Maria Camilla Pianotti (17 November 1919 – 18 December 2004), known by the stage name Mariella Lotti, was an Italian

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. Lotti made her film debut in 1939, and played leading ladies in a number of Fascist era and post-war films. She was one of many actors employed on the anthology film ''

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'', made following the overthrow of

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. She made her final film ''

Carmen ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the Carmen (novella), novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first perfo ...

'' in 1954. During the war she was involved in a passionate love story with

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. Her sister

Carola Lotti Carola Lotti (1907–1990) was an Italian actress.Bertellini p.255 She was the elder sister of the actress Mariella Lotti. Selected filmography * ''Rails'' by Mario Camerini (1929) * ''The Man with the Claw'' by Nunzio Malasomma (1931) * ''What ...

was also an actress.

Filmography

* ''

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'' (1939) * ''

I, His Father ''I, His Father'' (Italian: ''Io, suo padre'') is a 1939 Italian sports drama film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Erminio Spalla, Mariella Lotti and Clara Calamai. It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed ...

'' (1939) * ''

The Sons of the Marquis Lucera ''The Sons of the Marquis Lucera'' (Italian: ''I figli del marchese Lucera'') is a 1939 Italian comedy film directed by Amleto Palermi and starring Armando Falconi, Caterina Boratto and Sergio Tofano. It is based on a play of the same name by Gh ...

'' (1939) * ''

The Daughter of the Green Pirate ''The Daughter of the Green Pirate'' (Italian: ''La figlia del corsaro verde'') is a 1940 Italian adventure film directed by Enrico Guazzoni and starring Doris Duranti, Fosco Giachetti and Camillo Pilotto. It was shot partly at the Pisorno Studio ...

'' (1940) * ''

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'' (1940) * ''

Inspector Vargas ''Inspector Vargas'' (Italian: ''L'ispettore Vargas'', Spanish: ''El inspector Vargas'') is a 1940 Italian-Spanish crime film directed by Gianni Franciolini and Félix Aguilera and starring Giulio Donadio, Olga Solbelli and Mariella Lotti.Hochkof ...

'' (1940) * '' Il ponte dei sospiri'' (1940) * '' Il signore della taverna'' (1940) * '' Marco Visconti'' (1941) * '' Il vetturale del San Gottardo'' (1941) * '' Il cavaliere senza nome'' (1941) * '' I mariti (Tempesta d'anime)'' (1941) * ''

Headlights in the Fog ''Headlights in the Fog'' (Italian: ''Fari nella nebbia'') is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Gianni Franciolini and starring Fosco Giachetti, Luisa Ferida and Antonio Centa. The film's art direction was by Camillo Del Signore. It was made a ...

'' (1942) * ''

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'' (1942) * ''

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'' (1942) * ''

Torrents of Spring ''Torrents of Spring'', also known as ''Spring Torrents'' (russian: Вешние воды ''Veshniye vody''), is an 1872 novella by Ivan Turgenev. It is highly autobiographical in nature, and centers on a young Russian landowner, Dimitry Sanin ...

'' (1942) * '' Silenzio, si gira!'' (1943) * '' Men of the Mountain'' (1943) * ''

Mater dolorosa Our Lady of Sorrows ( la, Beata Maria Virgo Perdolens), Our Lady of Dolours, the Sorrowful Mother or Mother of Sorrows ( la, Mater Dolorosa, link=no), and Our Lady of Piety, Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows or Our Lady of the Seven Dolours are names ...

'' (1943) * '' Squadriglia Bianca'' (1944) * '' Il fiore sotto gli occhi'' (1944) * '' Responsibility Comes Back'' (1945) * ''

'' (1945) * '' La freccia nel fianco'' (1945) * ''

Un giorno nella vita ''Un giorno nella vita'' ("A Day in Life") is a 1946 Italian war film directed by Alessandro Blasetti. It was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. American title: "A Day In the Life". This film was screened in 2009 at the Film Society of ...

'' (1946) * '' Canto, ma sottovoce...'' (1946) * ''

For the Love of Mariastella ''For the Love of Mariastella'' ( it, Malacarne, also known as ''Turi della tonnara'') is a 1946 Italian melodrama film written and directed by Pino Mercanti. Based on a story of the Sicilian writer Giuseppe Zucca, it was mainly shot in the tonnar ...

