Pina Menichelli
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 11, 1890
- Died
- August 29, 1984
- Birthplace
- 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
- La casa di nessuno
La casa di nessuno TBA
as Vera Dimitriewna
Diva Dolorosa 1999
Actor
La Biondina 1923
Actor
L' ospite sconosciuta 1923
Actor
La dama de chez Maxim's 1923
Actor
- La donna e l'uomo
La donna e l'uomo 1923
Actor
La seconda moglie 1922
Actor
Il Romanzo di un Giovane Povero 1921
as Margherita
- L'età critica
L'età critica 1921
Actor
A Woman's Story 1920
as Beatrice
The Railway Owner 1919
as Clara de Beaulieu
La Moglie di Claudio 1918
as Cesarina Ruper
- The Passenger
The Passenger 1918
as Lucia
- Una sventatella
Una sventatella 1918
Actor
La Gemma di Sant'Eremo 1918
Actor
The Royal Tigress 1916
as Countess Natka
The Fire 1916
as Poet
Papà 1915
Actor
- Alla Deriva
Alla Deriva 1915
as Pina
Jenny 1915
Actor
- Cajus Julius Caesar
Cajus Julius Caesar 1914
as Cleopatra
Cabiria 1914
Actor
- Lulu
Lulu 1914
as Lulù
- For Napoleon and France
For Napoleon and France 1914
as Rina Larive
Cinema Tragedy at Carnival Time 1913
as Wife
Credits from TMDB.