Maria Michi

Maria Michi
Born	(1921-05-24)24 May 1921 Rome, Italy
Died	7 April 1980(1980-04-07) (aged 58) Grottaferrata, Italy
Occupation	Actress

Maria Michi (24 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 1942-43 season. In 1948, she worked with Christian-Jaque in La Chartreuse de Parme. She stopped filming until 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.

Filmography

• 1945: Roma, città aperta (Rome, Open City), directed by Roberto Rossellini - role: Marina Marini
• 1946: Paisà (Paisan), directed by Roberto Rossellini - role: Francesca
• 1946: Preludio d'amore (Shamed), directed by Giovanni Paolucci - role: Alida
• 1946: Fatalità, directed by Giorgio Bianchi - role: Paola
• 1947: L'altra, directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia - role: Thea 'Angelo' Morelli
• 1947: La Chartreuse de Parme (The Charterhouse of Parma), directed by Christian-Jaque - role: Marietta
• 1961: it (Law of War), directed by Bruno Paolinell - role: Signora Macumer
• 1969: The Lady of Monza, (original title is La monaca di Monza"), directed by Eriprando Visconti - role: Sister Bianca Homati
• 1972: Last Tango in Paris, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci - role: Rosa's mother
• 1973: Redneck, directed by Silvio Narizzano - role: Princess
• 1976: Salon Kitty, directed by Tinto Brass - role: Ilde

External links

• Maria Michi at IMDb