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Dorian Gray (actress)

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Dorian Gray
Gray in 1958
Born
Maria Luisa Mangini

(1931-02-02)2 February 1931
Bolzano, Kingdom of Italy
Died15 February 2011(2011-02-15) (aged 80)
Torcegno, Trentino, Italy
OccupationActress
Years active1951–1965

Dorian Gray (born Maria Luisa Mangini; 2 February 1931 – 15 February 2011) was an Italian actress.

Biography

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Gray made her stage debut in 1950. After five years she left the world of the theater and devoted herself to cinema.

Dorian Gray in Totò, Peppino e la... malafemmina (1956)

The role she played most often in films was that of a seductive sexual character. She played the titular "bad girl" in Totò, Peppino e la... malafemmina. She also appeared in Michelangelo Antonioni's Il grido. In 1957, she took part in Nights of Cabiria by Federico Fellini.

Death

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On February 15, 2011, Gray committed suicide by gunshot at her home in Torcegno. She was 80 years old; some media, however, reported her age as 75,[1] since she herself claimed to have been born in 1936.[2]

Partial filmography

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Gray in Io piaccio (1955)

References

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  1. ^ "Cinema: addio a Dorian Gray, si toglie la vita la "malafemmina" di Totò" [Cinema: farewell to Dorian Gray, the "malafemmina" of Totò, takes her own life]. Trentino (in Italian). Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Dictionary of italian cinema - Actresses", by Lancia and Poppi, Gremese Ed. 2003
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