Fiorella Mari
{{Short description|Italian actress (1928–1983)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Fiorella Mari
| image = Fiorella_Mari_54.jpg
| caption = Mari in 1954
| birth_name = Fiorella Colpi
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1928|6|21}}
| birth_place = São Paulo, Brazil
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1983|3|2|1928|6|21}}
| death_place = Rome, Italy
| occupation = Actress
}}
Fiorella Colpi (21 June 1928 – 2 March 1983), known professionally as Fiorella Mari, was a Brazilian-born Italian actress.
Life and career
Fiorella Colpi was born in São Paulo, Brazil, to Italian parents. The daughter of a surgeon, Colpi soon moved to Rome where in the 1950s she made her acting debut using the surname of her American husband of the time (Jess Maxwell, from whom she divorced shortly after).{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano - Le Attrici|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=888440214X}}{{cite book|last=Massimo Emanuelli|title=50 anni di storia della televisione attraverso la stampa settimanale|year=2004 |publisher=GRECO & GRECO Editori, 2004|isbn=8879803468}} She later adopted the stage name Mari and appeared in a number of stage plays, radio programs, television films and films. She is probably best known for her roles in Camillo Mastrocinque's Are We Men or Corporals? (1955) and in Mario Monicelli's Fathers and Sons (1957). In 1957 Mari hosted the 7th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival alongside Nunzio Filogamo and Marisa Allasio;{{cite book|last=Eddy Anselmi|title=Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana|year=2009 |publisher=Panini Comics, 2009|isbn=978-8863462296}} a short time later she retired from showbusiness.
Mari died in Rome on 2 March 1983, at the age of 54.{{cite web |title=Fiorella Mari |url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/379611182665828/permalink/1107503193209953/ |website=Associazione Culturale on Facebook |access-date=22 June 2023}}
Selected filmography
- Queen Margot (1954)
- The Day the Sky Exploded (1958) as Mary McLaren
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0546918}}
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Category:20th-century Italian actresses
Category:Brazilian emigrants to Italy
Category:Brazilian people of Italian descent
Category:Italian film actresses
Category:Italian stage actresses
Category:Italian television actresses
Category:Actresses from São Paulo
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