Pina Menichelli
Birthday
1890/01/11
Day of death
1984/08/29 (94 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Castroreale, Sicily, Italy
Also know 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 ...Read more
Acting
(1918) La Gemma di Sant'Eremo
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(1921) L'età critica
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(1923) La donna e l'uomo
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(1916) The Fire
as Poet
(1915) Jenny
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(1921) Il Romanzo di un Giovane Povero
as Margherita
(1918) La Moglie di Claudio
as Cesraina Ruper
(1920) A Woman's Story
as Beatrice
(1923) La Biondina
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(1914) Cajus Julius Caesar
as Cleopatra
(1914) Cabiria
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(1914) Lulu
as Lulù
(1915) Papà
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(1914) For Napoleon and France
as Rina Larive
(1916) The Royal Tigress
as Countess Natka
(1919) The Railway Owner
as Clara de Beaulieu
(1999) Diva Dolorosa
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(1913) Cinema Tragedy at Carnival Time
as Wife
(1923) La dama de chez Maxim's
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(1923) L' ospite sconosciuta
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(1922) La seconda moglie
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