'' (1946) * ''

The Opium Den ''The Opium Den'' (Italian: ''Fumeria d'oppio'') is a 1947 Italian crime film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Emilio Ghione Jr., Mariella Lotti, and Emilio Cigoli. It was an unsuccessful attempt to revive the Za La Mort character, w ...

'' (1947) * ''

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'' (1947) * ''

The Adventures of Pinocchio ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' ( ; it, Le avventure di Pinocchio ; commonly shortened to ''Pinocchio'') is a children's fantasy novel by Italian author Carlo Collodi. It is about the mischievous adventures of an animated marionette named Pinocc ...

'' (1947) * '' Il principe ribelle'' (1947) * ''

The Brothers Karamazov ''The Brothers Karamazov'' (russian: Братья Карамазовы, ''Brat'ya Karamazovy'', ), also translated as ''The Karamazov Brothers'', is the last novel by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. Dostoevsky spent nearly two years writing '' ...

'' (1947) * '' Guarany'' (1948) * ''

Be Seeing You, Father ''Be Seeing You, Father'' (Italian: ''Arrivederci, papà!'') is a 1948 Italian historical film, period comedy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque and starring Gino Bechi, Mariella Lotti and Silvana Pampanini. The film's sets were designed by the ...

'' (1948) * ''

The Pirates of Capri ''The Pirates of Capri'' ( it, I pirati di Capri), released in the United Kingdom as ''The Masked Pirate'', is a 1949 Italian/American international co-production swashbuckler film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer starring Louis Hayward. It was filmed ...

'' (1949) * ''

The Devil in the Convent ''The Devil in the Convent'' (Italian: ''Il Diavolo in convento'') is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Nunzio Malasomma and starring Gilberto Govi, Carlo Ninchi and Mariella Lotti. It was shot at the Icet Studios in Milan and on location i ...

'' (1950) * '' The Captain of Venice'' (1951) * ''

His Last Twelve Hours ''His Last Twelve Hours'' (French: ''Pour l'amour du ciel'', Italian: ''È più facile che un cammello...'') is a 1951 French-Italian drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Jean Gabin, Mariella Lotti and Elli Parvo. The film's sets w ...

'' (1951) * ''

Leathernose ''Leathernose'' (French: ''Nez de cuir'', Italian: ''Naso di cuoio'') is a 1952 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Yves Allégret and starring Jean Marais, Françoise Christophe and Mariella Lotti.Hayward p.68 It is an adaptation of ...

'' (1952) * ''

What Price Innocence? ''What Price Innocence?'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film written and directed by, and co-starring, Willard Mack. Produced on a low budget for Columbia Pictures, it has been classed as an exploitation film and " sex hygiene film" because ...

'' (1952) * ''

Solo per te Lucia ''Solo per te Lucia'' is a 1952 Italian musical melodrama film directed by Franco Rossi and starring Mariella Lotti. Cast *Mariella Lotti as Lucia *Luigi Tosi as Mario *Paolo Panelli as Tonino *Nerio Bernardi as Luciano *Anna Vita as Liliana * ...

'' (1952) * ''

The Woman Who Invented Love ''The Woman Who Invented Love'' (Italian: ''La donna che inventò l'amore'') is a 1952 Italian historical melodrama film written and directed by Ferruccio Cerio and starring Silvana Pampanini, Rossano Brazzi and Mariella Lotti.Poppi p.105 It wa ...

'' (1952) * ''

La storia del fornaretto di Venezia ''La storia del fornaretto di Venezia'' is a 1952 Italian historical drama film. Cast *Doris Duranti as Bianca Sormani *Mariella Lotti as Anna Loredan *Paolo Carlini as Marco Loredan *Renato Chiantoni as Il servo di Loredan *Attilio Do ...

'' (1952) * ''

The City Stands Trial ''The City Stands Trial'' ( it, Processo alla città) is a 1952 Italian drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Amedeo Nazzari, is based on a revisiting of the Cuocolo murders and the struggle for control of Naples by the Camorra in the ...

'' (1952) * ''

'' (1953)

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* 1919 births 2004 deaths Italian film actresses 20th-century Italian actresses Italian expatriates in France {{Italy-actor-stub