Trivia

She is notably seen sharing a lesbian scene with the blushing Dirce Funari in "Emanuelle and the Schoolgirls", or nearly being devoured alive before Laura Gemser's eyes in "Emanuelle Among the Cannibals".

Monica Zanchi makes her debut in front of the camera of Pasquale Festa Campanile alongside Franco Nero and Corinne Cléry.

Having arrived at the cinema somewhat by chance, she mainly acted in B-movies mixing eroticism and horror.

In 1977, the pretty blonde posed for Playmen and appeared on the cover of Ciné-revue.

She later switched her career, with a friend, to the antiques trade in Zurich.

If she appeared less frequently in films during the 1980s, it was because she was simultaneously pursuing a singing career launched by the success of the disco hit "Plastic Doll".

Known as Angie Bee she sang throughout Europe in English and Italian, and performed songs from films such as "Vacanze in America".

The young actress showed character, and while she agreed to push herself by filming some rather difficult scenes for Alberto Cavallone, she refused to let Tinto Brass film a sequence she considered too risqué and gratuitous.

While her film appearances became less frequent during the 1980s, this was because she was simultaneously pursuing a singing career launched by the success of the disco hit "Plastic Doll.".

She also appeared in a few brief films by Dino Risi and Claude Chabrol.

Monia Zanchi was also one of the "coccodè girls" on the show "Indietro tutta!" by Renzo Arbore and Nino Frassica .

In 1978, she was with Maria Baxa, one of the protagonists of the erotic comedy "Incontri molto ravvicinati... del quarto tipo" and also held the title role of the Italo-Spanish co-production "Inés de Villalonga" 1870 with Maria Rey as her partner.

Under the name of night club singer Angie Bee, she sang across Europe, in English and Italian and performed songs from some films like "Vacanze in America".

Born in Bern to a Swiss mother and an Italian father, Monica Zanchi was eight years old when she joined her father in Bergamo. A rebellious teenager, she left home at fifteen before embarking on a modeling career in Milan.

Mónica Zanchi is a Swiss actress born in Bern and who has mainly filmed in Italy.