Fiorella Mari (born 21 June 1928) is a Brazilian-born Italian former actress.

Life and career

Born in

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

, Brazil as Fiorella Colpi by Italian parents, the daughter of a surgeon, Mari soon moved to Rome where in the 1950s she made her acting debut using the American surname of her husband of the time (Jess Maxwell, from whom she divorced almost immediately). 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 Camillo Mastrocinque (11 May 1901 – 23 April 1969) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 60 films between 1937 and 1968, and is known to horror film fans for directing ''Terror in the Crypt'' (1964) starring ...

's ''

Are We Men or Corporals? ''Are We Men or Corporals?'' ( it, Siamo uomini o caporali) is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque. Plot Toto is very good at acting, and so he is called in a study to be in a film. However he combines a mess and is offe ...

'' (1955) and in

Mario Monicelli Mario Alberto Ettore Monicelli (; 16 May 1915 – 29 November 2010) was an Italian film director and screenwriter and one of the masters of the ''Commedia all'Italiana'' (Comedy Italian style). He was nominated six times for an Oscar, and was awa ...

's '' Fathers and Sons'' (1957). In 1957 Mari hosted the

Sanremo Music Festival The Sanremo Music Festival, officially the Italian Song Festival () and commonly known as just (), is the most popular Italian song contest and awards ceremony, held annually in the city of Sanremo, Liguria. It is the longest-running annual ...

alongside

Nunzio Filogamo Nunzio Filogamo (20 September 1902 – 24 January 2002) was an Italian television and radio presenter, actor and singer. Life and career Born in Palermo, Filogamo moved to Turin at a young age, then he studied law at the Sorbonne University a ...

and

Marisa Allasio Countess Marisa Allasio (born Maria Luisa Lucia Allasio; 14 July 1934) is a retired Italian actress of the 1950s. She appeared in nearly 20 films between 1952 and 1957. She was considered a typical sex symbol during her film career, which she a ...

; a short time later she retired from showbusiness.

Selected filmography

* '' Queen Margot'' (1954)

References

External links

* Italian film actresses Italian television actresses 20th-century Italian actresses People from São Paulo Italian stage actresses 1928 births Possibly living people Brazilian emigrants to Italy {{Italy-actor-stub