Marina Malfatti

Marina Malfatti (25 April 1933 – 8 June 2016) was an Italian actress.

Biography Born in Florence, Malfatti moved to Paris at the age of 17 where she attended the Cours d'Art Dramatique, the drama school founded by René Simon. Two years later, after returning to Italy, she obtained a scholarship for the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and started appearing in films and on stage in some small roles.

Her theater career was launched by Arnoldo Foà who chose her as his co-star in the play Two for the Seesaw by William Gibson.

Malfatti was married to the diplomat Umberto La Rocca.

Selected filmography

Le cameriere (1959) – Venerina A Mistress for the Summer (1960) – L'étrangère A Man for Burning (1962) – Wilma Outlaws of Love (1963) – Rosanna The Reckless (1965) Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966) – Dancer Missione Wiesenthal (1967) – Anne Marie Mistelbach More Than a Miracle (1967) – Olimpia Capece Latro, princess Altamura Pronto... c'è una certa Giuliana per te (1967) – Annalisa Run, Psycho, Run (1968) I dannati della Terra (1969) – Luciana The Fourth Victim (1971) – Julie Spencer The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (1971) – Gladys Cunningham Per amore o per forza (1971) – Nora Savage Guns (1971) – Marge (uncredited) Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (1972) – Kathy Adams All the Colors of the Dark (1972) – Mary Weil Decameron n° 3 – Le più belle donne del Boccaccio (1972) – Wife of Jealous Husband (segment "The Jealous Husband") The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (1972) – Franziska Wildenbrück The Return of Clint the Stranger (1972) – Norma Harrison Testa in giù... gambe in aria (1972) Alexander Zwo (1972, TV miniseries) – Sonja Sans sommation (1973) – Isabelle Maury The Bloodstained Lawn (1973) – Nina Genovese Man with the Golden Winchester (1973) – Carmen (uncredited) La notte dell'ultimo giorno (1973) – Francesca A Black Ribbon for Deborah (1974) – Deborah – wife of Michel The Balloon Vendor (1974) – Maria Lezioni di violoncello con toccata e fuga (1976) – Stella Brega