Mariangela Melato
Known for Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Filmography
Flash Gordon
1980
as Kala
So Fine
1981
as Lira
Swept Away
1974
as Raffaella Pavone Lanzetti
Beach House
1977
as Giulia
We Are Cinema
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Dirty Linen
1999
as Cinzia
Love and Anarchy
1973
as Salomè
Between Miracles
1971
as Maestra
Mortacci
1989
as Jolanda
Help Me Dream
1981
as Francesca
Eye of the Cat
1975
as Giulia
The Nada Gang
1974
as Veronique Cash
Di che segno sei?
1975
as Marietta detta "Claquette"
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
1971
as Lidia
Un uomo perbene
1999
as Anna Tortora
Dancers
1987
as Contessa
The Seduction of Mimi
1972
as Fiorella Meneghini
Moses the Lawgiver
1976
as Prinzessin Bithia
Policewoman
1974
as Giovanna Abbastanzi
Petomaniac
1983
as Catherine