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