12 Facts About Nieves Navarro

Nieves Navarro Garcia was born on 11 November 1938 and is a retired Spanish actress and fashion model.

Nieves Navarro worked extensively in Italian cinema appearing alongside actors such as Toto and Lino Banfi in the 1960's and 1970's.

Nieves Navarro later adopted the Anglicized stage name Susan Scott for many of her productions after 1969.

Nieves Navarro went into semi-retirement after 1983, making two last films in 1989.

Nieves Navarro was born in Almeria, to an Andalusian father and a Catalan mother.

Nieves Navarro's family moved to Barcelona when she was twelve years old.

Nieves Navarro began her career as a film actress in Italy alongside Toto in the Lawrence of Arabia parody Toto of Arabia, a Spanish-Italian co-production, in which she played Doris, a beautiful spy in the service of the British SIS, who charms the Sheik of Kuwait El Ali el Buzur and allows Toto to use her to drive the one hundred wives of the Sheik jealous.

Nieves Navarro appeared in the sequel The Return of Ringo, and supporting roles in The Big Gundown, Long Days of Vengeance, Light the Fuse.

Nieves Navarro had leading roles in a number of action and horror films during this period and was among the protagonists of the film Death Walks At Midnight, directed by Luciano Ercoli, who eventually became her husband.

Nieves Navarro subsequently moved to Italy with Ercoli where she spent the rest of her career, starring in many of her husband's projects, which ended veering towards Italian erotica and "giallo" cinema.

In 1983, Nieves Navarro attempted to return to Spanish cinema with films like Gianfranco Angelucci's drama Honey with Fernando Rey, but with less than expected success.

Nieves Navarro made two last films in 1989, Fiori di zucca and Casa di piacere, before going into retirement.