Maria Grazia Spina

Born Maria Grazia Spinazzi in Venice, Spina debuted as an actress with the theatrical company Stabile di Trieste, then worked with the companies of Vittorio Gassman, Aroldo Tieri, Elisa Cegani, and Glauco Mauri.{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi|title=Le attrici: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003}} She also had a prolific film career, but despite a great number of appearances, especially in comedies and adventure films, she failed to emerge. Her television career was more rewarding, and she had the opportunities to star in roles of weight in successful TV series. She hosted the 1965 edition of the Sanremo Music Festival.{{cite book|last=Marcello Giannotti|title=L'enciclopedia di Sanremo|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2005}}

Spina died on 13 March 2025 at the age of 88.[https://corrieredelveneto.corriere.it/notizie/venezia-mestre/cronaca/25_marzo_14/addio-all-attrice-grazia-maria-spina-aveva-venezia-nel-cuore-c653e6c4-6999-4f48-bef4-a527e66bexlk.shtml Addio all'attrice Grazia Maria Spina: «Aveva Venezia nel cuore»] {{in lang|it}}{{cite news |title=Addio all’attrice veneziana Grazia Maria Spina: una vita di arti, segnata dalla bellezza |url=https://www.messaggeroveneto.it/nordest/morta-attrice-grazia-maria-spina-nrkgxdwt |access-date=14 March 2025 |publisher=Messaggero Veneto |date=13 March 2025}}

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• La vita degli altri (1957) - Luisa
• Promesse di marinaio (1958)
• The Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1958, TV series) - Maddalena Bray
• Men and Noblemen (1959) - La ragazza dell'albergo
• La cento chilometri (1959) - The Flute Player Friend of Elena
• Juke box urli d'amore (1959)
• The Cossacks (1960) - Alina
• Call Girls of Rome (1960) - Silvana
• Il peccato degli anni verdi (1960) - Giulia Giordani
• Revenge of the Conquered (1961)
• Ursus and the Tartar Princess (1961) - Amia
• Pugni, pupe e marinai (1961) - Grazia
• Zorro alla corte di Spagna (1962) - Consuelo
• Kerim, Son of the Sheik (1962) - Laila
• Tiger of the Seven Seas (1962) - Anna de Cordoba
• The Black Duke (1963) - Ginevra Cavalcanti
• Zorro and the Three Musketeers (1963) - Manuela
• La donna degli altri è sempre più bella (1963) - Savina (segment "Bagnino Lover")
• Samson and the Slave Queen (1963) - Isabella de Alazon
• Il Successo (1963) - Diana
• Hercules Against the Mongols (1963) - Ljuba
• Toto vs. the Black Pirate (1964) - Isabella
• Laissez tirer les tireurs (1964) - Corinne Martin
• Queste pazze pazze donne (1964) - Santuzza - Turiddu's wife ('Siciliani a Milano')
• Revolt of the Barbarians (1964) - Lydia
• Le tardone (1964) - Barbara (episode "Un delitto quasi perfetto")
• Highest Pressure (1965) - Presentatrice
• Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966) - Nicetta, Peppino's Niece
• The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966) - Daughter of Lot
• I 2 magnifici fresconi (1969) - Santuzza / Barbara
• Fermate il mondo... voglio scendere! (1970) - (uncredited)
• La calandria (1972) - Clizia - maid
• Rugantino (1973) - Donna Marta Capitelli
• La madama (1976)
• Tell Me You Do Everything for Me (1976) - Paola Signorini - Francesco's lover
• Violent Naples (1976) - Gervasi's Wife
• Il ritorno di Casanova (1980)

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== External links ==

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• {{IMDb name|0818824}}
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Category:1936 births

Category:2025 deaths

Category:Italian film actresses

Category:Actresses from Venice

Category:Italian television actresses

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