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Maria Michi

Actor
Born May 15, 1921Died April 7, 1980 (58 years)
Maria Michi (14 May 1921 – 7 April 1980) was an Italian supporting actress who worked with Roberto Rossellini on his two early neorealism masterpieces: Rome, Open City and Paisà.

Michi worked first as a typist at a law firm, then as an usherette at Teatro Quattro Fontane in Rome. She was noticed and given small parts in the company of Sergio Tofano and Diana Torrieri during the 1942-1943 season. Critic Irene Bignardi called her "a woman very near the resistance and the Communist Party". In 1948, she worked with Christian-Jaque in La Chartreuse de Parme. She was married in September 1949 to Duke Augusto Torlonia, and left the world of cinema for the theater, particularly working with director Guido Salvini. The marriage was annulled in San Marino in 1956. She resumed her film career in the 1960s and 1970s, when she did 12 films, including Bernardo Bertolucci's Last Tango in Paris and Tinto Brass's Salon Kitty, her last film.

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Known For
  • Rome, Open City
  • Madam Kitty
  • Redneck
  • The Charterhouse of Parma
  • Down the Ancient Stairs
  • Brothers Blue
  • Love, Freedom and Treachery
  • Shamed

Filmography

1976
Madam Kitty · as Hilde
1975
Down the Ancient Stairs · as La Pazza Aggressiva
1973
Brothers Blue · as Mama Blue
1973
Redneck · as Princess
1972
Last Tango in Paris · as Rosa's Mother
1972
What Have You Done to Solange? · as Brenda's Mother (uncredited)
1970
Mont-Dragon · as Hortense Dubois - La Femme D'armand
1970
The Breach · as La Troisième Parque
1969
The Lady of Monza · as Sister Bianca Homati
1961
Love, Freedom and Treachery · as Signora Macusar
1948
1947
Shamed · as Alida
1946
Paisan · as Francesca
1945
Rome, Open City · as Marina Mari

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