Greta Scacchi Biography (1960-)

Born February 18, 1960, in Milan, Italy; daughter of Luca Scacchi Gracco (anart dealer and painter) and Pamela Carsaniga (a dancer and antiques dealer);married Vincent D'Onofrio, 1991 (divorced, 1993); children: Leila; (with Carlo Mantegazza) Matteo. Addresses: Agent: c/o Susan Smith and Associates, 121 San Vicente Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211; United Talent Agency, 9560Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Cunningham/Escott/Dipene& Associates, 10635 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 140, Los Angeles, CA 90025.

Nationality: Italian
Gender: Female
Occupation: Actress
Birth Details: February 18, 1960; Milan, Italy

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Dead on Time, 1982
Das Zweite Gesicht (also known as The Second Face), 1982
Olivia Rivers, Heat and Dust, Universal, 1983
Julia Matthews, Burke & Wills, Hoyts Edgley, 1985
Nina Beckman, Defense of the Realm (also known as Defence of the Realm), Rank/Warner Bros., 1985
Terri, The Coca-Cola Kid, 1985
Edna, Good Morning, Babylon (also known as Good Morning Babilonia), Vestron, 1987
Jane Steiner, A Man in Love (also known as Un homme amoureux and Un uomo innamorato), Cinecom, 1987
Lady Diana Broughton, White Mischief, Columbia, 1987
Maria, Paura e amore (also known as Three Sisters, Fuerchten und Lieben, and Love and Fear), Erre Produzioni-Reteitalia, 1988
Angela, La donna della luna (also known as Woman in the Moon and The Moon Woman), DMV, 1988
Carolyn Polhemus, Presumed Innocent, Warner Bros., 1990
Judith Merrick, Shattered (also known as Plastic Nightmare), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Pathe, 1991
Isabel, Fires Within (also known as Little Havana), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists Home Video, 1991
June Gudmundsdottir, The Player, Fine Line, 1992
George McEwan, Salt on Our Skin (also known as Desire and Salz auf unserer Haut), 1992
Judith, The Killing Beach (also known as Turtle Beach), Warner Bros., 1993
Laura Crocker-Harris, The Browning Version, Paramount, 1994
Deborah Voysey, Country Life, Miramax, 1994
Maria Cosway, Jefferson in Paris, Buena Vista, 1995
(Uncredited) Mental patient, Cosi, 1996
Mrs. Weston, Emma, Miramax, 1996
Bravo Randy, 1997

Juliana, The Serpent's Kiss (also known as Le baiser du surpent and Der Schlangenkuss), Lusomundo, 1997
Victoria Byrd, Le violon rouge (also known as The Red Violin and Il violino russo), Lions Gate Films, 1998
Aunt Gwen Kitson, Tom's Midnight Garden, 1998
Agnes MacDonnell, Love and Rage (also known as Liebe und Leidenschaft), 1998
Lucia Brizzi, Ladies Room, 1999
Lily Macintosh, Cotton Mary, 1999
Mrs. Ravenscroft, The Manor, 1999
Christina Alibrandi, Looking for Alibrandi, Fandango, 2000
Gale Sondergaard, One of the Hollywood Ten (also known as Puntode mira), Alibi, 2000
Alice Palmer, Festival in Cannes, United International, 2001
Julia Reuter, Baltic Storm, IAC, 2003
Natalia, Il ronzio delle mosche, 2003
Nicoletta, Sotto falso nome, Medusa, 2004
Beyond the Sea, Lions Gate Films, 2004
Television Appearances
Movies
Maguerite Gautier, Camille, CBS, 1984
Anna-Luise Fischer, Dr. Fischer of Geneva (also known as The Bomb Party), PBS and BBC, 1985
Tsarina Alexandra, Rasputin (also known as Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny), HBO, 1996
Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, 1998
Margaret Thatcher, Jeffrey Archer: The Truth, BBC, 2002
Miniseries
Anna Cheri, Waterfront, Ten Network, 1984
Penelope, The Odyssey (also known as Die Abenteuer des Odysseus, Homer's Odyssey, and Odissea), NBC, 1997
Liz Cooper, The Farm, Australian Broadcasting Company, 2001
Lydia Glasher, Daniel Deronda, BBC, 2002
Episodic
Annie, "The Hood and the Harlequin," Bergerac, BBC1, 1981
Breakfast, BBC, 2002
Specials
Mouse, "The Ebony Tower," Great Performances, PBS, 1987
Reader, Christmas Glory 2000 (also known as Christmas Glory from Westminster Abbey), PBS, 1997
Narrator, John Barry: License to Thrill (documentary; also known as Omnibus: John Barry--License to Thrill), BBC, 2000
Stage Appearances
Yelena, Uncle Vanya, Vaudeville Theatre, London, 1988
The True Life History of Mata Hari, London production, 2002
Also appeared in productions in Perth, Australia.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Cosmopolitan, April, 1994, pp. 222-25
People Weekly, May 12, 1997, p. 211
Premiere, September, 1991, pp. 82-86, 120
Time, May 11, 1998, p. 91

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