Marina Malfatti

Marina Malfatti
Marina Malfatti in All the Colors of the Dark (1972)
Born	25 April 1940 Florence
Nationality	Italian
Occupation	Actor

Marina Malfatti (born 25 April 1940) is an Italian actress.

Biography

Born in Florence, at 17 years old Malfatti moved to Paris where she attended the Cours d'Art Dramatique, the drama school founded by René Simon.^[1] Two years later, after returning to Italy, she obtained a scholarship for the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and started appearing on films and on stage with some small parts.^[1][2]

Her theater career was launched by Arnoldo Foà who chose her as his co-star in the play Two for the Seesaw by William Gibson.^[1] Hence Malfatti began a career filled with both brilliant and dramatic roles.^[1]

During the seventies she was an icon of Italian horror films, especially of demonic background.

Selected filmography

• A Man for Burning (1962)
• Outlaws of Love (1963)
• The Reckless (1965)
• Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966)
• More Than a Miracle (1967)
• Run, Psycho, Run (1968)
• Pronto... c'è una certa Giuliana per te (1967)
• Black Killer (1971)
• The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (1971)
• Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (1972)
• The Return of Clint the Stranger (1972)
• All the Colors of the Dark (1972)
• The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (1972)
• The Bloodstained Lawn (1973)
• The Balloon Vendor (1974)
• A Black Ribbon for Deborah (1974)
• Lezioni di violoncello con toccata e fuga (1976)

References

1. Felice Cappa, Piero Gelli, Marco Mattarozzi. Dizionario Dello Spettacolo Del '900. Baldini Castoldi Dalai, 1998. ISBN 8880892959.
2. Enrico Lancia. Le attrici: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 888440214X.

External links

• Marina Malfatti at the Internet Movie Database