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Pina Menichelli

Pina Menichelli

Acting

Biography

Giuseppa Iolanda Menichelli (10 January 1890 – 29 August 1984), known professionally as Pina Menichelli, was an Italian actress. After a career in theatre and a series of small film roles, Menichelli was launched as a film star when Giovanni Pastrone gave her the lead role in The Fire (1916). Over the next nine years, Menichelli made a series of films, often trading on her image as a diva and on her passionate, decadent eroticism. Menichelli became a global star, and one of the most appreciated actresses in Italian cinema, before her retirement in 1924, aged 34. Since her death, restorations of Menichelli's surviving films have been shown at important film festivals, and her filmography has been re-assembled and re-evaluated by film historians.

Filmography Movies

Acting

Poster for La Gemma di Sant'Eremo
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La Gemma di Sant'Eremo

La Gemma di Sant'Eremo
Poster for L'età critica
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L'età critica

8.0(0.0K)
L'età critica
Poster for La donna e l'uomo
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La donna e l'uomo

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La donna e l'uomo
Poster for The Fire
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The Fire

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The Fire
Poet
Poster for Jenny
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Jenny

5.5(0.0K)
Jenny
Poster for Il Romanzo di un Giovane Povero
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Il Romanzo di un Giovane Povero

9.0(0.0K)
Il Romanzo di un Giovane Povero
Margherita
Poster for La Moglie di Claudio
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La Moglie di Claudio

5.8(0.0K)
La Moglie di Claudio
Cesarina Ruper
Poster for A Woman's Story
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A Woman's Story

7.0(0.0K)
A Woman's Story
Beatrice
Poster for La Biondina
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La Biondina

La Biondina
Poster for Cabiria
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Cabiria

7.2(0.1K)
Cabiria

Gallery

Pina Menichelli portrait