On January 11, 2013, the Italian cinema and theater world said goodbye to the great Mariangela Melato. “A woman full of grace,” said the poetess Alda Merini about her, Milanese like the actress, born and raised in Via Montebello (number 7). A life she lived in complete freedom to the end, lending her face – on stage and on the big screen – to many strong and independent women, from the wealthy snob of “Overwhelmed by an Unusual Fate…” to Lidia in The Class Worker Goes to Heaven, from Filumena Marturano in Eduardo De Filippo’s masterpiece to Nora in A Doll’s House. “I really believe that women should also learn to live without men. I believe that part of life has to be lived with ourselves. Living also means becoming master of your own life, it means loving yourself, loving the people you meet, loving the work you do and above all loving your own solitude, getting to know it , not to be afraid to like yourself». The daughter of a traffic cop and a seamstress, as a young girl she studied painting at the Brera Academy, drew posters and worked as a window dresser at the Rinascente to fund Esperia Sperani’s acting classes.
January 11, 2023 | 07:52
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