{"id":2388,"date":"2011-02-17T13:22:21","date_gmt":"2011-02-17T13:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thewildeye.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2388"},"modified":"2011-02-17T13:22:36","modified_gmt":"2011-02-17T13:22:36","slug":"r-i-p-dorian-gray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thewildeye.co.uk\/blog\/latest-news\/r-i-p-dorian-gray\/","title":{"rendered":"R.I.P. Dorian Gray"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Dorian<\/a>
Dorian Gray with Peppino De Filippo and Tot\u00f2 in Tot\u00f2, Peppino e la malafemmina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dorian Gray was the somewhat bizarre pseudonym of Italian actress Maria Luisa Mangini, who became a big star in the 1950s.\u00a0 She’s not as well known today, outside of Italy at least, mainly because she wound down her career just as the kinds of Italian B-Movies she appeared in were starting to gain International attention.<\/p>\n

Born in Bolzano in 1936, she made her theatre debut, aged just 14 (if her date of birth is to believed), in the revue Votate per Venere in 1950, alongside Erminio Macari and Gino Bramieri.\u00a0 She then acted on stage opposite the likes of Alberto Sordi, Ugo Tognazzi and Raimondo Vianello, winning the prized Maschera d’argento.<\/p>\n

She appeared in films at around the same time, appearing in no less than 5 films in 1951 alone.\u00a0 She only really started concentrating on her cinema career in the mid 50s, when she gave up her stage work and appeared in the likes of Tot\u00f2, lascia o raddoppia?<\/strong> and Tot\u00f2, Peppino e… la malafemmina<\/strong> (56), making her a big domestic star.\u00a0 Although primarily known for her comedy roles, she also appeared in more celebrated productions, having prominent supporting roles in the likes of Fellini’s Nights of Cabiria<\/strong> (57), Antonioni’s Il grido<\/strong> (57) and Comencini’s Mogli pericolose<\/strong> (58), for which she won a Silver Ribbon.\u00a0 In the early sixties, she had a stab at other genres, in the peplum Colossus and the Amazons<\/strong> (60) and action film The Legions Last Patrol<\/strong> (62).<\/p>\n

Her last appearances were in the entertaining anthology, Thrilling <\/strong>and the obscure giallo Fango sulla metropoli<\/strong> (65), after which she retired without a trace.\u00a0 She committed suicide on Feb 16th 2011, shooting herself in the head in Torcegno, Trentino, where she lived.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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