Maria Grazia Spina Explained

Maria Grazia Spina
Birth Name:	Maria Grazia Spinazzi
Birth Date:	3 June 1936
Birth Place:	Venice, Italy
Other Names:	Grazia Maria Spina
Occupation:	Actress
Years Active:	1958–1983 (actress)

Maria Grazia Spina (born 3 June 1936) is an Italian television, film and stage actress.

Life and career

Born Maria Grazia Spinazzi in Venice, Spina debuted as an actress with the theatrical company Stabile di Trieste, then worked with the companies of Vittorio Gassman, Aroldo Tieri, Elisa Cegani, and Glauco Mauri.^[1] She also had a prolific film career, but despite a great number of appearances, especially in comedies and adventure films, she failed to emerge.^[1] Her television career was more rewarding, and she had the opportunities to star in roles of weight in successful TV series.^[1] She hosted the 1965 edition of Sanremo Music Festival.^[2]

Partial filmography

• La vita degli altri (1957) - Luisa
• Promesse di marinaio (1958)
• The Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1958, TV series) - Maddalena Bray
• Men and Noblemen (1959) - La ragazza dell'albergo
• La cento chilometri (1959) - The Flute Player Friend of Elena
• Juke box urli d'amore (1959)
• The Cossacks (1960) - Alina
• Call Girls of Rome (1960) - Silvana
• Il peccato degli anni verdi (1960) - Giulia Giordani
• Revenge of the Conquered (1961)
• Ursus and the Tartar Princess (1961) - Amia
• Pugni, pupe e marinai (1961) - Grazia
• Zorro alla corte di Spagna (1962) - Consuelo
• Kerim, Son of the Sheik (1962) - Laila
• Tiger of the Seven Seas (1962) - Anna de Cordoba
• The Black Duke (1963) - Ginevra Cavalcanti
• Zorro and the Three Musketeers (1963) - Manuela
• La donna degli altri è sempre più bella (1963) - Savina (segment "Bagnino Lover")
• Samson and the Slave Queen (1963) - Isabella de Alazon
• Il Successo (1963) - Diana
• Hercules Against the Mongols (1963) - Ljuba
• Toto vs. the Black Pirate (1964) - Isabella
• Laissez tirer les tireurs (1964) - Corinne Martin
• Queste pazze pazze donne (1964) - Santuzza - Turiddu's wife ('Siciliani a Milano')
• Revolt of the Barbarians (1964) - Lydia
• Le tardone (1964) - Barbara (episode "Un delitto quasi perfetto")
• Highest Pressure (1965) - Presentatrice
• Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966) - Nicetta, Peppino's Niece
• (1966) - Daughter of Lot
• I 2 magnifici fresconi (1969) - Santuzza / Barbara
• Fermate il mondo... voglio scendere! (1970) - (uncredited)
• La calandria (1972) - Clizia - maid
• Rugantino (1973) - Donna Marta Capitelli
• La madama (1976)
• Tell Me You Do Everything for Me (1976) - Paola Signorini - Francesco's lover
• Violent Naples (1976) - Gervasi's Wife
• Il ritorno di Casanova (1980)

Notes and References

1. Book: Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Le attrici: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2003.
2. Book: Marcello Giannotti. L'enciclopedia di Sanremo. Gremese Editore, 2005.