Mita Medici

Mita Medici
Born	Patrizia Vistarini (1950-08-20) 20 August 1950 (age 73) Rome, Italy
Other names	Patrizia Perini
Occupations	Actress singer
Parent	Francesco Vistarini (father)
Relatives	Carla Vistarini (sister)

Patrizia Vistarini (born 20 August 1950), known professionally as Mita Medici and sometimes credited as Patrizia Perini, is an Italian actress and singer.

Biography

Born in Rome as Patrizia Vistarini, daughter of the actor Franco Silva, she was launched in 1965 by winning the "Miss Teenager" pageant. ^[1] Medici made her film debut in 1966, at 16, in Luciano Salce's How I Learned to Love Women . She is also active in television, in which she hosted shows such as Canzonissima and Sereno variabile and appeared in several TV-series. ^[2] She was also a singer, active between late 60's and early 80's, and her main success was the song "A ruota libera", which in 1973 ranked 10 in the Italian Hit Parade. ^[3]

In 1968, she was the subject of the song "Mita, Mita, Mita" by progressive rock group Le Orme. ^{[4] [5]}

Her elder sister Carla Vistarini is a song lyricist, novelist, playwright and scriptwriter. She's an atheist. ^[6]

Discography

Studio albums

• …A ruota libera (1973)
• Per una volta (1975)

Singles

• "Questo amore finito così" (1969)
• "Un posto per me/Avventura che nasce" (1970)
• "Un amore/Una storia come tante" (1971)
• "Quei giorni/Se ci sta lui" (1972)
• "Ruota libera/Cosa vuoi che ti dica" (1973)
• "Proprio così/Tremendo" (1973)
• "Scappa scappa/Quei giorni" (1973)
• "Chi sono/Nave" (1975)
• "Uomo/Trucco" (1977)
• "Paletta paletta/Mago tango" (1981)
• "Ma che fiesta" feat. Gianni Dei (1989)

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
1966	How I Learned to Love Women	Annamaria
	L'estate	Elisabetta Fantoni
1967	Don't Sting the Mosquito	Vanessa
	Pronto... c'è una certa Giuliana per te	Giuliana
1968	Colpo di sole	Cristina Mancinelli
1969	Plagio	Angela
1970	Come ti chiami, amore mio?	Carola
1980	Ombre	Patrizia
1992	Gole ruggenti	Paolo's wife
1993	Cinecittà... Cinecittà	Herself	Cameo appearance
1997	L'amico di Wang	Nurse Ambra
2003	Amorfù	Rock poetess	Cameo appearance
2005	E se domani	Director Morandi
2009	Feisbum	Doriana
2011	Un milione di giorni	Maria

Television

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
1970	Coralba	Deborah Danon	Main role (5 episodes)
1974	The White Horse Inn	Ottilie Pesamenole	Television film
1979	The Master of Ballantrae	Alison Graeme	Television film
1985	Murder of a Moderate Man	Regina	Recurring role (3 episodes)
1985, 1987	Aeroporto internazionale	Secretary	2 episodes
1989	Don Tonino	Journalist	Episode: "Il mistero di Villa Gruber"
1992	Il cielo non cade mai	Clara Negroni	Television film
1997–2003, 2013	Un posto al sole	Marisa Saviani	Recurring role (77 episodes)
2001	CentoVetrine	Paola Novelli	Recurring role (5 episodes)
2006–2008	Un ciclone in famiglia	Barbara	Main role (14 episodes)
2008	Provaci ancora prof!	Martina Maselli	Episode: "La prof della prof"
	Don Matteo	Silveria	Episode: "I segreti degli altri"

References

1. Granzotto, Jacopo (18 February 2010). "Creò Renato Zero e Patty Pravo: il "Piper club" compie 45 anni". Il Giornale (in Italian). Retrieved 20 February 2012.
2. Lancia, Enrico; Poppi, Roberto, eds. (2003). Le attrici: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Dizionario del cinema italiano (in Italian). Rome: Gremese. ISBN   88-8440-214-X.
3. Salvatori, Dario (1989). Storia dell'hit parade (in Italian). Rome: Gremese. ISBN   88-7605-439-1.
4. Venturelli, Renato (1998). Nessuno ci può giudicare: il lungo viaggio del cinema musicale 1930-1980 (in Italian). Rome: Fahrenheit 451. ISBN   88-86095-30-9.
5. Balzano, Oronzo (2011). Ad gloriam: Le Orme e il beat (in Italian). foreword by Nino Smeraldi; interviews with Aldo Tagliapietra, Claudio Galieti. Cerignola: Enter. ISBN   978-88-905822-4-0.
6. Giordano, Lucio (5 April 2024). "Quando ero bambina credevo in Dio, ma poi, a 12 anni, ho perduto la fede". Dipiù (in Italian). No. 13. pp. 78–81.

External links

• Mita Medici at IMDb
• Mita Medici at Discogs