Halina Zalewska

Born in Switzerland, Zalewska was the daughter of a Polish noblewoman and an Italian businessman. She spent her childhood in Alassio, her father's birthplace. Her career was launched by winning the beauty pageant Miss Muretto in 1958.She was very active in genre films, mainly Spaghetti Westerns, peplum and Eurospy films, but her career include also a few art films, including a minor role in Luchino Visconti's The Leopard.

Zalewska accidentally died in a fire in 1976, aged 36 years old. She was the half-sister of actress Ely Galleani.She was the mother of Igor Zalewsky alias Igor Marini the banker