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name: "Esmeralda Ruspoli"
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born: "24 June 1928"
died: "1 September 1988"
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updated: "2026-09-20T05:14:43.606258+00:00"
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# Esmeralda Ruspoli

Actor. Born 24 June 1928 in Roma, Lazio, Italy. Died 1 September 1988.

## Details

- **Born:** 24 June 1928, Roma, Lazio, Italy
- **Died:** 1 September 1988
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esmeralda_Ruspoli, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3733002, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0750879/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41780

## Biography

Esmeralda Ruspoli was an Italian actress and member of the Roman nobility. Born in Rome on 24 June 1928, she trained at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico after abandoning nursing studies. She appeared in films from the early 1960s onwards, including a supporting role as Patrizia in Michelangelo Antonioni's *L'Avventura* (1960).

Ruspoli is also known for playing Lady Montague in Franco Zeffirelli's *Romeo and Juliet* (1968) and for other credits such as *Without Apparent Motive* (1971) and *Footprints on the Moon* (1975). She was married to actor Giancarlo Sbragia and had three children, one of whom, Mattia Sbragia, also became an actor. She died on 1 September 1988 in Panarea, Italy.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Romeo and Juliet* (1968), Fi1m 75, as Lady Montague — [page](https://film.one/film/romeo-and-juliet-1968.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Gold Rimmed Glasses* (1987), Actor
- *Footprints on the Moon* (1975), Actor
- *The Hassled Hooker* (1972), Actor
- *Winged Devils* (1972), as Frau Orlando
- *Without Apparent Motive* (1971), as Madame Forest
- *A Girl Called Jules* (1970), as Laura, mère de Julien
- *Nero Wolfe* (1969), series, as Amelia
- *A Place for Lovers* (1968), as Griselda
- *Romeo and Juliet* (1968), as Lady Montague — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/romeo-and-juliet-1968.md)
- *The Trojan Women* (1967), as Atena
- *Kriminal* (1966), as Lady Gold
- *Melissa* (1966), series, as Melissa Foster
- *A Maiden for the Prince* (1965), as Bianca De' Medici
- *The Three Faces* (1965), as Edda (segment "Gli amanti celebri") (uncredited)
- *That Tender Age* (1964), as Livia
- *L'Avventura* (1960), as Patrizia

## Gallery

- ![Esmeralda Ruspoli](https://film.one/media/person/1243402/gallery-fd38130bc378.jpg) Esmeralda Ruspoli — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Esmeralda_Ruspoli.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Esmeralda Ruspoli](https://film.one/media/person/1243402/gallery-17223311ff6c.jpg) Esmeralda Ruspoli — Image via TMDB

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