About

Known credits:
21
Birthday:
1890-01-11
Place of birth:
Castroreale, Sicily, Italy
Website:
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Pina Menichelli

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
1999 Diva Dolorosa Actor 59
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1923 La Biondina Actor N/A
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1923 La dama de chez Maxim's Actor N/A
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1923 La donna e l'uomo Actor N/A
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1923 L' ospite sconosciuta Actor N/A
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1922 La seconda moglie Actor N/A
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1921 L'età critica Actor N/A
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1921 Il Romanzo di un Giovane Povero Actor Margherita N/A
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1920 A Woman's Story Actor Beatrice 58
Average
1919 The Railway Owner Actor Clara de Beaulieu 58
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1918 La Moglie di Claudio Actor Cesraina Ruper 58
Average
1918 La Gemma di Sant'Eremo Actor N/A
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1916 The Royal Tigress Actor Countess Natka 58
Average
1916 The Fire Actor Poet 59
Average
1915 Papà Actor 58
Average
1915 Jenny Actor 58
Average
1914 Cajus Julius Caesar Actor Cleopatra 58
Average
1914 Cabiria Actor 61
Fair
1914 Lulu Actor Lulù N/A
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1914 For Napoleon and France Actor Rina Larive N/A
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1913 Cinema Tragedy at Carnival Time Actor Wife 58
Average