Quick Facts
Born:
1941-09-18
Birthplace:
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Credits:
65 Total Roles
Mariangela Melato
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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.
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.
Known For
Flash Gordon
Kala
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
Lidia
Swept Away
Raffaella Pavone Lanzetti
One Way or Another
Giacinta
The Seduction of Mimi
Fiorella Meneghini
Love and Anarchy
Salomè
Beach House
Giulia
In the Pope's Eye
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Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | We Are Cinema MOVIE | Self (archive footage) |
| 2010 | Filumena Marturano MOVIE | Filumena Marturano |
| 2008 | Rebecca, la prima moglie TV | Self |
| 2007 | Le ragazze di Milano MOVIE | Self |
| 2005 | Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker MOVIE | Self |
| 2005 | Come Away with Me MOVIE | Maria Grande |
| 2004 | Love Returns MOVIE | Federica Strozzi |
| 2001 | Probably Love MOVIE | Herself |
| 2000 | La vita cambia MOVIE | Viola |
| 1999 | Un uomo perbene MOVIE | Anna Tortora |