Elissa Landi
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 6, 1904, Venice, Italy
- Died
- October 21, 1948
- Movies
- 33
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1943 | Corregidor | Dr. Royce Lee Stockman |
| 1937 | The Thirteenth Chair | Helen Trent |
| 1937 | Hollywood Party | Herself - the Hostess |
| 1936 | After the Thin Man | Selma Forrest Landis |
| 1936 | Mad Holiday | Peter Dean |
| 1936 | The Amateur Gentleman | Lady Cleone Meredith |
| 1935 | Crimson Dynasty | Princess Aurore |
| 1935 | Without Regret | Jennifer Gage |
| 1935 | Enter Madame | Lisa Della Robbia |
| 1934 | The Count of Monte Cristo | Mercedes |
| 1934 | The Great Flirtation | Zita Marishka |
| 1934 | Sisters Under the Skin | Blossom Bailey |
| 1934 | Man of Two Worlds | Joan Pemberton |
| 1933 | By Candlelight | Marie |
| 1933 | The Masquerader | Eve Chilcote |
| 1933 | I Loved You Wednesday | Vicki Meredith |
| 1933 | The Warrior's Husband | Antiope |
| 1932 | The Sign of the Cross | Mercia |
| 1932 | A Passport to Hell | Myra Carson |
| 1932 | The Woman in Room 13 | Laura Ramsey |
| 1932 | Devil's Lottery | Evelyn Beresford |
| 1931 | The Yellow Ticket | Marya Kalish |
| 1931 | Wicked | Margot Rande |
| 1931 | Always Goodbye | Lila Banning |
| 1931 | Body and Soul | Carla |
| 1930 | Children of Chance | Binnie |
| 1930 | The Voice of Hollywood | |
| 1930 | The Price of Things | Anthea Mary Dayre |
| 1930 | Knowing Men | Korah Hurley / Collette |
| 1928 | Sin | Kersti |
| 1928 | Underground | Nell |
| 1928 | Bolibar | Françoise-Marie / La Monita |
| 1927 | London | Alice Cranston |
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