Mariangela Melato
Biography
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Mariangela Melato (19 September 1941 – 11 January 2013) was an Italian cinema and theatre actress.
Born in Milan, the daughter of a traffic policeman and a seamstress, Melato from a young age studied painting at the Academy of Brera, drawing posters and working as a window dresser at La Rinascente to pay for her acting lessons with Esperia Sperani. A striking, blonde actress, she began her stage career in 1960, entering the stage company of Fantasio Piccoli and debuting as an actress in the play Binario cieco.From 1963 to 1965 she worked with Dario Fo in Settimo: ruba un po' meno and La colpa è sempre del diavolo, then in 1967 she worked with Luchino Visconti in The Nun of Monza. In 1968, her final theater breakthrough with Orlando furioso by Luca Ronconi.She made her film debut in 1969 with Pupi Avati's Thomas e gli indemoniati.
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Full filmography
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) as Self
- Beach House (1977) as Giulia
- Flash Gordon (1980) as Kala
- Moses the Lawgiver (1974) as Princess Bithia
- Policewoman (1974) as Giovanna Abbastanzi
- L'avvocato delle donne (1997) as Irene Salvi
- The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971) as Lidia
- Swept Away (1974) as Raffaella Pavone Lanzetti
- So Fine (1981) as Lira
- One Way or Another (1976) as Giacinta
- Moses the Lawgiver (1976) as Prinzessin Bithia
- In the Pope's Eye (1980) as unselected actress
- Dancers (1987) as Contessa
- The Seduction of Mimi (1972) as Fiorella Meneghini
- Invasion (1970) as Valentina
- The Cat (1977) as Ofelia Pecoraro
- Rebecca, la prima moglie (2008)
- Dear Michele (1976) as Mara Castorelli
- Between Miracles (1971) as Maestra
- The Frenzy of Orlando (1975) as Olimpia
- Love and Anarchy (1973) as Salomè
- The Nada Gang (1974) as Veronique Cash
- Eye of the Cat (1975) as Giulia
- Di che segno sei? (1975) as Marietta detta "Claquette"