Marcella Mariani

Marcella Mariani (8 February 1936 – 13 February 1955) was an Italian actress and Miss Italy contest winner. Though she appeared in several popular movies and was garnering acclaim as an actress, her career was cut short by her death in a 1955 airliner crash.

Early life and education Marcella Mariani was born in Rome, Italy, on 8 February 1936.

Her first job was working as a cashier at a cinema in Rome, Heavy wind and snow prevented searchers from reaching the crash site for over a week. All 29 passengers and crew were believed to have died on impact. Mariani, who had turned 19 a few days earlier, was taken to Rome, where she was buried.

Filmography Cavalcade of Song (1953, directed by Domenico Paolella) We, the Women (Siamo donne, aka Of Life and Love) (1953, directed by Alfredo Guarini) The Girls of San Frediano (1955, directed by Valerio Zurlini) as Gina I'll Never Forget (1956, directed by Giuseppe Guarino) as Camilla (final film role)