Actor
Ines Pellegrini
November 7, 1954 · Milan, Italy
Though born in Milan, Pelligrini grew to adolescence in Eritrea, attending Italian schools, before returning to Italy with her adoptive father in the 1970s.[1] She made her film debut in 1973 in Il brigadiere Pasquale Zagaria ama la mamma e la polizia but her career was launched by Pier Paolo Pasolini, who chose her for the role of Zumurrud in Arabian Nights (1974); she also appeared in Pasolini's last film, Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975).[1]
About her Pasolini wrote: "When I noticed a half-caste Eritrean-Italian, I almost cried looking at her small, somewhat irregular features, perfect as those of a metal statue, hearing her chirpy, interrogatory Italian, and seeing those eyes, lost in a pleading uncertainty."[2]
Notable work
Often works with
Franco Merli
2 titles together
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, Arabian Nights
Luigi Antonio Guerra
2 titles together
Arabian Nights, Il brigadiere Pasquale Zagaria ama la mamma e la polizia
Martine Brochard
2 titles together
Eyeball, Family Scandal
Vittorio Fanfoni
2 titles together
Eyeball, The Kiss
Lino Banfi
2 titles together
Il brigadiere Pasquale Zagaria ama la mamma e la polizia, Orazi e Curiazi 3 - 2
Alessandro Perrella
2 titles together
Il brigadiere Pasquale Zagaria ama la mamma e la polizia, The Kiss
Full filmography · 16
I Am an ESP
as concubina del Maraja
19855.8
Family Scandal
as Luisa
1981
The War of the Robots
as Sonia
19783.5
Could It Happen Here?
cast
1977
Orazi e Curiazi 3 - 2
as Tronia
1977
Scandal In the Family
cast
1976
Annie
as Sarah
1976
La madama
as Irma
1976
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
as The Maid
19766.3
Una bella governante di colore
as Myriam
1976
Eyeball
as Naiba Campbell
19755.7
The Kiss
as Myosotis (as Macia Pellegrini)
1974