A native Roman, Marisa Merlini entered the Italian film world after World War II and built a career defined by more than fifty screen appearances that captured the spirit of the “romana verace” archetype. She gained early recognition portraying the village midwife Annarella in Luigi Comencini’s 1953 comedy Pane, amore e fantasia, and later shared the screen with Totò in several high-profile comedi… Read more
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Known for The Great Silence 1968 A Drama of Jealousy (and other things) 1970 The Monsters 1963 Ricky & Barabba 1992 ★ 7.4 The Monsters 1963
Paola Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario") ★ 7.3 The Traffic Policeman 1960
Amalia Celletti ★ 7.2 A Drama of Jealousy (and other things) 1970
Silvana ★ 7 Bread, Love and Dreams 1953
Annarella ★ 7.2 Frisky 1954
Annarella ★ 7.4 Le ali della vita 2000
★ 6.8 Totò Looking for a House 1949
patronessa ★ 7.1 Doctor and the Healer 1957
Mafalda ★ 6.9 Destinazione Piovarolo 1955
Sara ★ 6.8 Fathers and Sons 1957
Ines ★ 6.6 The Emperor of Capri 1949
La baronesa von Krapfen ★ 6.4 The Last Judgment 1961
una madre ★ 6.2 Me, Me, Me... and the Others 1966
Lady on the telephone ★ 6.3 Totò Looking for Wife 1950
Luisa, la modella ★ 6.2 He Thief, She Thief 1958
Marialele ★ 6.2 The Second Wedding Night 2005
Eugenia Ricci ★ 6.1 Rookies Go to War 1974
Paulette Brugnon ★ 5.7 The Honorable with His Lover under the Bed 1981
Virginia Battistoni ★ 5.7 Cream Horn 1981
Zaira, la madre di Marianna ★ 5.2 Teste di cocco 2000
Nonna ★ 5.4 The Fan, the Referee and the Footballer 1983
Mother of Manuela ★ 5.1 Gian Burrasca 1982
Zia Bettina ★ 5.5 The Wife on Vacation... The Lover in Town 1980
Valeria's Mother ★ 5.6 Desirable Teacher 1981
Chiromante ★ 5.8 Ricky & Barabba 1992
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