Marina Confalone

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Marina Confalone (born June 2, 1951 in Naples ) is an Italian actress .

Life

Confalone is strongly influenced by the Neapolitan theater in the tradition of Eduardo De Filippo , to whose ensemble she also belonged at the beginning. She celebrated her first successes in pieces such as Il compleanno (1980), L'isola di Sancho (1984) by Manlio Santanelli . The monological piece Raccionepecca was written for her by Giuseppe Bertolucci . In the cinema, active since 1975, after minor appearances, she also had great successes from 1984 onwards: Her Camilla, the employee discussing with the washing machine in Also sprach Bellavista , made a lasting impression. Confalone, tall, with high cheekbones, showed excellent timing for comedy with dazzling humor and melancholy undertones, which she also used in subsequent projects: the frustrated typist in As good as dead (1987), the hysterical, in love with a drug dealer Livia abusing her husband and children in Silent Night, Deadly Night (1992), the scheming sister in Arriva la bufera (1993), the disaffected employee in La seconda volta (1995). For the last two roles she received the David di Donatello , which she won for the first time in 1985, for best supporting actress. Also the Jewish lovers of the protagonist in Is love just a word, who are housed in a psychiatric clinic ? (1998) impressed critics and viewers. This was followed in 2002 by David for the best female lead in Incantesimo napoletano . In addition to occasional television engagements since 1978, she was rarely seen in the cinema in the new millennium.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1975: Operation unsuccessful - patient is alive (L'infermiera)
  • 1980: Fontamara
  • 1984: So Spoke Bellavista (Così parlo Bellavista)
  • 1987: As good as dead (Sembra morto… ma è solo svenuto)
  • 1992: Silent Night, Deadly Night (Parenti serpenti)
  • 1993: Arriva la bufera
  • 1995: The second time (La seconda volta)
  • 1998: is love just a word? (La parola amore esiste)
  • 1999: Beresina or The Last Days of Switzerland
  • 2002: Incantesimo napoletano
  • 2013: Amiche da morire

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andrea Orbicciani, Article Marina Confalone , in: Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi: Dizionario des Cinema Italiano. Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, Rome 1999. pp. 84/85
personal data
SURNAME Confalone, Marina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian actress
DATE OF BIRTH June 2, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Naples