Mariangela Giordano

Mariangela Giordano (2 August 1937 – 16 July 2011) was an Italian film and television actress.

Life and career Born in Dolcedo, Italy as Maria Angela Giordano, the daughter of a journalist, Giordano was elected Miss Liguria in 1954. Then she almost immediately started an intense film career, mainly appearing in genre films in which she was sometimes credited as Mary Jordan. She is known to cult horror movie fans for her starring roles in Giallo in Venice, Patrick Lives Again, The Devil's Daughter, Satan's Baby Doll, Burial Ground and Killer Barbys.

Since the 1980s, Giordano focused her career on television, appearing in the TV series Skipper and I ragazzi del muretto, among others. She died in Dolcedo on 16 July 2011.

Selected filmography

Il falco d'oro (1955) - Seconda domestica Cortile (1955) - The Girl asking Gargiulo for a Lift (uncredited) Dramma nel porto (1955) Da qui all'eredità (1955) La banda degli onesti (1956) - (uncredited) Il diavolo nero (1957) Desert Warrior (1957) - Aicha Mensajeros de paz (1957) - Marichu Buongiorno primo amore! (1957) Quando gli angeli piangono (1958) Cara de Goma (1959) Colossus and the Amazon Queen (1960) (a.k.a. Queen of the Amazons) - Amazzone Ursus (1961) Gli scontenti (1961) Black City (1961) - Ragazza che si finge incinta Romulus and the Sabines (1961) Ursus (1960) (a.k.a. Ursus, Son of Hercules) - Annia El reflejo del alma (1962) Canzoni a tempo di twist (1962) The Eye of the Needle (1963) - Carmelina Lo Niro The Last Gun (1964) Sette a Tebe (1964) - Serva di Cirene A Maiden for a Prince (1965) - La marchesa spagnola Te lo leggo negli occhi (1965) Djurado (1966) - Dorianne How I Learned to Love Women (1966) - Proprietaria stazione di servizio Vengeance (1968) - Rosita No Graves on Boot Hill (1968) - Betty Fletcher I quattro del pater noster (1969) A Noose for Django (1969) - Dolores Roja The Reward's Yours... The Man's Mine (1969) - Babe The Legacy of Caine (1971) Decameron n° 2 - Le altre novelle del Boccaccio (1972) - Ferondo's wife Decameron n° 4 - Le belle novelle del Boccaccio (1972) - Tessa The Lusty Wives of Canterbury (1972) Quant'è bella la Bernarda, tutta nera, tutta calda (1975) - Eleonora (segment "Eleonora e Sigismondo") L'altro Dio (1975) - Adriana Don Milani (1976) - Donna Big Pot (1976) - Amante di Sandro Che dottoressa ragazzi! (1976) - Rosalia The Last Round (1976) - Lisa's mother Batton Story (1976) - Priscilla - mother of Stefano Un giorno alla fine di ottobre (1977) - La segretaria di Lorenzo Dove volano i corvi d'argento (1977) - Basilia Moglie nuda e siciliana (1978) - Bianca Il commissario di ferro (1978) - Signora Parolini Malabimba – The Malicious Whore (1979) - Suor Sofia Giallo a Venezia (1979) (a.k.a. Giallo in Venice) - Stella Randolph Patrick Is Still Alive (1980) (a.k.a. Patrick Lives Again) Burial Ground (1981) (a.k.a. Nights of Terror) - Evelyn Paula Mujer de la Noche (1981) Eroticón (1981) - Zulma Santana Satan's Baby Doll (1982) (a.k.a. La Bimba di Satana) - Sol Il motorino (1984) Noi uomini duri (1987) - Teresa Io e mia sorella (1987) - Nadia Il volpone (1988) - Eliana Voltore Captain Fracassa's Journey (1990) Stasera a casa di Alice (1990) - Medium The Devil's Daughter (1991) (a.k.a. La Secta/ The Sect) - Kathryn Abbronzatissimi (1991) - Madre di Martina Women in Arms (1991) - Miss Locasciulli Ci hai rotto papà (1993) - Suor Giovanna Let's Not Keep in Touch (1994) - Amante in 'Galline da combattimento' Once a Year, Every Year (1994) Killer Barbys (1996, directed by Jesus Franco) - Condesa (Countess) Panarea (1997) - Signora Bedoni A luci spente (2004) Sacred Heart (2005)