Fiorella Mari

Fiorella Mari (21 June 1928 – 2 March 1983) was a Brazilian-born Italian actress.

Fiorella Mari
Born
Fiorella Colpi

(1928-06-21)21 June 1928
Arceburgo, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Died2 March 1983(1983-03-02) (aged 54)
Rome, Italy
OccupationActress

Life and career

Born in São Paulo, Brazil as Fiorella Colpi by Italian parents, the daughter of a surgeon, Mari soon moved to Rome where in the 1950s she made her acting debut using the American surname of her husband of the time (Jess Maxwell, from whom she divorced almost immediately).[1][2] She later adopted the stage name Mari and appeared in a number of stage plays, radio programs, television films and films. She is probably best known for her roles in Camillo Mastrocinque's Are We Men or Corporals? (1955) and in Mario Monicelli's Fathers and Sons (1957).[1] In 1957 Mari hosted the Sanremo Music Festival alongside Nunzio Filogamo and Marisa Allasio;[1][2][3] a short time later she retired from showbusiness.[1]

Mari died in Rome on 2 March 1983, at the age of 54.[4]

Selected filmography

References
  1. Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano - Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 888440214X.
  2. Massimo Emanuelli (2004). 50 anni di storia della televisione attraverso la stampa settimanale. GRECO & GRECO Editori, 2004. ISBN 8879803468.
  3. Eddy Anselmi (2009). Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 978-8863462296.
  4. "Fiorella Mari". Associazione Culturale on Facebook. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
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