Letícia Román

Román was born Letizia Novarese in Rome in 1941.^[2] She was the daughter of stage actress Giuliana Gianni and screenwriter/costume designer Nino Novarese.^[3]

Taught by tutors, Roman received the equivalent of an American high school education. She is fluent in five languages.^[4]

Roman said that her parents did not want her to be an actress, but after arriving in Hollywood, she began studying acting under Sandy Meisner.^[5] She studied with Gladys Vogeler to diminish her accent.^[6]

Román started her film career with a small part in the Elvis Presley film G.I. Blues where she plays Tina.^[7][8] Román had her first leading role in the film The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963), where she plays Nora Davis, a mystery obsessed woman who believes she has witnessed a murder.^[9] After completing the film, Román went to Germany where she made several films including Russ Meyer's Fanny Hill.^[10]

Román retired from acting after getting married in 1966 to Peter Anthony Gelles, by whom she had one child.^[11] According to actor John Saxon, Román later worked in the real estate business in Los Angeles briefly.^[11]

• G.I. Blues (1960)
• Pirates of Tortuga (1961)
• Gold of the Seven Saints (1961)
• Charge of the Black Lancers (1962)
• Pontius Pilate (1962)
• The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963)
• Fanny Hill (1964)
• Marry Me, Cherie (1964)
• Die schwedische Jungfrau [de] (1965)
• The Gentlemen (1965)
• Who Wants to Sleep? (1965)
• When the Grapevines Bloom on the Danube (1965)
• Old Surehand (1965)
• High Season for Spies (1966)
• F Troop: La Dolce Courage (1966)
• The Spy in the Green Hat (1967)
• Mannix: Make It Like It Never Happened – TV episode (1967)
• The Big Valley (1967)

• Letícia Román at IMDb