Clarissa Burt
{{short description|American actress}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Clarissa Burt
| image = Clarissa burt (cropped).jpg
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| birth_name = Clarissa Burt
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1959|4|25}}{{Cite web|url=https://amministratori.interno.gov.it/amministratori/ServletNomeReg3?campo1=1056566&campo2=a|title=Clarissa Burt|website=Ministry of the Interior of Italy|accessdate=15 September 2020}}
| birth_place = Philadelphia, USA
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|model|television personality}}
| years_active = 1977–present
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Clarissa Burt (born 25 April 1959) is an Italian-American actress, television personality, and former model, best known for starring as Xayide in the 1990 film The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter.
Biography
Born in the United States, she worked as model in the 1980s and moved to Italy where she also starred in several Italian comedies.{{Cite news|url=https://tv.fanpage.it/clarissa-burt-francesco-nuti-mi-ha-iniziata-al-cinema-con-massimo-troisi-tre-anni-bellissimi/|title=Clarissa Burt: Francesco Nuti mi ha iniziata al cinema, con Massimo Troisi tre anni bellissimi|website=Fanpage|date=28 May 2020}} In 1999, she opened her television production company, Numen International, in Rome. She ran for the 2004 European Parliament election supported by right-wing party National Alliance, but was not elected;{{Cite news|title=L'assessore Clarissa nel paese dei cento guai|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2004/luglio/15/assessore_Clarissa_nel_paese_dei_co_10_040715003.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107123244/http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2004/luglio/15/assessore_Clarissa_nel_paese_dei_co_10_040715003.shtml|archive-date=7 November 2015|publisher=Corriere della Sera|date=15 July 2004}} she also served as assessor to cultural policies in the municipality of Ardea from July 2004 to March 2005.
Selected filmography
- Casa mia, casa mia... (1988)
- Caruso Pascoski, Son of a Pole (1988)
- The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (1990)
- Edera (1992)
- Vento di primavera - Innamorarsi a Monopoli (2000)
- Sotto il cielo (2001)
- Natale in India (2003)
- Wish Man (2019)
Television
- 1996 Olympics (Correspondent, RAI UNO, Atlanta)
- Serata d'onore (Singer/Presenter)
- Ricomincio da due (Entertainer)
- Disney Christmas Special (Host)
- Una notte al circo (Acrobat, Aerialist)
- Un disco per l'estate (Presenter/Singer)
- La talpa (Contestant, 2010)
- L'isola dei famosi (Contestant, 2010)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0123418}}
- {{official website|http://www.clarissaburt.com/}}
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Category:American film actresses
Category:21st-century American women