Marisa Anna Solinas (30 May 1939 – 12 February 2019), best known as Marisa Solinas, was an Italian actress and singer.

Life

Born in

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to a Sardinian father and a Tuscan mother from

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, Marisa Solinas made her film debut in 1961, but her career was launched the following year when she was chosen by

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to be the main actress in "''Renzo e Luciana''", one of the four episodes of ''

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''; the same year she appeared in

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's film debut, '' La commare secca'' and acted on stage in ''Fogli d'album'' at the Festival dei Due Mondi. Later she starred in a large number of genre films, especially Spaghetti Westerns, and appeared in several successful TV-series. She was also a singer, and published two albums and several singles, one of these released by

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. She died on 12 February 2019, at the age of 79.

References

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