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Maria Monti

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Maria Monti
Monti in 1960
Born26 June 1935 (1935-06-26) (age 89)[1]
Milan, Italy[1]
Occupation(s)Actress, singer

Maria Monti (born 26 June 1935) is an Italian film actress and singer.

Life and career

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Born in Milan, Monti started her career as a singer in the mid-1950s, performing in the nightclubs of her hometown, soon achieving local success.[1] As a singer, she took part in the Sanremo Music Festival 1961 with "Benzina e cerini", and her repertoire mostly consisted on satirical folk songs.[1] At the same time she started a parallel activity as a stage actress, and starting from 1959 being also active on television and in films, where she collaborated with Sergio Leone, Bernardo Bertolucci, Alberto Lattuada and Mauro Bolognini.[1] On stage, she is best known for her collaboration with Paolo Poli, for the Garinei-Terzoli-Vaime musical comedy Pardon Mounsier Molière she starred in with Gino Bramieri, and for Giovanni Testori's L'Ambleto.[1]

Filmography

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Gianfranco Baldazzi (1990). "Monti, Maria". Dizionario della canzone italiana, cured by Gino Castaldo. Curcio Editore. pp. 1131-2.