Mita Medici (born 20 August 1950) is an Italian actress and singer. She was sometimes credited as Patrizia Perini.

Biography

Born in

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as Patrizia Vistarini, daughter of the actor

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, she was launched in 1965 by winning the " Miss Teenager" pageant. Medici made her film debut in 1966, at 16, in

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's ''

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''. She is also active in television, in which she hosted shows such as ''

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'' and ''Sereno variabile'' and appeared in several TV-series. She was also a singer, active between late 60's and early 80's, and her main success was the song "A ruota libera", which in 1973 ranked 10 in the Italian Hit Parade. In 1968, she was the subject of the song "Mita, Mita, Mita" by

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Discography

Studio albums

*''…A ruota libera'' (1973) *''Per una volta'' (1975)

Singles

*"Questo amore finito così" (1969) *"Un posto per me/Avventura che nasce" (1970) *"Un amore/Una storia come tante" (1971) *"Quei giorni/Se ci sta lui" (1972) *"Ruota libera/Cosa vuoi che ti dica" (1973) *"Proprio così/Tremendo" (1973) *"Scappa scappa/Quei giorni" (1973) *"Chi sono/Nave" (1975) *"Uomo/Trucco" (1977) *"Paletta paletta/Mago tango" (1981) *"Ma che fiesta" feat.

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(1989)

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Medici, Mita Living people Italian television actresses 1950 births Italian women singers Actresses from Rome Italian film actresses Italian stage actresses