Rosalina Neri

Rosalina Neri
Rosalina Neri
	Neri in 1954
Born	12 November 1927; Arcisate, Italy
Died	5 June 2024 (aged 96); Milan, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1954–2020
Partner	Jack Hylton
Children	1 daughter

Rosalina Neri (12 November 1927 – 5 June 2024) was an Italian stage, television, film and radio actress.

Life and career

Born in Arcisate, Province of Varese, Neri started her career appearing in the 1954 Garinei & Giovannini's musical comedy Tobia la candina spia.^[1] She had her breakout with the Marcello Marchesi's RAI variety show Invito al sorriso, and got a lot of press coverage because of her resemblance to Marilyn Monroe, which led to her being labeled as the "Italian Marilyn Monroe" and nicknamed Marilina.^[1]^[2]^[3]

During a trip in England to shoot a television commercial, Neri met the conductor Jack Hylton, with whom she started a long romantic relationship and had a daughter, Angela.^[2]^[3]^[4] During her career she was mainly active on stage, where among others she worked with Giorgio Strehler and Umberto Simonetta.^[1]^[2]

Neri died in Milan on 5 June 2024, at the age of 96.^[5]

Selected filmography

I pinguini ci guardano (1956)
Valeria ragazza poco seria [it] (1958)
Bocche cucite [it] (1968)
The Betrothed (TV, 1989)
The House of Smiles (1991)
Three Men and a Leg (1997)
All the Moron's Men (1999)
Finalmente soli (TV, 1999-2004)
Il volto di un'altra [it] (2012)
The Predators (2020)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. "Neri, Rosalina". Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. pp. 261–2. ISBN 888440214X.
^ ^a ^b ^c Manin, Giuseppina (22 August 2019). "Rosalina Neri, da "Marilyn di Arcisate" al premio alla carriera: 70 anni sul palco". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 13 January 2023.
^ ^a ^b Arcidiacono, Eugenio (21 July 2016). "Rosalina Neri: non sono solo la sosia di Marilyn". Famiglia Cristiana. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
^ Aspesi, Natalia (13 June 2016). "Marilyn". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 13 January 2023.
^ "Addio a Rosalina Neri, da Arcisate ai palcoscenici di tutto il mondo". Varese News. Retrieved 7 June 2024.

External links

Rosalina Neri at IMDb
Rosalina Neri discography at Discogs

[ATTRICI-1] Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. "Neri, Rosalina". Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. pp. 261–2. ISBN 888440214X.

[Cor-2] Manin, Giuseppina (22 August 2019). "Rosalina Neri, da "Marilyn di Arcisate" al premio alla carriera: 70 anni sul palco". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 13 January 2023.

[fc-3] Arcidiacono, Eugenio (21 July 2016). "Rosalina Neri: non sono solo la sosia di Marilyn". Famiglia Cristiana. Retrieved 13 January 2023.

[rp-4] Aspesi, Natalia (13 June 2016). "Marilyn". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 13 January 2023.

[5] "Addio a Rosalina Neri, da Arcisate ai palcoscenici di tutto il mondo". Varese News. Retrieved 7 June 2024.

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