Marilù Tolo
{{Short description|Italian actress (born 1944)}}
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{{Infobox person
| image = Marilu Tolo.jpg
| name = Marilù Tolo
| birth_name = Maria Lucia Tolo
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|1|16|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Rome, Italy
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| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1960–1985
}}
Marilù Tolo (born Maria Lucia Tolo; 16 January 1944) is an Italian film actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1960 and 1985.
Life and career
Tolo was born in Rome, and at a very young age worked as an assistant of Mario Riva in the RAI variety show Il Musichiere.{{cite book|last=Roberto Chiti|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: Le attrici|publisher=Gremese, 1999|isbn=8877423420}} She made her film debut at 16 years old in Alberto Lattuada's Sweet Deceptions.{{cite book|last=Roberto Chiti|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: Le attrici|publisher=Gremese, 1999|isbn=8877423420}}
Tolo was among the shortlisted actresses who performed screen tests for the supporting antagonistic role of Ursa in Superman (1978), a role which she narrowly lost out on to Sarah Douglas. The screen tests were released as a special feature on the 2001 DVD home video re-release of the film.{{Cite web |date=2007-08-26 |title=Superman: Screen Tests (Video 2001) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0777284/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614144742/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0777284/ |archive-date=2013-06-14 |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=IMDB |language=en-US}}
She was also a fashion model, and a close friend of Italian stylist Valentino. Valentino said in an interview to Italian newspaper La Repubblica that Tolo was the only woman he had ever really loved.[http://www.repubblica.it/2007/06/sezioni/persone/valentino-moda/valentino-moda/valentino-moda.html Valentino interviewed by La Repubblica, 27 June 2007]
Selected filmography
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- Howlers in the Dock (1960) - Marilù
- I piaceri del sabato notte (1960) - La sartina - l'amante di Luigi
- Colossus and the Amazon Queen (1960) - Amazzone
- Sweet Deceptions (1960) - Margherita
- Le ambiziose (1961)
- Shéhérazade (1963) - Shirin
- Adultero lui, adultera lei (1963) - Lina
- The Terror of Rome Against the Son of Hercules (1964) - Olympia
- Messalina vs. the Son of Hercules (1964) - Ena
- The Triumph of Hercules (1964) - Princess Ate
- Marriage Italian Style (1964) - Diana the cashier
- The Magnificent Gladiator (1964) - Velida, Galienus' Daughter
- La Celestina P... R... (1965) - Silvana
- Le Chant du monde (1965) - Gina
- Juliet of the Spirits (1965) - TV Presenter (uncredited)
- Espionage in Lisbon (1965) - Terry Brown, 077's partner
- Una ráfaga de plomo (1965) - Yasmin
- Night of Violence (1965) - Sister of Carla Pratesi
- Balearic Caper (1966) - Sofia
- The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966) - Sophia Banzo
- Your Money or Your Life (1966) - Violette
- To Skin a Spy (1966) - Anna
- Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1966) - Gioia
- Perry Grant, agente di ferro (1966) - Paola Kuriel
- Judoka-Secret Agent (1966) - Vanessa
- The Witches (1967) - Waitress (segment "Strega Bruciata Viva, La")
- Sept hommes et une garce (1967) - Carlotta
- The Oldest Profession (1967) - Marlene, Miss Physical Love (segment "Anticipation, ou l'amour en l'an 2000") (as Marilu Tolo)
- Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot! (1967) - Flory
- Casse-tête chinois pour le judoka (1967) - Jennifer
- The Killer Likes Candy (1968) - Sylva
- A Stroke of 1000 Millions (1968) - Prinzi
- Commandos (1968) - Adriana
- Candy (1968) - Conchita
- I dannati della Terra (1969) - Adriana
- Las trompetas del apocalipsis (1969) - Helen Becker
- Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It (1970) - Verde
- Un été sauvage (1970)
- Roy Colt and Winchester Jack (1970) - Manila
- Gradiva (1970)
- Confessions of a Police Captain (1971) - Serena Li Puma
- Romance of a Horsethief (1971) - Manka
- The Double (1971) - Marie
- Eneide (1971) - Venus
- Long Live Your Death (1971) - Lupita
- We Are All in Temporary Liberty (1971) - Emilia - wife of Langellone
- My Dear Killer (1972) - Dr. Anna Borgese
- Shadows Unseen (1972) - Simona
- Bluebeard (1972) - Brigitt
- Jus primae noctis (1972) - Venerata
- Meo Patacca (1972) - Sora Nuccia
- Themroc (1973) - La secrétaire
- The Five Days aka Le Cinque Giornate (1973) - The Countess
- Riot in a Women's Prison (1974) - Susan
- Il trafficone (1974) - Rosalia / Macaluso's Wife
- Au-delà de la peur (1975) - Nicole
- Cours après moi que je t'attrape (1976) - Anita
- The Greek Tycoon (1978) - Sophia Matalas
- The Sleep of Death (1980) - Countess Elga
- Scorpion with Two Tails (1982) - Contessa Maria Volumna
- Marco Polo (1982, TV Mini-Series) - Donna Fiammetta
- Vacanze di Natale (1983) - Grazia Tassoni
- Il tassinaro (1983) - Fernanda
- The Last Days of Pompeii (1984, TV Mini-Series) - Xenia
- Sogni e bisogni (1985) - Wanda de Amicis
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References
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External links
- {{IMDB name|0866186|Marilù Tolo}}
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Category:People of Lazian descent
Category:20th-century Italian actresses
Category:Italian film actresses