Movies
TV Shows
People

Maria Michi

Known For
Acting

Known Credits
18

Gender
Female

Birthday
May 15, 1921 (105 years old)

Place of Birth
Roma, Lazio, Italy

Maria Michi

Biography

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.

Description above from the Wikipedia article Maria Michi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

1976Salon Kittyas Hilde
1975Down the Ancient Stairsas la pazza aggressiva
1975Irene, Ireneas Maria
1973Le ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortisas
1973Brothers Blueas Mama Blue
1973Redneckas Princess
1972Last Tango in Parisas Rosa's Mother
1972What Have You Done to Solange?as Brenda's Mother (uncredited)
1970Mont-Dragonas Hortense Dubois - la femme d'Armand
1970The Breachas La Troisième Parque
1969The Lady of Monzaas Sister Bianca Homati
1961The Laws of Waras signora Macusar
1948The Charterhouse of Parmaas Marietta
1947L'altraas 'Angelo' Morelli
1947Shamedas Tea
1947Fatalitàas Paola
1946Paisanas Francesca
1945Rome, Open Cityas Marina Mari

Production