| Mita Medici | |
| Birth Name: | Patrizia Vistarini |
| Birth Date: | 20 August 1950 |
| Birth Place: | Rome, Italy |
| Other Names: | Patrizia Perini |
| Father: | Francesco Vistarini |
| Relatives: | Carla Vistarini (sister) |
Patrizia Vistarini (born 20 August 1950), known professionally as Mita Medici and sometimes credited as Patrizia Perini, is an Italian actress and singer.
Born in Rome as Patrizia Vistarini, daughter of the actor Franco Silva, she was launched in 1965 by winning the "Miss Teenager" pageant.[1] Medici made her film debut in 1966, at 16, in Luciano Salce's How I Learned to Love Women. She is also active in television, in which she hosted shows such as Canzonissima and Sereno variabile and appeared in several TV-series.[2] She was also a singer, active between late 60's and early 80's, and her main success was the song "A ruota libera", which in 1973 ranked 10 in the Italian Hit Parade.[3]
In 1968, she was the subject of the song "Mita, Mita, Mita" by progressive rock group Le Orme.[4] [5]
Her elder sister Carla Vistarini is a song lyricist, novelist, playwright and scriptwriter. She's an atheist.[6]
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | How I Learned to Love Women | Annamaria | ||
| L'estate | Elisabetta Fantoni | |||
| 1967 | Don't Sting the Mosquito | Vanessa | ||
| Pronto... c'è una certa Giuliana per te | Giuliana | |||
| 1968 | Colpo di sole | Cristina Mancinelli | ||
| 1969 | Plagio | Angela | ||
| 1970 | Come ti chiami, amore mio? | Carola | ||
| 1980 | Ombre | Patrizia | ||
| 1992 | Gole ruggenti | Paolo's wife | ||
| 1993 | Cinecittà... Cinecittà | Herself | Cameo appearance | |
| 1997 | L'amico di Wang | Nurse Ambra | ||
| 2003 | Amorfù | Rock poetess | Cameo appearance | |
| 2005 | E se domani | Director Morandi | ||
| 2009 | Feisbum | Doriana | ||
| 2011 | Un milione di giorni | Maria |
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Coralba | Deborah Danon | Main role (5 episodes) |
| 1974 | The White Horse Inn | Ottilie Pesamenole | |
| 1979 | The Master of Ballantrae | Alison Graeme | Television film |
| 1985 | Murder of a Moderate Man | Regina | Recurring role (3 episodes) |
| 1985, 1987 | Aeroporto internazionale | Secretary | 2 episodes |
| 1989 | Don Tonino | Journalist | Episode: "Il mistero di Villa Gruber" |
| 1992 | Il cielo non cade mai | Clara Negroni | Television film |
| 1997–2003, 2013 | Un posto al sole | Marisa Saviani | Recurring role (77 episodes) |
| 2001 | CentoVetrine | Paola Novelli | Recurring role (5 episodes) |
| 2006–2008 | Un ciclone in famiglia | Barbara | Main role (14 episodes) |
| 2008 | Provaci ancora prof! | Martina Maselli | Episode: "La prof della prof" |
| Don Matteo | Silveria | Episode: "I segreti degli altri" |