Mariangela Melato
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Mariangela Melato (19 September 1941 – 11 January 2013) was an Italian cinema and theatre actress.
Born in Milan, the daughter of a traffic policeman and a seamstress, Melato from a young age studied painting at the Academy of Brera, drawing posters and working as a window dresser at La Rinascente to pay for her acting lessons with Esperia Sperani. A striking, blonde actress, she began her stage career in 1960, entering the stage company of Fantasio Piccoli and debuting as an actress in the play Binario cieco.From 1963 to 1965 she worked with Dario Fo in Settimo: ruba un po' meno and La colpa è sempre del diavolo, then in 1967 she worked with Luchino Visconti in The Nun of Monza. In 1968, her final theater breakthrough with Orlando furioso by Luca Ronconi.She made her film debut in 1969 with Pupi Avati's Thomas e gli indemoniati.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.9493 |
| Birthday | 1941-09-18 |
| Place of Birth | Milan, Lombardy, Italy |
| Also Known As | Maria Angela Melato, |
1976
Moses the Lawgiver
5.727/11
The epic story of Moses, who led the Israelites out of slavery, parted the Red Sea and received the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai. This is the edite...
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Moses the Lawgiver
1980
Flash Gordon
6.273/1122
A football player and his mates travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.
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Flash Gordon
1974
Swept Away
7.371/340
A wealthy woman's yachting holiday with friends in the Mediterranean Sea takes an unexpected turn when she and one of the boat's crew are stranded on...
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Swept Away
1983
Petomaniac
5.944/9
The real story of a French man who was able to control his own farts.
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Petomaniac
1980
Lost and Found
5.286/7
Oppressed by her husband, her lover, and her obsessive mother, a bourgeois woman is reunited with a childhood companion at the central train station i...
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Lost and Found
1973
Love and Anarchy
7.7/117
When his anarchist friend is killed trying to assassinate Mussolini, Tunin decides it's up to him to finish the job. While visiting a brothel, he meet...
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Love and Anarchy
1976
Dear Michele
5.367/15
Michael is the younger son of a middle-class family, a strong-willed and free-thinking fellow, who is off in some distant country fighting for a revol...
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Dear Michele
1976
One Way or Another
7.646/178
Set during a retreat of Christian Democrat politicians who practice spiritual exercises together, it is an allegory of corrupted power. Disturbing, cl...
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One Way or Another
1978
Saxofone
5/9
A young busker goes around in Milan with his saxophone, whereby he always plays the same tune and he experiences surrealistic adventures throughout th...
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Saxofone
1971
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
7.797/384
After losing a finger in a work accident, an Italian worker becomes increasingly involved in political and revolutionary groups.
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The Working Class Goes to Heaven
1977
Beach House
6.3/74
Summer Sunday at a small beach house at the coast of Rome. Many people and stories: women's basketball team, two sports-obsessed soldiers, two men wit...
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Beach House
1981
So Fine
4.76/25
While trying to get his father out of a financial jam, a man comes up with an idea that turns into an unexpected overnight financial fashion success -...
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So Fine
1979
To Forget Venice
5.357/14
Nicky and Anna, brother and sister, reunite in their childhood home in the Venetian countryside. Accompanied by Anna's lover, Claudia, and Nicky's par...
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To Forget Venice
1982
Tomorrow We Dance
7.25/4
Aliens send a hypnotic signal through a TV channel, and the signal makes people dance and makes them forget their fears.
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Tomorrow We Dance
1980
Il resto del Pap'occhio
5/2
Some of the cult protagonists of the television program "L'altra domenica" (The Other Sunday) delight in gags and skits in the name of fun. The film i...
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Il resto del Pap'occhio
1971
Between Miracles
7.157/51
Benedetto is a child who came out of an accident uninjured on his first communion's day. The people of his village attribute that to a miracle and mad...
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Between Miracles
1975
Di che segno sei?
5.44/42
Four episodes. A pilot is ready to change sex, but the doctor made an error. A woman is searching a partner for a dance contest. A worker seduce his b...
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Di che segno sei?
1972
Execution Squad
6.9/40
Bertone is a moderately honest homicide cop. Unfortunately, the court system is so inept and corrupt that many more-or-less honest policemen have begu...
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Execution Squad
1999
Un uomo perbene
5.692/13
In June 1983 the journalist and TV presenter Enzo Tortora was arrested on charges of drug trafficking and belonging to the Camorra.
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Un uomo perbene
1974
Policewoman
5.611/27
A young policewoman discovers an ecological scandal and must face the corruption in the Milan Police department.
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Policewoman
1970
Basta guardarla
4.889/9
Enrichetta, a young peasant girl who lives in a little village, joins Silver Boy as a dancer.
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Basta guardarla
2005
Come Away with Me
4.667/3
Maria, daughter of Italian emigrants, lives with her son Santino who lives by expedients. In a small American town, inhabited mostly by children of It...
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Come Away with Me
1972
We'll Call Him Andrea
7.2/5
Paolo and Maria are two elementary teachers, who love each other, but can not have a child.
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We'll Call Him Andrea
1972
The Seduction of Mimi
7.106/123
Sicilian dockworker Mimi inadvertently becomes embroiled in an increasingly complicated array of personal conflicts. When he loses his job after votin...
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The Seduction of Mimi
1986
Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil
5.444/18
A charming billionaire manager kidnaps a criminal and locks him up in her private villa in Sardinia.
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Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil
1994
Due volte vent'anni
7/1
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Due volte vent'anni
1985
Secrets Secrets
7.25/8
Young terrorist Laura shoots both a judge and a comrade, and over time her violent act becomes a thread linking the lives and fates of several other w...
