Mariangela Melato
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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.
Acting
Movie
Flash Gordon
as Kala
1980
Movie
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
as Lidia
1971
Movie
Swept Away
as Raffaella Pavone Lanzetti
1974
Movie
One Way or Another
as Giacinta
1976
Movie
The Seduction of Mimi
as Fiorella Meneghini
1972
Movie
Love and Anarchy
as Salomè
1973
Movie
Beach House
as Giulia
1977
Movie
In the Pope's Eye
as unselected actress
1980
Movie
Between Miracles
as Maestra
1971
Movie
The Cat
as Ofelia Pecoraro
1977
Movie
Di che segno sei?
as Marietta detta "Claquette"
1975
Movie
Execution Squad
as Sandra
1972
Movie
Policewoman
as Giovanna Abbastanzi
1974
Movie
So Fine
as Lira
1981
Movie
The Nada Gang
as Veronique Cash
1974
Movie
Mortacci
as Jolanda
1989
Movie
Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil
as Fulvia Bolk
1986
Movie
The Tree of Guernica
as Vandale
1975
Movie
Dear Michele
as Mara Castorelli
1976
Movie
To Forget Venice
as Anna
1979
Movie
Love Returns
as Federica Strozzi
2004
Movie
Un uomo perbene
as Anna Tortora
1999
Movie
Dancers
as Contessa
1987
Movie
Moses the Lawgiver
as Prinzessin Bithia
1976