Halina Zalewska


Halina Zalewska was a Swiss-born Italian actress.

Life and career

Born in Switzerland, Zalewska was the daughter of a Polish noblewoman and an Italian businessman. She spent her childhood in Alassio, her father's birthplace. Her career was launched by winning the beauty pageant :it:Miss Muretto|Miss Muretto in 1958. She was very active in genre films, mainly Spaghetti Westerns, peplum and Eurospy films, but her career include also a few art films, including a minor role in Luchino Visconti's The Leopard.
Zalewska accidentally died in a fire in 1976, aged 36 years old. She was the half-sister of actress Ely Galleani.
She was the mother of Igor Zalewsky alias Igor Marini the banker

Selected filmography