Mariangela Melato
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.
Filmography
We Are Cinema
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Filumena Marturano
2010
as Filumena Marturano
- No poster
Le ragazze di Milano
2007
as Self
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005
as Self
Come Away with Me
2005
as Maria Grande
Love Returns
2004
as Federica Strozzi
Probably Love
2001
as Herself
La vita cambia
2000
as Viola
Un uomo perbene
1999
as Anna Tortora
Dirty Linen
1999
as Cinzia
- No poster
Due volte vent'anni
1994
as Marianne
La fine è nota
1993
as Elena Malva
Mortacci
1989
as Jolanda
Dancers
1987
as Contessa
Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil
1986
as Fulvia Bolk
My Dearest Son
1985
as Stefania
Secrets Secrets
1985
as Giuliana, il giudice
Petomaniac
1983
as Catherine
Tomorrow We Dance
1982
as Mariangela
My Darling, My Dearest
1982
as Armida
The Good Soldier
1982
as Marta
So Fine
1981
as Lira
Help Me Dream
1981
as Francesca
Flash Gordon
1980
as Kala