Miranda Martino (born 29 October 1933) is an Italian singer and actress.

Life and career

Born in

Moggio Udinese Moggio Udinese ( fur, Mueç, german: Mosach or , sl, Možac or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia. It is situated in the Friuli region, in the valley of the Fella River, a righ ...

from Neapolitan parents, Martino started her career as singer in 1956. In 1957, she debuted at the

Festival di Napoli The Festival della Canzone Napoletana ("Festival of Neapolitan Song"), commonly known as the Festival di Napoli, is a Neapolitan song contest. The first edition was held in 1952 and the last in 2004. From 1952 to 1970 the show was broadcast on RAI ...

and in 1959 she made her first appearance at 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 annua ...

, with the song "La vita mi ha dato solo te". In the same year she obtained her first commercial success with the song "Stasera tornerò", which ranked 11 in the Italian Hit Parade. Then she entered the two following editions of the

Festival di Sanremo 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 ...

and in 1961 three of her songs entered the Top Ten ("Erano nuvole", "Frenesia" and "Serenatella c'o sì e c'o no"). In 1963 she obtained a critical and commercial success with the album ''Napoli'', in which she covered twelve canzoni napoletane re-arranged by Ennio Morricone. In 1965, she made her theatrical debut and from then she focused her career on stage acting and, less prolifically, on films.

Discography

;Albums * 1958: ''Magic Moments At La Capannina di Franceschi'' * 1959: ''20 canzoni di Sanremo '59'' (with

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and

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) * 1959: ''Miranda Martino '' * 1959: ''Napoli '59. Le 20 canzoni del festival'' (with

, Elio Mauro, Stella Dizzy and

) * 1959: ''Il mio vero amore'' (EP) * 1962: ''Miranda Martino '' * 1963: ''Napoli '' * 1964: ''Le canzoni di sempre '' * 1966: ''Napoli volume II° '' * 1967: ''Operetta primo amore '' * 1970: ''Donna...Amore...Dolore '' * 1971: ''Passione... '' * 1977: ''Ottimo Stato '' * 1977: ''La Valzerite '' * 2000: ''Napoli mia bella Napoli''

Filmography

* ''La duchessa di Santa Lucia'' (

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, 1959) * ''Avventura al motel'' (Renato Polselli, 1963) * ''Canzoni in... bikini'' (

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, 1963) * '' Sedotti e bidonati'' ( Giorgio Bianchi, 1964) * ''

Last Plane to Baalbek ''Last Plane to Baalbek'' (also known as ''Operation Baalbeck'') is a 1964 Eurospy film directed by Marcello Giannini and Hugo Fregonese.'' Cahiers du cinéma'', Editions 161-176, 1965. It is a coproduction between Italy (where the film is known a ...

'' (Marcello Giannini &

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, 1965) * ''Addio mamma'' (Irving Jacobs, 1967) * '' Paolo Barca, Schoolteacher and Weekend Nudist'' ( Flavio Mogherini, 1975) * ''

Gegè Bellavita ''Gegè Bellavita'' is a 1978 Italian commedia all'italiana film directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile. Cast * Flavio Bucci as Gennarino Amato * Lina Polito as Agatina * Enzo Cannavale as Gennarino's Friend * Marisa Laurito as Carmen * Pi ...

'' (

Pasquale Festa Campanile Pasquale Festa Campanile (28 July 1927 – 25 February 1986) was an Italian screenwriter, film director and novelist, best known as a prominent exponent of the commedia all'italiana genre. Life and career Born at Melfi, in the province ...

, 1979) * ''

A Strange Passion ''A Strange Passion'' () is a 1984 French drama film directed by Jean-Pierre Dougnac, starring Brigitte Fossey, Fernando Rey and Saverio Marconi. The story is set in Italy in the late 18th century. It is based on the short story " The Foundling" ...

'' (Jean-Pierre Dougnac, 1984) * ''

Red American ''Red American'' ( it, Americano rosso) is a 1991 Italian comedy-drama film. It was the directorial debut of Alessandro D'Alatri, who was awarded the David di Donatello Award for Best New Director for his work on the film. The film also won the G ...

'' ( Alessandro D'Alatri, 1991) * '' Dio c'è'' (Alfredo Arciero, 1998) * ''Teste di cocco'' (Ugo Fabrizio Giordani, 1999)

References

External links

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at

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Martino, Miranda Living people Italian stage actresses 1933 births Italian women singers People from the Province of Udine Italian film actresses