Yole Marinelli

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Yole Marinelli
Born1940 (age 8586)
OccupationsActress, Italian translator speech artist
Spouse(s) Brian Weske (1964 [1] - 1970)
Juerg Martin Von Moos [2] (m. 1971)

Yole Marinelli (born 1940) is an English and Italian actress, and also Italian translator speech artist for BBC.

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Life and career

Marinelli, daughter of a government official in Naples, [3] was born in Italy. [4] She left home to study drama in Rome and made some films in Italy. [3] She left Italy when she was only half way through her course at drama school. [5]

She was the member of the team teaching Italian in BBC1's education series 'Si Dice Cosi' (1969), television course of 26 programmes, and in the education series 'Avventura' (1972-1973), a BBC television course of 25 programmes.

Personal life

Marinelli was married to Brian Weske, film and television actor, singer, and songwriter, from 1964 to 1970. In 1971 she married Swiss-born Juerg Martin Von Moos.[ citation needed ]

Selected filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1966 Drop Dead Darling 1st Maidas Iole Marinelli
1969 Where's Jack? Lady Clarissa
1969 The Thirteen Chairs Sybil
1982 All My Friends Part 2 Anita Esposito

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1965 Riviera Police PierEpisode: "Who Can Catch a Falling Star?"
1967 The Wednesday Play EmmanuellaEpisode: "A Way with the Ladies"
1967VendettaItalian WaitressEpisode: "The Desperate Man"
1967 The Avengers JerezinaEpisode: "The £50,000 Breakfast"
1968 The Troubleshooters Teresa EstobanEpisode: "Not for My Friend - He's Driving"
1968 The Champions SoniaEpisode: "Desert Journey"

See also

References

  1. "Brian Weske (1932 - 2001)". elcinema.com. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  2. "Strictly for the sixth form only, chaps!". Daily Express. 18 August 1972. p. 3. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  3. 1 2 Bell, Jack (22 February 1969). "Talk About Pretty Faces!". Daily Mirror. p. 13. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  4. "Actress Taken To Hospital". Guardian Journal. 8 October 1970. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  5. "Italian glamour". Evening Chronicle. 1 March 1969. Retrieved 4 September 2025.