People
Pina Menichelli
- Name: Pina Menichelli
- Birthday: 1890-01-11
- Also known as: Giuseppa Iolanda Menichelli
- Place of birth: Castroreale, Sicily, Italy
- Popularity: 0.268
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... Read More
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Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Diva Dolorosa | 1999-10-21 |
| La Biondina | 1923-12-01 |
| La dama de chez Maxim's | 1923-01-01 |
| L' ospite sconosciuta | 1923-01-01 |
| La donna e l'uomo | 1923-01-01 |
| La seconda moglie | 1922-01-01 |
| Il Romanzo di un Giovane Povero as Margherita | 1921-01-01 |
| L'età critica | 1921-01-01 |
| A Woman's Story as Beatrice | 1920-01-15 |
| The Railway Owner as Clara de Beaulieu | 1919-02-25 |
| La Moglie di Claudio as Cesraina Ruper | 1918-12-11 |
| La Gemma di Sant'Eremo | 1918-01-01 |
| The Royal Tigress as Countess Natka | 1916-11-09 |
| The Fire as Poet | 1916-04-16 |
| Papà | 1915-04-14 |
| Jenny | 1915-01-14 |
| Cajus Julius Caesar as Cleopatra | 1914-11-13 |
| Cabiria | 1914-06-01 |
| Lulu as Lulù | 1914-04-17 |
| For Napoleon and France as Rina Larive | 1914-03-01 |
| Cinema Tragedy at Carnival Time as Wife | 1913-06-10 |
