Pina Menichelli
Acting
1890-01-11 · Castroreale, Sicily, Italy
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.
Filmography(23)
movieDiva Dolorosa
as · 1999 · 7.0
movieLa Biondina
as · 1923 · 0.0
movieLa donna e l'uomo
as · 1923 · 10.0
movieL' ospite sconosciuta
as · 1923 · 0.0
movieLa dama de chez Maxim's
as · 1923 · 9.0
movieLa seconda moglie
as · 1922 · 10.0
movieL'età critica
as · 1921 · 8.0
movieIl Romanzo di un Giovane Povero
as Margherita · 1921 · 9.0
movieA Woman's Story
as Beatrice · 1920 · 7.0
movieThe Railway Owner
as Clara de Beaulieu · 1919 · 5.9
movieLa Moglie di Claudio
as Cesarina Ruper · 1918 · 5.8
movieThe Passenger
as Lucia · 1918 · 0.0
movieLa Gemma di Sant'Eremo
as · 1918 · 0.0
movieThe Royal Tigress
as Countess Natka · 1916 · 5.6
movieThe Fire
as Poet · 1916 · 6.6
moviePapà
as · 1915 · 5.9
movieAlla Deriva
as Pina · 1915 · 0.0
movieJenny
as · 1915 · 5.5
movieCajus Julius Caesar
as Cleopatra · 1914 · 4.7
movieCabiria
as · 1914 · 7.2
movieLulu
as Lulù · 1914 · 7.0
movieFor Napoleon and France
as Rina Larive · 1914 · 7.0
movieCinema Tragedy at Carnival Time
as Wife · 1913 · 5.5