* Virna Pieralisi (1936 – 2014), better known as Virna Lisi, was an Italian actress. Hollywood producers sought a new Marilyn Monroe and so, Lisi debuted in Hollywood comedy as a blue-eyed blonde temptress opposite Jack Lemmon in 'How to Murder Your Wife' (1965). She then appeared with Tony Curtis in 'Not with My Wife, You Don't!' (1966), and the same year she starred with Frank Sinatra in 'Assault on a Queen'
Some other titles in her filmography include 'Beyond Good and Evil' (1977), and 'Follow Your Heart' (1996). For the film 'La Reine Margot' (1994), she won Best Actress at Cannes and the César Award for Best Supporting Actress. She garnered attention for a photo of her 'shaving' her face that appeared on the March 1965 cover of Esquire magazine.
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* photo by Douglas Kirkland '1965
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