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Clio Goldsmith

French actressFor other people named Goldsmith, see Goldsmith (disambiguation).

Clio Goldsmith (born 16 June 1957) is a French former actress, appearing mostly as a femme fatale in some films of the early 1980s. She is a member of the prominent Goldsmith family through her father ecologist Edward Goldsmith. Goldsmith was married to British travel writer Mark Shand, the brother of Camilla, *ss of Cornwall, second wife of Charles, Prince of Wales.

Contents

  • 1 Life and career
  • 2 Filmography
  • 3 References
  • 4 External links

Life and career

She began acting in the 1980 movie The Cricket of Alberto Lattuada. Alongside Virna Lisi and Anthony Franciosa, she played a fun-loving girl ending up as pros*ute. In 1981, she played pros*ute Clemence in Mauro Bolognini's The Lady of the Camellias together with Isabelle Huppert. In Plein sud, she vows she will take up with the first fool she sees, seducing Patrick Dewaere.

In 1982, the *le role in the comedy Bankers Also Have Souls earned her some international fame. The Michel Lang movie which was produced by her cousin Gilbert de Goldschmidt featured Pierre Mondy and Claudia Cardinale. Goldsmith plays a beautiful call girl, a gift to a retiring banker from his colleagues. After two other roles, and having appeared twice in an Italian adult entertainment magazine Playmen, she retired from acting.

From 1982 to 1985 she was married to Italian entrepreneur Carlo Alessandro Puri Negri (*1952), an heir of the Pirelli family. They had a daughter, Talita. In 1990 she married British author Mark Shand, brother of Camilla, *ss of Cornwall and they had a daughter, Ayesha. Shand confirmed in 2010 that the couple were divorced.

Filmography

  • 1980: The Cricket (La cicala)
  • 1980: The Lady of the Camellias
  • 1981: Honey (Miele di donna)
  • 1981: Heat of Desire: (Plein sud)
  • 1981: La caduta degli angeli ribelli
  • 1982: Miss Right (La donna giusta)
  • 1982: Le Grand Pardon:
  • 1982: Bankers Also Have Souls (Le cadeau)
  • 1984: ...e la vita continua: (TV miniseries)
  • 1986: Tug of Love (L'étincelle )

References

    External links

    • Clio Goldsmith at IMDb
    • Allmovie entry (with covers depicting her)
    • Entries in German movie databases: ,