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Lara Wendel
Lara Wendel
Born	Daniela Rachele Barnes; 29 March 1965 (age 59); Munich, Bavaria, West Germany
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1972–1993
Father	Walt Barnes
Website	www.larawendel.com

Lara Wendel (born Daniela Rachele Barnes; 29 March 1965) is a German-Italian retired actress, active in film and television between 1972 and 1993. Her father was American football player and actor Walt Barnes.

Life and career

Wendel is the daughter of German actress Britta Wendel and of the American football player and film actor Walt Barnes.^[1] She made her debut at just four years old as a model for ads, and at the age of seven, she made her film debut in Tonino Valerii's giallo film My Dear Killer (1972).^[2] She also appeared as Mario Adorf's daughter Rita in Manhunt (1972), directed by Fernando Di Leo, and as the young Silvia in The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1974), directed by Francesco Barilli.

Wendel had her first main role at 12 years old in the controversial erotic drama Maladolescenza (1977), which involved both nudity and simulated sex among preadolescents.^[1]^[3] Later she appeared in other controversial films, characterized by plots involving incest and improper relations between adults and adolescents, such as La petite fille en velours bleu (Little Girl in Blue Velvet, 1978), Mimi (1979), and Desideria: la vita interiore [it] (1980).^[1]

In the 1980s Wendel was mainly active in horror films, working with Dario Argento (Tenebrae, 1982), Lamberto Bava (Midnight Killer, 1986), Joe D'Amato (Killing Birds, 1988), and Umberto Lenzi (Ghosthouse, 1988) among others.^[1] She was also in a number of art films, including Michelangelo Antonioni's Identification of a Woman (1982) and Federico Fellini's Intervista (1987).^[1]^[4] She also appeared on television, notably playing a starring role in the second season of the TV-series La piovra.^[1] Her last film was Mauro Bolognini's erotic drama Husband and Lovers (1991), and she retired at just 26 years old.^[1]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1972	My Dear Killer	Stefania Moroni
1972	The Italian Connection (Manhunt)	Rita Canali	Uncredited
1972	The Assassin of Rome	Bambina tedesca	Uncredited
1973	Redneck	German Girl
1974	The Perfume of the Lady in Black	Young Silvia
1977	Maladolescenza	Laura
1978	La petite fille en velours bleu (Little Girl in Blue Velvet)	Laura / Francesca's daughter
1979	Ernesto	Ilio / Rachele	(US: Emilio / Rachel)
1979	Mimi	Mimmina
1979	Ring of Darkness [it] (Satan's Wife)	Daria Rhodes
1980	Desideria: la vita interiore [it]	Desideria II
1981	The Hawk and the Dove [it]	Viva Montero
1982	Identification of a Woman	Girl in swimming pool
1982	Tenebrae	Maria Alboretto
1983	Vai alla grande [it]	Karen
1985	Fatto su misura	Lisa
1985	A me mi piace [it]	Michela
1986	Midnight Killer	Carol Terzi
1987	Intervista	Bride
1985	Un'australiana a Roma [it]	Susan
1988	Killing Birds	Anne
1988	Ghosthouse	Martha
1989	The Red Monks	Ramona Icardi
1991	La villa del venerdì (Husband and Lovers)	Louisa

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Lancia, Enrico; Melelli, Fabio (2005). Le straniere del nostro cinema (in Italian). Rome: Gremese. ISBN 978-88-8440-350-6.
^ Chiti, Roberto; Poppi, Roberto; Lancia, Enrico (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film (in Italian). Rome: Gremese. ISBN 978-88-7605-969-8.
^ Giusti, Marco (1999). Dizionario dei film italiani stracult (in Italian). Milan: Sperling & Kupfer. ISBN 978-88-200-2919-7.
^ Chiti, Roberto; Poppi, Roberto; Lancia, Enrico (2000). Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film (in Italian). Rome: Gremese. ISBN 978-88-7742-423-5.