Born in Alassio as Federica Elisabetta De Galleani, daughter of an Italian count and of a Polish woman of Lithuanian origin, Galleani made her film debut in 1970 with a small role in Quella piccola differenza by Duccio Tessari, then appeared in a number of films with roles of more weight. She retired from acting in 1978 and moved on to a career as an accountant.She was the half-sister of actress Halina Zalewska, who accidentally died in 1976, at 36, in a fire. Galleani is also the ex-wife of Italian filmmaker Carlo Vanzina.

Movies unavailable from Ely Galleani

Five Dolls for an August Moon

Isabel

Movie 1970

Born for Hell

Pam

Movie 1976

Traveling Companions

Ellie

Movie 1978

Under the Sheets

Lella

Movie 1976

Baba Yaga

Annette

Movie 1973

Sixteen

Francesca / Daughter

Movie 1975

Damned in Venice

Christine's Friend

Movie 1978

Apache Woman

The Preacher's Daughter

Movie 1976

The Tempter

Rodolfo's Girlfriend

Movie 1974

Redneck

Maria

Movie 1973

Mark Shoots First

Angela Frizzo

Movie 1975

Cugine mie

Irene

Movie 1978

A Lizard in a Woman's Skin

Joan Hammond

Movie 1971

High Crime

Chicca

Movie 1973

Emanuelle's Perverse Outburst

Susan Towers (archive footage)

Movie 1983

Day of Violence

Ragazza americana

Movie 1977

The Big Operator

Dorotea

Movie 1976

La prova d'amore

Angela

Movie 1974

Jus primae noctis

Beata

Movie 1972

Roma bene

Vivi Santi

Movie 1971

It Was I

Hitch-hiker

Movie 1973

Quella piccola differenza

Pat

Movie 1969

In the Name of the Italian People

Silvana Lazzorini

Movie 1971