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Nella Martinetti
Sign in to saveSwiss singer (1946– 2011)
Film & TV
Known for
- Rascals on the Road — Hausfrau2005
- G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten — Self2005
- Reporter — Self2001
- Eurotrash1993
- Der Club — Self1985
- Musikantenstadl — herself1981
- Musikantenstadl — Self1981
- Die ZDF-Hitparade — Self1969
- Zum blauen Bock — Self1957
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Switzerland
- Active from
- 1946-01-21
- Active to
- 2011-07-29
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 457
- Total plays
- 3,213
Nella Martinetti (21 January 1946 – 29 July 2011) was a Swiss singer and songwriter. Martinetti was born in Brissago, Switzerland. In 1986, she became the first winner of the Grand Prix der Volksmusik with the song Bella Musica, which she had composed herself. In 1987, along with Atilla Şereftuğ, Martinetti approached young singer Celine Dion, asking her to represent Switzerland in the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest. She died in Männedorf, Switzerland, aged 65, in 2011, from pancreatic cancer.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Brissago
- Place of death
- Männedorf
- Occupation
- lyricist
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Field of work
- children's and young adult literature
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.nella.ch
- Image
- Nella Martinetti, 1975 (cropped).tif
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- cause of death
- pancreatic cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of birth
- 1946-01-21
- date of death
- 2011-07-29
- medical condition
- fibromyalgia
- start of work period
- 1983-00-00
- Commons category
- Nella Martinetti
- sexual orientation
- non-heterosexuality
- copyright representative
- SUISA
- name in native language
- Nella Martinetti
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