Mary Sellers

Italian actress (born 1962)

Fabrizio Laurenti
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(m. 1994)​
Children2

Wanja Mary Sellers (born September 3, 1962) is an Italian actress, known for her performances in Italian horror films.

Biography

Wanja Mary Sellers was born on September 3, 1962[1] in Nairobi, Kenya.[2]

She relocated to Rome, Italy and pursued an acting career. She made her screen debut in Fabrizio Laurenti's short film, The Immigrant (1985), becoming well-known in the second half of the 1980s for starring in numerous Italian horror films such as Stage Fright (1987), Ghosthouse (1988) and Demons 5 (1989).

Sellers married Italian director Fabrizio Laurenti, with whom she had worked in the films The Immigrant (1985) and Contamination .7 (1993). Their children, Diego and Rosabell Laurenti Sellers, are also actors.[3]

Filmography

  • The Immigrant (1985)
  • Stage Fright (1987)
  • Man on Fire (1987)
  • Eleven Days, Eleven Nights (1987)
  • Ghosthouse (1988)
  • The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
  • Valentina (1989)
  • Arctic Warriors (1989)
  • La maschera del demonio (Demons 5) (1989)
  • Lambada (1990)
  • Testimone oculare (1990)
  • Ask for the Moon (1991)
  • Cherchez la femme (1993)
  • The Crawlers (1993)
  • La stanza accanto (1994)
  • Voci notturne (1995)
  • Olimpo Lupo - Cronista di nera (1995)
  • Romeo & Juliet (2013)

References

  1. ^ "Wanja Mary Sellers". Studio Emme Talent Agency. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  2. ^ "Wanja Sellers". e-TALENTA. Archived from the original on July 11, 2020. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  3. ^ Freeman, Greg (January 9, 2012). "Mississippi in Tuscany: Italian Filmmakers Adapt Tennessee Williams Play to Short Film". Southern Edition. Retrieved September 18, 2015.

External links

  • Mary Sellers at IMDb
  • Mary Sellers at AllMovie