Pina Menichelli
Italian actress (1890-1984) · Italy · On the map · Actors · Died at 94
Giuseppa Iolanda Menichelli, 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).
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L' ospite sconosciutaFilmLa donna e l'uomoFilm1922
La seconda moglieFilm1921
Il Romanzo di un Giovane PoveroFilm, Margherita1920
A Woman's StoryFilm, Beatrice1919
The Railway OwnerFilm, Clara de Beaulieu1918
La Gemma di Sant'EremoFilm
La Moglie di ClaudioFilm, 1918Cesarina Ruper1916
The FireFilm, Poet1915Alla DerivaFilm, Pina1914
CabiriaFilmCajus Julius CaesarFilm, 1914Cleopatra1913
Cinema Tragedy at Carnival TimeFilm, Wife1890Born10 January 1890People around Pina
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Enrico Guazzoni Directed Julius Caesar and Alla deriva
Amleto Palermi Directed La dama de Chez Maxim's (1923)
Ignazio Lupi Also in Julius Caesar (1914)
Giovanni Pastrone Directed The Fire and Tigre reale
Nino Oxilia Directed Father and Legacy of Hate
Luigi Serventi Also in The Railway Owner and A Woman's Story
Augusto Genina Directed Il segreto del castello di Monroe (1914)- Eugenio Perego Directed The Railway Owner and A Woman's Story
Amleto Novelli Also in Julius Caesar and The Railway Owner
Gero Zambuto Directed La moglie di Claudio (1918)
Baldassarre Negroni Directed Zuma and A Shot from Ambush
Ida Carloni Talli Also in La parola che uccide and Alla deriva
Carmine Gallone Directed Flower of Evil (1915)
Ruggero Ruggeri Also in Lulu, Father and Submarine No. 27
Febo Mari Also in Tigre reale and The Royal Tigress
Giovanni Verga Wrote Tigre reale and The Royal Tigress
Luigi Comencini Directed La valigia dei sogni (1953)
Lyda Borelli Also in Flower of Evil and La valigia dei sogni
Marcel Lévesque Also in La dama de Chez Maxim's (1923)
Vittorio Rossi Pianelli Also in La trilogia di Dorina (1917)
Alfredo Martinelli Also in La dama de Chez Maxim's (1923)- Felice Minotti Also in The Fire and La trilogia di Dorina
Livio Pavanelli Also in The Second Wife and A Woman's Story
Hesperia Also in Zuma and A Shot from Ambush
Also in Deutsch
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About this person
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.