Marisa Solinas

Marisa Anna Solinas (30 May 1939 – 12 February 2019), best known as Marisa Solinas, was an Italian actress and singer.

Life Born in Genoa to a Sardinian father and a Tuscan mother from Garfagnana. 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.

Solinas was nicknamed the Phoenix of Italian cinema because she reimagined herself several times, always with great success transforming into some different kind of performer.

As a photomodel, Solinas made 750 covers, and posed for Gina Lollobrigida's photobooks and projects.

She was also a singer, and published two albums and several singles, one of these released by La voce del padrone.

On set of Boccaccio '70, she met Luigi Tenco. For many years, they remained close friends. After the death of Tenco, she claimed that his demise was not least because of a 6 mln debt he owed to pay a bribe to Sanremo Music Festival management team, and his frustration about clandestine gambling on the results. The Sanremo team sued Solinas in the Spring of 1967. The actress also received threats to hurt her son Davide in attempt to pressure her to retain the statement.

She died on 12 February 2019, at the age of 79.

Selected filmography 1961 — , directed by Renato Dall'Ara 1962 — Boccaccio '70, directed by Mario Monicelli 1962 — , directed by Jorge Grau 1962 — La commare secca, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci 1964 — , directed by Luciano Ricci 1965 — Viale della canzone, directed by Tullio Piacentini 1966 — Honeymoon, Italian Style, directed by Mario Amendola 1967 — Colt in the Hand of the Devil, directed by Sergio Bergonzelli 1967 — The Head of the Family, directed by Nanni Loy 1971 — Blindman, directed by Ferdinando Baldi 1973 — My Pleasure Is Your Pleasure, directed by Claudio Racca 1974 — L'arbitro, directed by Luigi Filippo D'Amico 1984 — Everybody in Jail, directed by Alberto Sordi 1984 — I due carabinieri, directed by Carlo Verdone 2000 — Almost Blue, directed by Alex Infascelli