Pina Menichelli
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.
Known for
ActingBirthday
January 11, 1890Deathday
August 29, 1984Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
21Place of birth
Castroreale, Sicily, ItalyAlso known as
Giuseppa Iolanda MenichelliCast credits
La Gemma di Sant'Eremo
L'età critica
La donna e l'uomo
The Fire
PoetJenny
Il Romanzo di un Giovane Povero
MargheritaLa Moglie di Claudio
Cesraina RuperA Woman's Story
BeatriceLa Biondina
Cabiria
Lulu
LulùPapà
The Royal Tigress
Countess NatkaThe Railway Owner
Clara de BeaulieuDiva Dolorosa
Cinema Tragedy at Carnival Time
WifeLa dama de chez Maxim's
L' ospite sconosciuta
La seconda moglie