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- Birth nameElsa Giorgi Alberti
- Height5′ 4¼″ (1.63 m)
- Elsa De Giorgi was born on January 26, 1914 in Pesaro, Marche, Italy. She was an actress and director, known for Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975), La sposa dei re (1938) and Sangue + fango = Logos passione (1975). She was married to Sandro Contini Bonacossi. She died on September 12, 1997 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- SpouseSandro Contini Bonacossi(July 31, 1948 - October 17, 1975) (his death)
- Author Italo Calvino wrote more than 300 letters to her during their affair from 1955 to 1958.
- She was married to Florentine aristocrat Sandro Contini Bonacossi, heir to a fabulous art collection, at the time of her affair with Italo Calvino.
- Italian stage and screen leading lady of the 1930's and 40's, also set designer and later turned successful novelist.
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