Marcella Michelangeli

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Marcella Michelangeli
Born
Marcella Gherardi

(1943-01-28) 28 January 1943 (age 81)
Uscio, Genoa, Kingdom of Italy
OccupationActress

Marcella Michelangeli (born 28 January 1943) is an Italian former actress and singer.

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Biography

Born Marcella Gherardi in Uscio, Italy, she won several beauty contests at a young age, including Miss Liguria. [1] While a student at the School of Fine Arts, she attended the drama school of the Piccolo Teatro Duse in Genoa and acted on stage with Dario Fo. [1] In the second half of the 1960s she moved to Rome, where she briefly had a career as a pop singer, recording several singles with the stage name Marcella. [1]

Michelangeli made her film debut in 1967, alternating art films and low profile genre works. [1] [2] She was also active on television, where she is probably best known for the role of Oriana Fallaci in the Giuseppe Ferrara's RAI TV-movie Panagulis Vive. [1] [2] After fifteen years of intense activity, she retired from showbusiness in the early 1980s. [1] [2]

She has a son with the actor Lou Castel. [1]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1967 Don Juan in Sicily Ragazza alla festa
1969 Let It All Hang Out  [ de ]Luisa
1969 Should a Schoolgirl Tell?  [ de ]Vera Ricci
1970Una storia d'amore
1970 And God Said to Cain Maria
1970La lunga notte dei disertori - I 7 di Marsa MatruhDr. Martha Vaughan
1970 Un caso di coscienza Giuseppina
1970 Arizona Colt Returns Sheila
1971La casa delle mele matureMarisa Cosentini
1971The Big Black SowMiriam Novelli
1971 Beware of a Holy Whore Margret
1972Si può fare molto con 7 donneDanny
1972 Il caso Pisciotta Adelaide Scauri
1974 Milarepa Karin
1974 We All Loved Each Other So Much Gabriella
1976 Down and Dirty Impieg. Postale
1976 Caro Michele Viola Vivanti
1976 The Big Racket Marcy
1976 Mark Strikes Again Olga Kube
1977 Padre Padrone Mother
1977Nel più alto dei cieliEugenia
1977 Could It Happen Here? Mara
1980 Immacolata and Concetta: The Other Jealousy Concetta

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN   888440214X.
  2. 1 2 3 Fabio Secchi Frau. "Marcella Michelangeli, Il viso di Oriana". MyMovies . Retrieved 5 August 2014.