Rosalina Neri (born 12 November 1927) is an Italian stage, television, film and radio actress.

Life and career

Born in

Arcisate Arcisate is a town and ''comune'' located in the province of Varese, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. The celebrated Arcisate Treasure of Roman silverware was found in the town in the nineteenth century. It is now in the British Museum ...

Province of Varese The province of Varese ( it, provincia di Varese) is a province in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. Its capital is the city of Varese (population of 80,857 inhabitants), but its largest city is Busto Arsizio. The headquarters of the Agus ...

, Neri started her career appearing in the 1954 Garinei & Giovannini's musical comedy ''Tobia la candina spia''. She had her breakout with the

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variety show ''Invito al sorriso'', and got a lot of press coverage because of her resemblance to

Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe (; born Norma Jeane Mortenson; 1 June 1926 4 August 1962) was an American actress. Famous for playing comedic " blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as wel ...

, which led to her being labeled as the "Italian Marilyn Monroe" and nicknamed Marilina. During a trip in England to shoot a television commercial Neri knew the conductor

Jack Hylton Jack Hylton (born John Greenhalgh Hilton; 2 July 1892 – 29 January 1965) was an English pianist, composer, band leader and impresario. Hylton rose to prominence during the British dance band era, being referred as the "British King of Jazz" ...

, with whom she started a long relationship and had a daughter, Angela. During her career she was mainly active on stage, where among others she worked with

Giorgio Strehler Giorgio Strehler (; ; 14 August 1921 – 25 December 1997) was an actor, Italian opera and theatre director. Biography Strehler was born in Barcola, Trieste; His father, Bruno Strehler, was a native of Trieste with family roots in Vienna and di ...

and

Umberto Simonetta Umberto Simonetta (4 April 1926 – 25 August 1998) was an Italian playwright, writer and lyricist. He was described as "an unclassifiable artist" and "a wanderer between different genres". Born in Milan, Simonetta grew up in Switzerland where ...

Selected filmography

* ''

I pinguini ci guardano ''I pinguini ci guardano'' (i.e. "Penguins look at us") is a 1956 Italian comedy film written and directed by and starring Renato Rascel and Carlo Croccolo. Plot The daily life in a zoo seen through the eyes of their residents, with the anim ...

'' (1956) * ' (1958) * ' (1968) * '' The Betrothed'' (TV, 1989) * ''

The House of Smiles ''The House of Smiles'' ( it, La casa del sorriso) is a 1991 Italian film directed by Marco Ferreri. It depicts a romance between an old man and an old woman inside a care home. The film won the Golden Bear at the 41st Berlin International Film ...

'' (1991) * ''

Three Men and a Leg ''Three Men and a Leg'' ( it, Tre uomini e una gamba) is a 1997 Italian road film and romantic comedy co-written and co-directed by the comedy trio Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo and by Massimo Venier. Plot Three friends – Aldo, Giovanni, and Giacomo ...

'' (1997) * ''

All the Moron's Men ''All the Moron's Men'' ( it, Tutti gli uomini del deficiente) is a 1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; ...

'' (1999) * ''

Finalmente soli ''Finalmente soli'' is an Italian sitcom. It is a spin-off of ''Io e la mamma''. After the closing of the series, three TV-movies were produced between 2007 and 2008. Cast *Gerry Scotti: Gigi Mantelli * Maria Amelia Monti: Alice Fumagalli * R ...

'' (TV, 1999-2004) * ' (2012) * '' The Predators'' (2020)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Neri, Rosalina 1927 births Living people People from the Province of Varese Italian stage actresses Italian film actresses Italian television actresses Italian radio actresses