Quick Facts
Born:
1948-12-24
Birthplace:
Annaba, Algeria
Credits:
87 Total Roles
Edwige Fenech
Acting
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Biography
Fenech was born in Bône (now Annaba), in French Algeria to a Maltese father and Sicilian mother. From the late 1960s to early 1980s, Fenech starred in many types of European movies. She is best known for her erotic comedies, and began to work in that field in the late 1960s with Austrian director Franz Antel. Fenech also achieved fame with giallo and sex films such as Five Dolls for an August Moon, Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key and Sex with a Smile, many of which were directed by Sergio Martino.
In the 1980s, she became a television personality, typically appearing with Barbara Bouchet on a chat show on Italian television. In the mid-1990s, she was engaged to the well-known Italian industrialist Luca di Montezemolo.
After many years of work in movie production (she produced, among others, The Merchant of Venice, 2004, with Al Pacino), Fenech accepted Quentin Tarantino's offer to star in another movie, Hostel: Part II (2007), directed by Eli Roth. A British general named Ed Fenech (played by Mike Myers) is a character in Tarantino's 2009 film Inglourious Basterds.
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In the 1980s, she became a television personality, typically appearing with Barbara Bouchet on a chat show on Italian television. In the mid-1990s, she was engaged to the well-known Italian industrialist Luca di Montezemolo.
After many years of work in movie production (she produced, among others, The Merchant of Venice, 2004, with Al Pacino), Fenech accepted Quentin Tarantino's offer to star in another movie, Hostel: Part II (2007), directed by Eli Roth. A British general named Ed Fenech (played by Mike Myers) is a character in Tarantino's 2009 film Inglourious Basterds.
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Known For
Hostel: Part II
Art Class Professor
Ace
Silvia
Vacanze in America
signora De Romanis
The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh
Julie Wardh
All the Colours of the Dark
Jane Harrison
Five Dolls for an August Moon
Marie Chaney
Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key
Floriana
The Case of the Bloody Iris
Jennifer Lansbury
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | My Tennis Maestro MOVIE | Scintilla |
| 2023 | Edwige, Queen of Giallo MOVIE | self |
| 2023 | La quattordicesima domenica del tempo ordinario MOVIE | Sandra Rubin |
| 2019 | George Hilton - The World Belongs to the Daring MOVIE | Herself |
| 2019 | All the Colors of Giallo MOVIE | Self - Actress |
| 2010 | Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 2 MOVIE | (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Hostel Part II: The Next Level MOVIE | Self |
| 2007 | Hostel Part II: A Legacy of Torture MOVIE | Self |
| 2007 | Hostel: Part II MOVIE | Art Class Professor |
| 2007 | Buona la prima! TV | Ospite |