Pina Menichelli
Known for Acting · 24 credits
- Born
- 1890-01-11
- Died
- 1984-08-29
- Place of birth
- Castroreale, Sicily, Italy
- Also known as
- Giuseppa Iolanda Menichelli
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.
Known For
Movies (24)
The Royal Tigress
1916
as Countess Natka
The Passenger
1918
as Lucia
Lulu
1914
as Lulù
Alla Deriva
1915
as Pina
La dama de chez Maxim's
1923
Diva Dolorosa
1999
The Fire
1916
as Poet
For Napoleon and France
1914
as Rina Larive
Cinema Tragedy at Carnival Time
1913
as Wife
La casa di nessuno
as Vera Dimitriewna
Cajus Julius Caesar
1914
as Cleopatra
Papà
1915
La Gemma di Sant'Eremo
1918
Cabiria
1914
Jenny
1915
Il Romanzo di un Giovane Povero
1921
as Margherita
La Moglie di Claudio
1918
as Cesarina Ruper
The Railway Owner
1919
as Clara de Beaulieu
L' ospite sconosciuta
1923
La Biondina
1923
La donna e l'uomo
1923
A Woman's Story
1920
as Beatrice
La seconda moglie
1922
L'età critica
1921
About Pina Menichelli
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 retiremen… With 24 credits spanning from 1913 to 1999, Pina Menichelli has appeared in 24 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Pina Menichelli Movies
- The Royal Tigress (1916) — as Countess Natka
- The Passenger (1918) — as Lucia
- Lulu (1914) — as Lulù
- Alla Deriva (1915) — as Pina
- La dama de chez Maxim's (1923)
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