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Nike Arrighi

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Nike Arrighi
Born (1947-03-09) 9 March 1947 (age 77)
NationalityFrench
Other namesPrincess Niké Arrighi Borghese, Nikki Arrighi, Niké Arrighi
Occupation(s)Actress, Visual artist
Years active1966–1974 (as actress)
Known forThe Devil Rides Out, Day for Night, Women in Love
Websitehttp://www.nikearrighi.com

Princess Niké Arrighi Borghese, born Marcella Arrighi[1] on 9 March 1947 and known professionally as Nike Arrighi, is a French visual artist and former actress, known for roles in several European horror and art house films in the 1960s and 1970s in addition to work in television.

Early life

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Daughter of Italian diplomat and former journalist Count Ernesto Arrighi and Australian prima ballerina and model Eleanora ("Nellie") Douglas Cox, daughter of grazier Douglas Cox, Arrighi was raised in the Vaucluse neighborhood of Sydney, Australia. Her family moved there because her father was the Italian consul. He died when she was young.[2]

Career

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Arrighi began her professional career as a fashion model in Paris, then moved to London, where she studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. In 1967 she played the parts of Corinne in The Champions (‘Reply Box No.66) and a gypsy girl in The Prisoner (‘Many Happy Returns’). After a ten-year career in film and television she retired in the early 1970s to return to art, which she had studied as a young woman. Specializing in copperplate etching and oil painting,[3][unreliable source?][4] she won First Prize for Graphic Art at the 1976 Hong Kong Art Biennial.

Personal life

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In 1977 she married Prince Paolo Borghese, eldest son of the famed Junio Valerio Borghese. They lived in Hong Kong, where he was an engineer, before moving in 1984 to Italy, where she still resides at Palazzo Borghese in Artena.[2] Her husband died in 1999.[5] They had a daughter, Flavia.

Her sister is Luciana Arrighi.[2]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1967 Many Happy Returns Gypsy Girl Episode: The Prisoner
1967 The Gentle Libertine Aimee / Mitsou
1968 Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River Portuguese Waitress
1968 The Devil Rides Out Tanith Carlisle (AKA The Devil's Bride)
1969 Women in Love Contessa
1971 Countess Dracula Gypsy Girl
1971 Bubù
1971 Sunday Bloody Sunday Party Guest #5
1971 A Season in Hell
1972 Trois milliards sans ascenseur Minouche
1973 Day for Night Odile, la maquilleuse
1973 The Last Train Monique Maroyeur
1974 The Perfume of the Lady in Black Orchidea
1974 Stavisky Edith Boréal (final film role)

References

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  1. ^ Sydney Morning Herald, 21 October 2016
  2. ^ a b c Cilento, Jeanne-Marie (September 22, 2014). "10 Question Column: Artist Princess Niké Arrighi Borghese". Design and Art Magazine. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  3. ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0037316/?ref_=nmbio_bio_nm IMDB [user-generated source]
  4. ^ http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/5963%7C117610/Nike-Arrighi/filmography.html TCM bio
  5. ^ Shetty, Deepika (October 1, 2014). "Glamour girl turned artist". Asia One Woman. Singapore Press Holdings Ltd . The Straits Times. Archived from the original on October 3, 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2016.