Pina Menichelli
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
Diva Dolorosa
1999
La donna e l'uomo
1923
La Biondina
1923
L' ospite sconosciuta
1923
La dama de chez Maxim's
1923
La seconda moglie
1922
L'età critica
1921
Il Romanzo di un Giovane Povero
1921
as Margherita
A Woman's Story
1920
as Beatrice
The Railway Owner
1919
as Clara de Beaulieu
La Gemma di Sant'Eremo
1918
La Moglie di Claudio
1918
as Cesarina Ruper
The Passenger
1918
as Lucia
Una sventatella
1918
The Fire
1916
as Poet
The Royal Tigress
1916
as Countess Natka
Jenny
1915
Papà
1915
Alla Deriva
1915
as Pina
Cabiria
1914
Cajus Julius Caesar
1914
as Cleopatra
Lulu
1914
as Lulù
For Napoleon and France
1914
as Rina Larive
Cinema Tragedy at Carnival Time
1913
as Wife