Portrait of Marisa Solinas

Marisa Solinas

Acting

Biography

Marisa Anna Solinas (30 May 1939 – 12 February 2019), best known as Marisa Solinas, was an Italian actress and singer. Born in Genoa to a Sardinian father and a Tuscan mother from Garfagnana, Marisa Solinas made her film debut in 1961. Hher career was launched the following year when Mario Monicelli chose her to be the main actress in "Renzo e Luciana", one of the four episodes of Boccaccio '70; the same year she appeared in Bernardo Bertolucci's film debut, La commare secca and acted on stage in Fogli d'album at the Festival dei Due Mondi. Later she starred in many genre films, especially Spaghetti Westerns, and appeared in several successful TV series. She was also a singer and published two albums and several singles, one of these released by La voce del padrone. She died on 12 February 2019, at the age of 79.

Born: May 30, 1939

Place of Birth: Genoa, Italia

Filmography

2000
Almost Blue

as Vedova Lazzaroni

1974
Playing the Field

as Luisella, la moglie di Tito

1973
My Pleasure Is Your Pleasure

as La damigella della granduchessa

1971
Blindman

as Margherita

1969
1969
The Ten Wonders of Love

as Ragazza dal parrucchiere

1968
1968
Killer Adios

as Sheila

1967
The Head of the Family

as domestica Angela

1966
The Amorous Virgin

as Sita / Maria

1964
Indians in the Northwest

as Maria Dolores

1963
Summer Night

as Alicia

1962
1962
Boccaccio '70

as Luciana (segment "Renzo e Luciana")