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Lucretia Love (born Lou Hickerson, ? - ?) was an American actress who was also known as Lucrezia Love Parenti.

Early years
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Hickerson, Love was the oldest of eight children. She graduated from Odessa High School in 1959, and she attended Odessa College, the University of Texas, and the University of Oklahoma.

Career
Love acted in summer stock theatre and in off-Broadway productions. She also worked as a dancer in Las Vegas and was a news commentator on a television station in Austin, Texas.

Love's films included The Naked General, The 10th Victim, The Modern Diabolicals, and From Istanbul, Orders to Kill.

After Love married, moved to Italy and changed her name, she emerged as a new persona, Lucrezia Parenti. In 1971, she pulled off a hoax when she was announced as a featured guest for an event in Austin, Texas. The Austin American-Statesman newspaper paraphrased the event's chairman as describing Parenti as "Just beginning to hit the variety columns in this country is Miss Parenti, whose beauty, figure and talent are catching the eyes and the pens of amusement editors from coast to coast." The chairman even sought an interpreter to translate from English to Italian. The newspaper later reported that on the night of the event, "Her perfect English startled the audience until it was revealed that she is a native of Odessa and a former Austin resident."

Personal life
Love married Italian actor Mauro Parenti, and they formed the film company I.C.A.R.