Lara Wendel (born Daniela Barnes; 29 March 1965) is a German former
actress who was active in Italian cinema and television.Wendel is the
daughter of German actress Britta Wendel and of the American football
player and film actor Walt Barnes. 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 the Tonino Valerii's giallo film My Dear Killer (1972).
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. 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).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. She was also in a
number of art films, including Michelangelo Antonioni's Identification
of a Woman (1982) and Federico Fellini's Intervista (1987). She also
appeared on television, notably playing a role of weight in the second
season of the TV-series La piovra. Her last film was Mauro Bolognini's
erotic drama Husband and Lovers (1991), and she retired at just 26
years old.
actress who was active in Italian cinema and television.Wendel is the
daughter of German actress Britta Wendel and of the American football
player and film actor Walt Barnes. 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 the Tonino Valerii's giallo film My Dear Killer (1972).
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. 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).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. She was also in a
number of art films, including Michelangelo Antonioni's Identification
of a Woman (1982) and Federico Fellini's Intervista (1987). She also
appeared on television, notably playing a role of weight in the second
season of the TV-series La piovra. Her last film was Mauro Bolognini's
erotic drama Husband and Lovers (1991), and she retired at just 26
years old.
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