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Edwige Fenech (, ; "Edvige" and born 24 December 1948) is a French-Italian actress and film producer. She is mostly known as the star of a series of commedia sexy all'italiana and films released predominantly through her 20 year career in the 1970s and 80s, which turned her into a .

Early life
Fenech was born in Bône, Constantine, (now , , Algeria) to a father and an Italian mother from Ragusa, Sicily. Her parents divorced when she was a child, and Fenech was raised in with her mother.

Career
Fenech moved from Nice to in 1967 for her first Italian film Samoa, Queen of the Jungle by . In 1968, she came under contract with Austrian director and from the late 1960s to early 1970s, she acted in various films of Antel (including his Frau Wirtin series) as well as that of . Fenech starred in many genres of cinema but her greatest commercial success came with commedia sexy all'italiana films, particularly including earlier works Ubalda, All Naked and Warm (1972) and Giovannona Long-Thigh (1973), as well as the following l'insegnante (school teacher), la soldatessa (soldier), la poliziotta (policewoman) series and other films that featured Fenech in stereotypical professions, which further bolstered Fenech's position as the most popular actress of the genre. She often paired with Carlo Giuffrè and later with in commedia sexy films.

Fenech was also a regular in films. Her works in this genre include (1969), Five Dolls for an August Moon (1970), The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971), Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972), All the Colors of the Dark (1972), The Case of the Bloody Iris (1972), Strip Nude for Your Killer (1975), and Phantom of Death (1987).

Later career
In the 1980s, she became a television personality, typically appearing with on a chat show on Italian television. After many years of work in movie production, she co-produced The Merchant of Venice (2004) with , and later accepted 's offer to appear in another movie, (2007). Quentin Tarantino named the character of General Ed Fenech in Inglourious Basterds (2009) in her honour, and invited Fenech to the Italian premiere of his film.

Personal life
Fenech was married to Italian film producer from 1971 to 1979.

In the mid-1990s, she was engaged to the Italian industrialist Luca di Montezemolo. Her son Edwin (born 1971) has worked at her production company and was the former CEO of Ferrari Asia-Pacific, Ferrari Greater China and Ferrari North America.

She considers herself Roman Catholic.

In popular culture
The English metal band Cathedral wrote the song "Edwige's Eyes" on their album The Guessing Game as a tribute to the actress.

Filmography
1967All Mad About HimGinaNorbert Carbonnaux
1968Samoa, Queen of the JungleSamoa
The Son of Black EagleNastaciaGuido Malatesta
Sexy Susan Sins AgainCéline
1969Ulla
House of PleasureRosalie Bobinet
FelicitasGiuseppe Zaccariello
Madame and Her NieceYvetteEberhard Schröder
Heads or TailsManuela
Hong-Kong
BlandeGiuseppe Zaccariello
Madame BovaryEmma BovaryHans Schott-Schöbinger
1970
Five Dolls for an August MoonMarie Chaney
Don Franco e Don Ciccio nell'anno della contestazioneAnna Bellinzoni
Le Mans, Shortcut to HellCora
1971The Strange Vice of Mrs. WardhJulie Wardh
Nights and Loves of Don JuanAisha
Desert of FireJuanaRenzo Merusi
1972All the Colors of the DarkJane HarrisonSergio Martino
The Case of the Bloody IrisJennifer OstermanGiuliano Carnimeo
Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the KeyFlorianaSergio Martino
When Women Were Called VirginsGiulia Varrone
AntoniaMariano Laurenti
Ubalda, All Naked and WarmUbaldaMariano Laurenti
1973Holy God, Here Comes the Passatore!MoraGiuliano Carnimeo
Giovannona Long-ThighGiovannona CoscialungaSergio Martino
The Inconsolable Widow Thanks All Those Who Consoled HerCatarina Prevosti
Mean Frank and Crazy TonyOrchidea
Anna, quel particolare piacereAnna LovisiGiuliano Carnimeo
1974Innocence and DesireCarmela PaternòMassimo Dallamano
Poker in BedEvaGiuliano Carnimeo
1975Lover BoyMarianna PersiquettiMarino Girolami
The School TeacherGiovanna Pagaus
Strip Nude for Your KillerMagda
The Family ViceSuzie
La moglie vergineValentinaMarino Girolami
1976Sex with a SmileEmilia ChiapponiSergio Martino(segment "La cavallona")
Confessions of a Lady CopGianna AmicucciMichele Massimo Tarantini
Francesca Marani
My Sister in LawViola Orlando / Rosa Orlando
The Lady MedicDr. Elena DogliottiNando Cicero
1977The Virgo, the Taurus and the CapricornGioia Ferretti
Taxi GirlMarcellaMichele Massimo Tarantini
The Nurse on a Military TourEva Marini
1978The Greatest BattleDanielle
The Schoolteacher Goes to Boys' HighMonica SebastianiMariano Laurenti
The School Teacher in the HouseLuisa De DominicisMichele Massimo Tarantini
The Soldier with Great ManeuversDottoressa Eva Marini
DeborahSteno
1979A Policewoman on the Porno SquadGianna D'AmicoMichele Massimo Tarantini
Dr. Jekyll Likes Them HotBarbara WimplySteno
Saturday, Sunday and FridayEng. TokimotoSergio Martino(segment "Sabato")
Hot PotatoMariaSteno
1980DeborahPasquale Festa Campanile
I'm PhotogenicCinzia Pancaldi
La moglie in vacanza... l'amante in cittàGiuliaSergio Martino
Sugar, Honey and PepperAmalia PassalacquaSergio Martino
Catherine and IElisabetta
Susanna Luisetti
1981AssoSilviaCastellano & Pipolo
Tais-toi quand tu parles!Béatrix
Cornetti alla cremaMarianna TribalziSergio Martino
A Policewoman in New YorkGianna Amicucci / La PupaMichele Massimo Tarantini
1982Don't Play with TigersFrancesca Del PràSergio Martino
Nina Miglio
An Ideal AdventurePatrizia Reda
1984Vacanze in AmericaMiss De Romanis
1988Phantom of DeathHélène Martell
1993Nicole VenturiSergio Martino4 episodes
2000Il fratello minore Stefano Gigli
2007Art Class Professor
2023La quattordicesima domenica del tempo ordinarioSandra Rubin

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