Erika Blanc

• Name — Erika Blanc • Birth Name — Enrica Bianchi Colombatto • Born — 23 July 1942 • Birthplace — Brescia, Kingdom of Italy • Occupation — Actress

Her most notable role was as the first fictional character Emmanuelle in Io, Emmanuelle (1969). Blanc starred in several cult European horror films, including The Third Eye (1966), Kill, Baby, Kill (1966), So Sweet... So Perverse (1969), The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (1971), The Devil's Nightmare (1971), The Red Headed Corpse (1972) and Mark of the Devil Part II (1973). Her other film credits include roles in Django Shoots First (1966), Long Arm of the Godfather (1972), Tony Arzenta (1973), The Stranger and the Gunfighter (1974), Eye of the Cat (1976) and Dream of a Summer Night (1983). She recently returned to films with small but intense roles under the direction of Turkish-born director Ferzan Özpetek, acting as Antonia's mother in Le fate ignoranti (2001), and as the sensitive, alcohol-addicted Maria Clara in Sacred Heart (2005). In 2003 she starred as the grandmother in Adored, directed by Marco Filiberti.

• Agent 077: Mission Bloody Mary (1965) • Operation Atlantis (1965) • Lady Morgan's Vengeance (1965) • Django Shoots First (1966) • Target Goldseven (1966) • Blood at Sundown (1966) • The Third Eye (1966) • Spies Strike Silently (1966) • Kill, Baby, Kill (1966) • Last Man to Kill (1966) • Blood at Sundown (1966) • El hombre del puño de oro (1967) • Halleluja for Django (1967) • Tom Dollar (1967) • The Longest Hunt (1968) • Seven Times Seven (1968) • The Magnificent Tony Carrera (1968) • Hell in Normandy (1968) • Summit (1968) • So Sweet... So Perverse (1969) • Io, Emmanuelle (1969) • Con quale amore, con quanto amore (1970) • Stagecoach of the Condemned (1970) • Sartana's Here… Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin (1970) • La casa delle mele mature (1971) • Human Cobras (1971) • The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (1971) • The Devil's Nightmare (1971) • The Red Headed Corpse (1972) • Long Arm of the Godfather (1972) • Love and Death in the Garden of the Gods (1972) • The Godfather's Friend (1972) • Mark of the Devil Part II (1973) • Bella, ricca, lieve difetto fisico, cerca anima gemella (1973) • Giorni d'amore sul filo di una lama (1973) • Tony Arzenta (1973) • Primo tango a Roma - Storia d'amore e d'alchimia (1973) • Bruna, formosa, cerca superdotato (1973) • The Stranger and the Gunfighter (1974) • Il domestico (1974) • I figli di nessuno (1974) • Bello come un arcangelo (1974) • Una libélula para cada muerto (1975) • Giochi erotici di una famiglia per bene (1975) • Eye of the Cat (1976) • La portiera nuda (1976) • The Mistress Is Served (1976) • Carcerato (1981) • Dream of a Summer Night (1983) • Body Puzzle (1992) • Le fate ignoranti (2001) • Adored (2003) • Sacred Heart (2005) • A Second Childhood (2010) • The Big Heart of Girls (2011) • I Killed Napoléon (2015) • The Prize (2017) • Guests in the Villa (2020) • Dante (2022) • The Dew Point (2023)

During the mid-1960s and 1970s, Erika Blanc established a prominent presence within European genre cinema, starring in numerous horror, crime, and western productions as recorded in biographical surveys published in English Wikipedia. Her most notable early role occurred in 1969, when she portrayed the title character in Io, Emmanuelle, marking the initial screen appearance of the fictional character Emmanuelle. Parallel to this project, Blanc gained recognition in European horror cinema, performing key roles in films such as Mario Bava's Kill, Baby, Kill in 1966 and Mino Guerrini's The Third Eye in the same year. Her work within horror and thriller genres expanded throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s. English Wikipedia entries record her performances in Umberto Lenzi's Giallo production So Sweet. So Perverse in 1969, as well as Emilio Miraglia's The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave in 1971. In addition, Blanc appeared in international genre co-productions, including Jean Brismée's The Devil's Nightmare in 1971, Luigi Batzella's The Red Headed Corpse in 1972, and Adrian Hoven's Mark of the Devil Part II in 1973. Her additional screen credits during this era encompassed westerns, crime thrillers, and dramas, notably Alberto De Martino's Django Shoots First in 1966, Nello Rossati's Long Arm of the Godfather in 1972, Duccio Tessari's Tony Arzenta in 1973, Antonio Margheriti's The Stranger and the Gunfighter in 1974, and Alberto De Martino's Eye of the Cat in 1976.

Following her extensive work in 1960s and 1970s genre cinema, Erika Blanc sustained her career across both theatrical stage work and cinematic productions. Her working capacity as an actress spans both mediums, supported by authority records classifying her primary field of work within film and theatre. In her later career, Blanc returned to feature films, undertaking small but emotionally intense character roles under the direction of Turkish-born filmmaker Ferzan Özpetek. English Wikipedia documents her performance as Antonia's mother in Özpetek's 2001 drama Le fate ignoranti, followed by her portrayals in subsequent Italian feature films. In 2003, she starred as the grandmother in Adored, directed by Marco Filiberti. She collaborated again with Özpetek in the 2005 film Sacred Heart, playing the role of Maria Clara, a sensitive and alcohol-addicted character. While her critical standing and award nominations within Italian film history are referenced in popular retrospectives, formal honours or contested critical evaluations are not systematically detailed in the authority records examined.