Maria Monti
Maria Monti | |
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 Monti in 1960 | |
| Born | 26 June 1935 (age 89)[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, singer |
Maria Monti (born 26 June 1935) is an Italian film actress and singer.
Life and career
[edit]Born in Milan, Monti started her career as a singer in the mid-1950s, performing in the nightclubs of her hometown, soon achieving local success.[1] As a singer, she took part in the Sanremo Music Festival 1961 with "Benzina e cerini", and her repertoire mostly consisted on satirical folk songs.[1] At the same time she started a parallel activity as a stage actress, and starting from 1959 being also active on television and in films, where she collaborated with Sergio Leone, Bernardo Bertolucci, Alberto Lattuada and Mauro Bolognini.[1] On stage, she is best known for her collaboration with Paolo Poli, for the Garinei-Terzoli-Vaime musical comedy Pardon Mounsier Molière she starred in with Gino Bramieri, and for Giovanni Testori's L'Ambleto.[1]
Filmography
[edit]- Canzoni a tempo di twist (1962)
- La bella di Lodi (1963)
- The Man Who Burnt His Corpse (1964)
- La prova generale (1968)
- Duck, You Sucker! (1971)
- Chronicle of a Homicide (1972)
- The Night of the Devils (1972)
- What Have You Done to Solange? (1972)
- Vermisat (1975)
- Al piacere di rivederla (1976)
- The Red Carnation (1976)
- 1900 (1976)
- Oh, Serafina! (1976)
- Black Journal (1977)
- Wifemistress (1977)
- Nest of Vipers (1977)
- Little Lips (1978)
- Yerma (TV, 1978)
- The Girl from Millelire Street (1980)
- Mary Ward (1985)
- The Strangeness of Life (1987)
- Milan noir (1987)
- Gangsters (1992)
- La medaglia (1997)
- Kaputt Mundi (1998)
- Against the Wind (2000)
- Vento di ponente (TV, 2002)
- Fog and Crimes (TV, 2005)
- Zodiaco (TV,2008)
- L'ultimo re (2009)
References
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