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.
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Giuseppa Iolanda Menichelli 10 January 1890 Castroreale, Sicily, Italy
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Died |
29 August 1984 (aged 94) Milan, Lombardy, Italy
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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