Tina Gloriani (11 December 1935 – 24 March 2024) was an Italian actress who appeared in Italian classic and peplum cinema.

Early life and career

Gloriani was born on December 11, 1935, in

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as Concetta Gloriani. After studying literature and philosophy at university, she began to develop the passion for art. Chosen as the protagonist of a film, she decided to attend the acting course at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. Over the course of the two years she took part in various films, and in the meantime she worked in the Prose Company at the Teatro delle Muse in

. After graduating, she interrupted her film and theater career and devoted herself to music, gaining some experience with the electronic synthesizer and composing her own music. In 1978 she decided to exhibit her works and created an exhibition of informal canvases at the Remo Croce bookshop in

. In 1980 he created a type of sculpture, completely white, which was technically patented and is characterized by multiple positions that allow the user to have a multifaceted reading. The first sculpture work is exhibited at the personal painting exhibition at the Vismara gallery in

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. In 1981, on the occasion of the Via Giulia Concerts, sponsored by the Municipality of Rome and the Antique Dealers of Via Giulia, the first sculpture exhibition was presented. Subsequently, in 1982, the Municipality of Milan and Rizzoli Arte sponsored the sculpture exhibition at Palazzo Arengario presented in the catalog by the critic Giuseppe Marchiori. In 1984 he presented an exhibition in the gardens of Palazzo Barberini. Gloriani died in Rome on 24 March 2024, at the age of 88.

Filmography

* ''La porta dei sogni'' (1955) * ''Accadde di notte'' (1956) * ''Solo Dio mi fermerà'' (1957) * ''Rascel-Fifi'' (1957) * ''

The Dragon's Blood ''The Dragon's Blood'' ( it, Sigfrido) is a 1957 Italian fantasy film co-written and directed by Giacomo Gentilomo. It is based on Richard Wagner's ''Der Ring des Nibelungen''. Plot The dying Siegland reaches the house of the dwarf Mime, begging ...

'' (1957) * ''Quel tesoro di papa'' (1959) * ''Violent Summer'' (1959) * '' The Vampire and the Ballerina'' (1960) * ''

My Friend, Dr. Jekyll ''My Friend, Dr. Jekyll'' ( it, Il mio amico Jekyll), is a 1960 Italian comedy film directed by Marino Girolami. It is a parody of the Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde''. The film deals with the conce ...

'' (1960) * ''

The Loves of Hercules ''The Loves of Hercules'' ( it, Gli amori di Ercole) is a 1960 international co-production film starring Jayne Mansfield and her then husband Mickey Hargitay. The film was distributed internationally as ''Hercules vs. the Hydra''. Plot While He ...

'' (1960) * ''Solitudine'' (1961) * ''

The Fury of Achilles ''L'ira di Achille'', internationally released as ''The Fury of Achilles'', is a 1962 Italian historical drama set in the ninth year of the Trojan War and is based primarily on Homer's ''Iliad''. The film was directed by Marino Girolami and starre ...

'' (1962) * ''

The Monk of Monza ''The Monk of Monza'' ( it, Il monaco di Monza) is a 1963 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci. It parodies the story of the Nun of Monza, as depicted in the Alessandro Manzoni's novel '' The Betrothed''. Plot Monza, 1630, a period o ...

'' (1963)

References

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