Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1941-09-18
Day of Death
2013-01-11
Place of Birth
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Mariangela Melato
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 (60)
We Are Cinema
2021
Filumena Marturano
2010Le ragazze di Milano
2007
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005
Come Away with Me
2005
Love Returns
2004
Probably Love
2001
La vita cambia
2000
Un uomo perbene
1999
Dirty Linen
1999Due volte vent'anni
1994
La fine è nota
1993
Mortacci
1989
Dancers
1987
