Mariella Lotti

Maria Camilla Pianotti (17 November 1919 – 18 December 2004), known by the stage name Mariella Lotti, was an Italian film actress. Lotti made her film debut in 1939, and played leading ladies in a number of Fascist era and post-war films. She was one of many actors employed on the anthology film The Ten Commandments, made following the overthrow of Benito Mussolini.^[1] She made her final film Carmen in 1954. During the war she was involved in a passionate love story with King Michael of Romania.

Mariella Lotti
Lotti in 1945
Born	Maria Camilla Pianotti (1919-11-17)17 November 1919^[note 1] Busto Arsizio, Lombardy, Kingdom of Italy
Died	18 December 2004(2004-12-18) (aged 85) Paris, France
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1939–1954

Her sister Carola Lotti was also an actress.

Filmography

• The Silent Partner (1939)
• I, His Father (1939)
• The Sons of the Marquis Lucera (1939)
• The Daughter of the Green Pirate (1940)
• Kean (1940)
• Inspector Vargas (1940)
• Il ponte dei sospiri (1940)
• Il signore della taverna (1940)
• Marco Visconti (1941)
• Il vetturale del San Gottardo (1941)
• Il cavaliere senza nome (1941)
• I mariti (Tempesta d'anime) (1941)
• Headlights in the Fog (1942)
• The Gorgon (1942)
• Disturbance (1942)
• Torrents of Spring (1942)
• Silenzio, si gira! (1943)
• Men of the Mountain (1943)
• Mater dolorosa (1943)
• Squadriglia Bianca (1944)
• Il fiore sotto gli occhi (1944)
• Responsibility Comes Back (1945)
• The Ten Commandments (1945)
• La freccia nel fianco (1945)
• Un giorno nella vita (1946)
• Canto, ma sottovoce... (1946)
• For the Love of Mariastella (1946)
• The Opium Den (1947)
• Life of Donizetti (1947)
• The Adventures of Pinocchio (1947)
• Il principe ribelle (1947)
• The Brothers Karamazov (1947)
• Guarany (1948)
• Be Seeing You, Father (1948)
• The Pirates of Capri (1949)
• The Devil in the Convent (1950)
• The Captain of Venice (1951)
• His Last Twelve Hours (1951)
• Leathernose (1952)
• What Price Innocence? (1952)
• Solo per te Lucia (1952)
• The Woman Who Invented Love (1952)
• La storia del fornaretto di Venezia (1952)
• The City Stands Trial (1952)
• Carmen (1953)

Notes

1. Some sources say 18 November 1919, but the parish register states she was born before midnight.

References

1. Gundle, Stephen (2013). Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghahn Books. pp. 262–63.

External links

• Mariella Lotti at IMDb