Fiorella Mari
Fiorella Mari (actually Fiorella Colpi ; born June 21, 1928 in São Paulo , Brazil ) is an Italian former actress .
Life
Mari was born the daughter of a surgeon working in Brazil ; After moving to Italy, she made her acting debut in the 1950s under the family name of her husband at the time Jess Maxwell (from whom she was divorced soon after) in the television film Passage nell'equatore . Several television works followed. For the stage, she took the stage name Mari and also played in radio programs, other television pieces, but mostly movies - in this she was often in emergency roles Girls in in acting hardly challenging, decorative features films occupied. Two appearances on the side of comedian Totò were more remarkable . Already at the end of the decade - with the exception of a brief television comeback in 1967 - she surprisingly withdrew from all activities. She later worked as a speech teacher.
In 1957 Mari and Marisa Allasio moderated the Sanremo Festival led by Nunzio Filogamo .
Filmography (selection)
- 1953: Canzoni a due voci
- 1954: Bartholomew's Night (La Reine Margot)
- 1954: Il figlio dell'uomo
- 1954: The black devils of Romangai (La vendetta dei Tughs)
- 1954: The Temple Shrike of Bangkok (I misteri della giungla nera)
- 1956: The mysterious knight of Montferrat (Lo spadaccino misterioso)
- 1956: Journey to Hell to Tobruk (Il prezzo della gloria)
- 1957: fathers and sons (Padri e figli ...)
- 1958: Capitan Fracassa (TV miniseries, 5 parts)
- 1958: La morte viene dallo spazio
Individual evidence
- ^ Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano - Le Attrici. Rome, 2003. p. 224
- ↑ Massimo Emanuelli: 50 anni di storia della televisione attraverso la stampa settimanale. Milan, 2004
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mari, Fiorella |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Colpi, Fiorella (real name); Maxwell, Jane (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | São Paulo , Brazil |