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 has been re-assembled and re-evaluated by film historians.
Filmography
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Movies 20
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Italia: Fire and Ashes (2023)
Diva Dolorosa (1999)
La Biondina (1923)
La dama de chez Maxim's (1923)
L' ospite sconosciuta (1923)
La donna e l'uomo (1923)
La seconda moglie (1922)
Il Romanzo di un Giovane Povero (1921)
L'età critica (1921)
A Woman's Story (1920)
The Railway Owner (1919)
La Moglie di Claudio (1918)
La Gemma di Sant'Eremo (1918)
The Royal Tigress (1916)
The Fire (1916)
Flower of Evil (1915)
Papà (1915)
Jenny (1915)
For Napoleon and France (1914)
Cinema Tragedy at Carnival Time (1913)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1890-01-11
Deathday1984-08-28 (94 years old)
Birth PlaceCastroreale, Italy
CitizenshipsKingdom of Italy, Italy
Also Known AsGiuseppa Iolanda Menichelli
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