Maria Pamela Villoresi (born 1 January 1957) is an Italian theatre, cinema and television actress. She has performed in more than 100 theatrical productions and in more than 30 films.

Life and career

The daughter of a cloth merchant of

Prato Prato ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Italy, the capital of the Province of Prato. The city lies in the north east of Tuscany, at the foot of Monte Retaia, elevation , the last peak in the Calvana chain. With more than 200,000 i ...

and of a German mother, Pamela Villoresi began her artistic career following the acting lessons at the Teatro Metastasio in Prato. In 1975

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called her to be part of the theater company he started,

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. Simultaneously she achieved great success with the television drama ''Marco Visconti'' and started a continuous career in cinema, in which she frequently had leading roles. In 1975 she posed nude as cover girl for ''

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''. In 1978 she won a Grolla d'oro for her role in

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's '' Il gabbiano''. From 1990 she occasionally was a stage director and a TV presenter. In 2010 she ran in the

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regional election, supporting the center-right candidate

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. She was not elected. She considers herself Catholic, although her actual stance is more similar to pantheism.

Selected filmography

* ''

Il trafficone ''Il trafficone'' is a 1974 Italian commedia sexy all'italiana written and directed by Bruno Corbucci and starring Carlo Giuffré. Plot A Neapolitan Vincenzo LoRusso that lives of expedients in Rome, as he tries to sell at an intersection a faux ...

'' (1974) * '' Marco Visconti'' (1975, TV series) * '' Private Vices, Public Pleasures'' (1976) * ''

Take All of Me ''Take All of Me'' ( it, Dedicato a una stella/ ''Dedicated to a Star'') is an Italian melodrama film written and directed by Luigi Cozzi. Plot A young woman named Stella is dying in a hospital of leukemia. A man named Richard Lansky who arrives ...

'' (1976) * ''

Tell Me You Do Everything for Me ''Tell Me You Do Everything for Me'' (Italian: ''Dimmi che fai tutto per me'') is a 1976 Italian comedy film directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile and starring Johnny Dorelli, Pamela Villoresi and Jacques Dufilho.Chiti, Poppi & Pecorari p.242 Cast ...

'' (1976) * '' Il gabbiano'' (1977) * '' Sahara Cross'' (1978) * '' Ligabue'' (1978) * ''

A Dangerous Toy ''A Dangerous Toy'' (originally titled ''Il giocattolo'') is a 1979 Italian crime drama film written and directed by Giuliano Montaldo. It was co-produced by Sergio Leone. The toy of the title is a gun. The film chronicles how a frustrated and sh ...

'' (1979) * ''

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'' (1979) * '' Splendor'' (1989) * ''

The Sun Also Shines at Night ''The Sun Also Shines at Night'' ( it, Il sole anche di notte, and also known as ''Night Sun'') is an Italian film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani in 1990. It was screened out of competition at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. The plot is ...

'' (1990) * ''

A Violent Life ''A Violent Life'' ( it, Una vita scellerata, also known as ''Cellini: A Violent Life'') is a 1990 Italian biographical drama film directed by Giacomo Battiato. It depicts real life events of goldsmith and sculptor Benvenuto Cellini. Cast *Wa ...

'' (1990) * '' Pummarò'' (1990) * '' The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair'' (2002) * ''

Amici miei – Come tutto ebbe inizio ''Amici miei – Come tutto ebbe inizio'' () is a 2011 Italian comedy film directed by Neri Parenti. The film is meant to be a tribute to Mario Monicelli's classic comedy '' My Friends'' (1975) and its two sequels, and it is set in 15th-century ...

'' (2011) * ''

The Great Beauty ''The Great Beauty'' ( it, La grande bellezza ) is a 2013 art drama film co-written and directed by Paolo Sorrentino. Filming took place in Rome starting on 9 August 2012. It premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival where it was screened in com ...

'' (2013) * '' I Killed Napoléon'' (2015) * ''

Youtopia "Youtopia" is a song by Dutch DJ and record producer Armin van Buuren. It features the vocals from American singer Adam Young, who is also the founder of electronica project Owl City. This song was released in the Netherlands by his label A ...

'' (2018)

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* 1957 births Living people Italian stage actresses Italian film actresses Italian theatre directors Italian women theatre directors Italian television actresses Italian television presenters People from Prato Italian women television presenters Italian people of German descent Pantheists {{Italy-actor-stub