Dorian Gray (actress)

Maria Luisa Mangini (2 February 1928 – 15 February 2011), better known as Dorian Gray, was an Italian actress.

Dorian Gray
Dorian Gray in Totò, Peppino e... la malafemmina (1956).
Born
Maria Luisa Mangini

(1928-02-02)2 February 1928
Bolzano, Italy
Died15 February 2011(2011-02-15) (aged 83)
Torcegno, Italy
OccupationActress
Years active1951–1965

Biography

Gray made her stage debut in 1950. After five years she left the world of the theater and devoted herself to cinema.

The role she played most often in films was that of a seductive sex kitten. She played the titular "bad girl" in Totò, Peppino e la malafemmina. She also appeared in Michelangelo Antonioni's Il grido. In 1957, she took part in The Nights of Cabiria by Federico Fellini.

Death

On February 15, 2011, Gray committed suicide by gunshot at her home in Torcegno. She was 83 years old; some media, however, reported her age as 75,[1] since she herself claimed to have been born in 1936.[2]

Partial filmography

References
  1. "Cinema: addio a Dorian Gray, si toglie la vita la "malafemmina" di Totò|Trentino". Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
  2. "Dictionary of italian cinema - Actresses", by Lancia and Poppi, Gremese Ed. 2003
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