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Secrets Secrets
1971
Romance
4.571/7
Love story between a young man and a married woman. She's married to a businessman who's neglecting her. She would like to leave him but she's afraid...
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Romance
1993
La fine è nota
7.5/2
A young lawyer returns home and discovers that a man has committed suicide jumping through a window of his house. His wife, Maria, says that she let t...
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La fine è nota
1975
Eye of the Cat
4.3/5
Biting, sadistic satire punctuates this dark comedy about a feckless musician named Marcello Ferrari (Nino Manfredi) whose wife Giulia (Mariangela Mel...
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Eye of the Cat
1974
Il generale dorme in piedi
6.357/7
A colonel in the Army has a problem: when resting lying starts screaming anarchist and antimilitarist phrases. Because of his fitful sleep is therefor...
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Il generale dorme in piedi
1999
Dirty Linen
6.167/6
The Razzi family owns a small factory of sweets in Macerata. Their desire to enlarge their business to cope with the new Unified European Market bring...
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Dirty Linen
1971
Come Together
9/2
An American stuntman working on spaghetti westerns in Europe picks up two pretty American tourists and they decide to take a road trip around Europe t...
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Come Together
1989
Mortacci
6.775/20
Before finally entering the afterlife, the dead spend a period in a limbo from which they depart only when, among the living, there is no one who reme...
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Mortacci
2021
We Are Cinema
9.5/1
An Italian documentary about Italian cinema.
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We Are Cinema
2004
Love Returns
6.071/14
Luca is a famous actor working on his new film as both its star and director. One day he gets extremely sick and, while at the hospital, rethinks his...
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Love Returns
1975
C.I.A. Secret Story
6.286/7
Faccia di spia tries to tell the story of the CIA and other government intelligence agencies with lots of re-creations and dramatizations and points o...
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C.I.A. Secret Story
1985
My Dearest Son
5.25/4
A respectable lawyer finds out his son is a heroin addict. Heartbroken, he'll do anything to help his only child, even if it means sharing his hell.
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My Dearest Son
2000
La vita cambia
8/1
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La vita cambia
1970
Thomas
7.75/6
A modest theatrical company, soon to debut, organizes a superstitious spiritual session. During the evening the spirit of little Thomas is evoked.
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Thomas
1974
By the Blood of Others
5.167/6
In a little French town everything goes on as usual and people seem friendly and good-natured, until the day two women arrive from Paris. A man gets o...
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By the Blood of Others
1975
The Tree of Guernica
6.412/17
The fictional town of Villa Romero is the set upon which the events of Spain's civil war play out. Villa Romero is home to Vandale (Mariangela Melato)...
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1977
La Presidentessa
5.6/5
Gobette, a young avant-garde dancer, finds herself unemployed after the closure of the provincial club where she performs. By pure coincidence, Cipria...
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La Presidentessa
1970
Let's Have a Riot
7.063/8
Episodes centering on different aspects of early-1970s Italian life, set in a television studio, a factory, a university, and a Catholic parish.
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Let's Have a Riot
1970
The Married Priest
4/4
A young Sicilian priest who moved to Rome comes into contact with the high bourgeoisie and receives a lot of sexual attention.
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The Married Priest
2001
Probably Love
7/2
Sofia is a young student in an acting class who learns some of the secrets of the trade from three great actresses: Mariangela Melato teaches her to l...
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Probably Love
2010
Filumena Marturano
4.8/2
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Filumena Marturano
2005
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
6.722/9
A documentary on the director’s career, featuring interviews with friends, collaborators, and filmmakers.
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Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
1981
Help Me Dream
7.1/5
In 1943, during the war, Francesca, widowed, moves with her three daughters to her country house, to get away from the bombing of Bologna. In the vill...
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Help Me Dream
1982
My Darling, My Dearest
7/1
Gennarino Laganà is a poor Sicilian who struggles with menial jobs to support his family, while his parents pressure him to seek his fortune in the No...
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My Darling, My Dearest
1979
The Days Are Numbered
5/7
After a close call on on the highway, Marco--a very famous singer/songwriter in 1968--climbs onto the roof of his car and starts to sing. After an uns...
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The Days Are Numbered
1972
The Sicilian Checkmate
5.25/4
Taking place almost entirely during a murder trial, the film details in significant detail the deep roots sunk by organised crime into the business an...
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The Sicilian Checkmate
1987
Dancers
4.7/11
A successful aging dancer takes a young female protegee.
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Dancers
1970
Invasion
5/2
A professor and his wife suffer humiliation at the hands of an invading college dissidents protest.
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Invasion
1977
The Cat
5.98/49
Amedeo and Ofelia, middle aged brother and sister, own jointly an old decadent, but still attractive, condominium. They want to sell it, but before th...
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The Cat
1982
The Good Soldier
9/1
Tommaso, a young boy growing up in a big family in the country often spies on cousin Marta. Then she marries and moves away. The film then following t...
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The Good Soldier
1974
The Nada Gang
6.048/21
Nada, named after a gang of Spanish anarchists, is a small, confused band of French terrorists. They kidnap the American ambassador after one of his r...
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The Nada Gang
1980
In the Pope's Eye
6.588/57
The Pope is disturbed by the fact that today's youth are not as spiritually inclined as they should be, and so he decides to set up a Vatican televisi...
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In the Pope's Eye
1972
Orestea
10/1
The story of the “Oresteia” begins with King Agamemnon's return to Argos after the fall of Troy. The chorus, composed of old Argives, recalls the sac...
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Orestea
2007
Le ragazze di Milano
0/0
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