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Italian theatre, film and television actress (1941–2013)

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Mariangela Melato, born Maria Angela Caterina Melato on 19 September 1941 in Milan, was an Italian stage and film actor. She was educated at the Brera Academy and began her career in 1969, working in film and theatre. Melato received the David di Donatello for Best Actress, the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress and recognition at the Taormina Film Fest, and was the unmarried partner of Renzo Arbore; her sibling was Anna Melato.

She died of pancreatic cancer on 11 January 2013 in Rome.

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Person · Open Library

Works
1

Top works

  • Love Returns ( L'Amore ritorna ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Italy ]

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Film & TV

Acting · Milan, Lombardy, Italy

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…

Known for

  • We Are Cinema — Self (archive footage)2021
  • Filumena Marturano — Filumena Marturano2010
  • Rebecca, la prima moglie2008
  • Le ragazze di Milano — Self2007
  • Come Away with Me — Maria Grande2005
  • Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker — Self2005
  • Love Returns — Federica Strozzi2004
  • Probably Love — Herself2001
  • La vita cambia — Viola2000
  • Un uomo perbene — Anna Tortora1999

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Italy
Active from
1941-09-19
Active to
2013-01-11

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
94
Total plays
511

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Key facts

Born
( 1941-09-19 ) 19 September 1941, Milan , Kingdom of Italy
Died
11 January 2013 (2013-01-11) (aged 71), Rome , Italy
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1963–2010
Partner s
Renzo Arbore (1970s–1980s, 2007–2013)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Mariangela
Gender
female
Citizenship
Kingdom of Italy
Place of birth
Milan
Place of death
Rome
Occupation
film actor
Educated at
Brera Academy
Languages spoken
Italian
Field of work
acting
Official website
www.mariangelamelato.com
Image
Mariangela Melato 1972.jpg
Height
1.67
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Commons category
Mariangela Melato
cause of death
pancreatic cancer
date of birth
1941-09-19
date of death
2013-01-11
manner of death
natural causes
name in native language
Mariangela Melato
birth name
Maria Angela Caterina Melato
unmarried partner
Renzo Arbore
start of work period
1969-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

Mariangela Caterina Melato ( Italian: [mariˈandʒela meˈlaːto, maˈrjan-]; 19 September 1941 – 11 January 2013), sometimes billed as Maria Angela Melato, was an Italian actress. She is most remembered for her roles in films of director Lina Wertmüller, including The Seduction of Mimi (1972), Love and Anarchy (1973), and Swept Away (1974). In cinema, she also appeared in films of Claude Chabrol, Elio Petri and Vittorio De Sica, and on stage in productions by Dario Fo, Luchino Visconti and Luca Ronconi. Her roles in English-language films include the 1980 science fiction film Flash Gordon, So Fine (1981) and Dancers (1987).

Early life

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