Marcella Di Folco (7 March 1943 – 7 September 2010) was an Italian LGBT rights activist, actor, and politician. In her film appearances, played in male characters before transition, she is credited as Marcello Di Falco.

Career

In 1988, she became president of the MIT - ''Movimento Identità Transessuale'' (Transsexual Identity Movement) and in 1997 vice-president of the ''Osservatorio Nazionale sull'Identità di Genere'' (National Observatory on Gender Identity, ONIG). She was elected municipal councilor of Bologna in 1995, with the Green party. She was the first open

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to hold a political public office in the world. In 2014, at the 32nd Torino Film Festival, the film Una nobile rivoluzione (A Noble Revolution) by Simone Cangelosi, which tells her story had its premiere. In October 2019 Italian Journalist

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edited

Storia di Marcella che fu Marcello Storia (Italian: "history") or La storia may refer to: * "Storia" (song), a 2009 single performed by Japanese girl group Kalafina * "La Storia", single and lead track from Francesco De Gregori's 1985 studio album ''Scacchi e tarocchi'' ("Chess and ...

(The Story of Marcella that was Marcello before) a confession of Marcella Di Folco's life she recorded before Marcella died.

Personal life

Di Folco had gender corrective surgery in 1987.

Filmography

* ''

Fellini Satyricon ''Fellini Satyricon'', or simply ''Satyricon'', is a 1969 Italian fantasy drama film written and directed by Federico Fellini and loosely based on Petronius's work '' Satyricon'', written during the reign of Emperor Nero and set in Imperial R ...

'', directed by Federico Fellini (1969) * ''

In the Name of the Italian People ''In the Name of the Italian People'' ( it, In nome del popolo italiano) is a 1971 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Dino Risi. It represents a reflection about the crisis of the Italian judiciary and the growing phenomenon of corruption. Plo ...

'', directed by

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(1971) * '' Sotto a chi tocca!'', directed by

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(1972) * '' I racconti di Canterbury N. 2'', directed by Lucio Dandolo (1972) * ''

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'', directed by Federico Fellini (1972) * '' Anche se volessi lavorare, che faccio?'', directed by Flavio Mogherini (1972) * '' Decameron nº 2 - Le altre novelle del Boccaccio'', directed by

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(1972) * '' L'età di Cosimo de' Medici'', directed by

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(1973) (film TV) * '' Amarcord'', directed by Federico Fellini (1973) * ''

Shoot First, Die Later ''Shoot First, Die Later'' ( it, Il poliziotto è marcio) is a 1974 Italian poliziottesco-noir film directed by Fernando Di Leo. Di Leo reprises some elements of the novel ''Rogue Cop'' by William P. McGivern. Luc Merenda later starred in two o ...

'', directed by Fernando Di Leo (1974) * '' Finché c'è guerra c'è speranza'', directed by

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(1974) * '' Cartesius'', directed by Roberto Rossellini (1974) (film TV) * '' Quant'è bella la Bernarda, tutta nera, tutta calda'', directed by Lucio Dandolo (1975) * ''

Di che segno sei? ''Di che segno sei?'' (translation: ''What's Your Sign?'') is a 1975 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci, starring Alberto Sordi. Plot The film is divided into four episodes. In the first Paolo Villaggio plays the role of a sailor fr ...

'', directed by

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(1975) * '' Mondo candido'', directed by

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(1975) * '' Vinella e Don Pezzotta'', directed by Mino Guerrini (1976) * '' Todo modo'', directed by

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(1976) * '' Tutti possono arricchire tranne i poveri'', directed by Mauro Severino (1976) * '' Un borghese piccolo piccolo'', directed by Mario Monicelli (1977) * '' Squadra antigangsters'', directed by Bruno Corbucci (1979) * '' Joséphine ou la comédie des ambitions'', directed by Robert Mazoyer (1979) (miniserie TV) * '' La città delle donne'', directed by Federico Fellini (1980) * ''

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'', directed by Francesco Massaro (1981)

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