Category: Krista Nell
Aka Doris Kristanel, Doris Cristanel, Doris Kristanell, Christa Nelli, Christa Nell (and other variations thereof)
There is no reliable biographical data on Krista Nell. Wikipedia states that her real name was Doris Kristanel and that she was born in Vienna, Austria, on January 21, 1946, and died of leukemia in Rome, Italy, on June 19, 1975. However, various contemporary magazine articles and a comment on a blog make it seem likely that she grew up in Italy, in Naturns near Merano, South Tyrol (where she was probably born), and that her real surname was Christanell, as there are many people of that name living there. In any case, she was in England in 1965 and went from there to Paris, where she landed a tiny role in Jean-Luc Godard’s Pierrot le Fou.
Nell in Pierrot le Fou (1965), uncredited, as Paola, Franck’s (Georges Staquet’s) wife
After a brief French interlude, she returned to Italy and appeared in numerous genre films from 1967 to 1975.
La Bourse et la Vie (Jean-Pierre Mocky, 1966), credited as Christa Nelli, Geneviève (right), Violette’s (Marilù Tolo’s) friend (names not mentioned in movie [German dub])
L’affare Beckett (Osvaldo Civirani, 1966), credited as Krista Nell
During the nearly ten years she worked in the Italian film industry, Nell appeared in nine Westerns, mostly in small roles.
Frontera al sur (José Luis Merino, 1967)
Uno di più all’inferno (Giovanni Fago, 1968)
Spara, gringo, spara (Bruno Corbucci, 1968), with Fabrizio Moroni
Arrivano Django e Sartana … è la fine (Demofilo Fidani, 1970)
Uccidi, Django … uccidi per primo! (Sergio Garrone, 1971)
Blindman (Ferdinando Baldi, 1971)
Quelle sporche anime dannate (Luigi Batzella, 1971)
Sei iellato, amico, hai incontrato Sacramento (Giorgio Cristallini, 1972)
La colt era il suo Dio (Luigi Batzella, 1972)
Nell was the partner of Ettore Manni at the time of her death from leukemia at age 29.
• Krista Nell’s IMDb filmography
• Nell on Western Movies and on Western Maniac : western européen et cinéma de genre (in French)
Pages in category "Krista Nell"
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