937 HD

    Elissa Landi and Charley Chase host an East Asian themed garden tea party in Hollywood. After introducing a few Hollywood luminaries who are...

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  • 1933
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    The Masquerader

    The Masquerader

    4.8 1933 HD

    A drug-addicted member of Parliament needs to take time off and secretly pull his life together, so he gets his lookalike cousin to agree to...

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  • 1933
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    I Loved You Wednesday

    I Loved You Wednesday

    2.5 1933 HD

    Vicki Meredith, an American ballet student in Paris, falls in love with Randall Williams, another American studying architecture in Paree, and they...

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  • 1935
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    Without Regret

    Without Regret

    1 1935 HD

    In order to save herself while in China, a woman marries a young drifter and is able to return to England. Later, believing that her new husband is...

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  • 1933
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    The Warrior's Husband

    The Warrior's Husband

    1 1933 HD

    The Warrior's Husband is a satire of the male and female roles in society set in 800 B.C.. Queen Hippolyta (Marjorie Rambeau) rules Pontus with...

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  • 1927
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    London

    London

    1 1927 HD

    A Lady adopts a runaway slum girl who resembles her own dead daughter.

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  • 1932
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    A Passport to Hell

    A Passport to Hell

    5.3 1932 HD

    Just prior to the outbreak of World War I, in the British West African town of Akkra, English woman Myra Carson becomes involved in a scandal and is...

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  • 1931
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    Always Goodbye

    Always Goodbye

    1 1931 HD

    Stranded and broke after her erstwhile boyfriend leaves her, A onetime London heiress joins a con man to bilk a millionaire at his Italian villa....

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  • 1931
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    Body and Soul

    Body and Soul

    4.5 1931 HD

    Andress, Watson and Johnson, pilots with a Royal Air Force squadron in France, are tasked with a deadly mission.

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  • 1936
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    The Amateur Gentleman

    The Amateur Gentleman

    4 1936 HD

    A former boxing champion, now an innkeeper, is accused of stealing a watch from a party of guests at his inn, who happen to be members of English...

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  • 1943
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    Corregidor

    Corregidor

    4.8 1943 HD

    A doctor and his staff in a hospital on the Philippine island of Corregidor shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor try to treat the sick,...

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  • 1932
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    The Woman in Room 13

    The Woman in Room 13

    1 1932 HD

    Divorcee Laura marries Paul but his employer is also enamored with Laura and sends Paul on a business trip during which a murder is committed and he...

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  • 1930
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    The Voice of Hollywood

    The Voice of Hollywood

    1 1930 HD

    The Voice of Hollywood hosted by Pat O'Brien. Features Joan Blondell, Robert Montgomery, Elissa Landi, Warner Baxter, and the coronation of Mary...

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  • 1928
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    Bolibar

    Bolibar

    1 1928 HD

    Hessian officers' flirtations with an artist's daughter accidentally give signals to the attacking English.

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  • 1930
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    Children of Chance

    Children of Chance

    1 1930 HD

    A casual date at a high-class hotel leads Binnie, an aspiring showgirl, to be mistaken for model and actress Lia de Marita – landing her an...

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  • 1930
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    The Price of Things

    The Price of Things

    1 1930 HD

    Courtenay John Dayre is drugged by a jealous spy on the night before his loveless marriage to Anthea. His twin, John Courtenay Dayre, reluctantly...

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  • 1930
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    Knowing Men

    Knowing Men

    1 1930 HD

    Facing an arranged marriage to a man of dubious morals, heiress Korah Hurley poses as the impoverished travelling companion of her aunt, the Marquise...

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  • 1934
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    The Great Flirtation

    The Great Flirtation

    3 1934 HD

    An actor is jealous of his wife's stardom.

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