Princess Deianira — Hercules in the Haunted World Character Profile

About Princess Deianira

Hercules' beloved and the emotional catalyst for the second film's narrative. Suffers a debilitating curse that necessitates a journey to Hades, positioning her as both a victim of political intrigue and a symbol of Hercules' motivating forces.

Quick Facts about Princess Deianira

Manner of Death

Suicide

Princess Deianira's Known Relations

• Heracles — Spouse
• Oeneus — Father
• Althaea — Mother
• Hyllus — Child
• Macaria — Child
• Hodites — Child
• Glenus — Child
• Ctesippus — Child
• Glycisonetes — Child

Princess Deianira appears in 3 titles

• Hercules in the Haunted World (1961)
• The Adventures of Hercules (1985) — character page
• Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Leonora Ruffo

Appears in

Hercules in the Haunted World (1961)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (1)

• Princess Deianira — Narrative Oracle — Medea (Gaia Germani)

  Medea serves as the prophetic voice guiding Deianira's fate.

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More characters from Hercules in the Haunted World

• Hercules (Ercole) (Reg Park)
• King Lico (Licos) (Christopher Lee)
• Thesus (Teseo) (George Ardisson)
• Medea (Gaia Germani)
• Aretusa (Marisa Belli)
• Persephone (Ida Galli)
• Leader of the Cutthroats (Raf Baldassarre)
• Sunis (Aldo Pedinotti)
• Telemachus (Telemaco) (Franco Giacobini)
• Helena (Rosalba Neri)
• Keros (Mino Doro)
• Jocasta (Ely Drago)