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Dorian Gray

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Dorian Gray

Born February 2, 1928 in Bolzano, ItalyDied February 15, 201131 films

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

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

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

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Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy posterFirst watchToto, Peppino, and the Hussy19568.0as Marisa FlorianAntonio, Peppino and Lucia are three brothers who live in the country near Naples. Lucia's son, Gianni, goes to Naples to study medicine, but there he knows a ballet dancer.View film

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Nights of Cabiria poster8.0Nights of Cabiria1957Il Grido poster7.5Il Grido1957Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge poster7.6Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge1956Totò Double or Nothing? poster7.0Totò Double or Nothing?1956Love and Larceny poster7.2Love and Larceny1960

Filmography

31 films as actor
  1. 1967The Criminals of the MetropolisDenise
  2. 1965ThrillingVeronique (segment "Sadik")
  3. 1962CommandoNora
  4. 1962Peccati d'estateIrene
  5. 1962Finden Sie, daß Constanze sich richtig verhält?Marie-Louise Jörgensen
  6. 1961The OrderlyLauretta
  7. 1961Destination FuryPupina Micacci
  8. 1960...And Suddenly It's Murder!Eleonora Franzetti
  9. 1960Il carro armato dell'8 settembreThe maid
  10. 1960Colossus and the Amazon QueenAntiope
  11. 1960Love and LarcenyElena
  12. 1959The Surprises of LoveDidi
  13. 1959Vacations in MajorcaHélène
  14. 1959Winter HolidaysCarol Field
  15. 1958Love on the RivieraDorina
  16. 1958Dangerous WomenOrnella
  17. 1958Domenica è sempre domenicaLuciana
  18. 1957Nights of CabiriaJessy
  19. 1957Il GridoVirginia
  20. 1956Totò, Peppino e i fuorileggeValeria
  21. 1956GuaglioneNadia Lanti
  22. 1956Toto, Peppino, and the HussyMarisa Florian
  23. 1956Totò Double or Nothing?Hélène
  24. 1955Io piaccioDoriana Paris
  25. 1952The Queen of ShebaAti
  26. 1952Poppy
  27. 1952Vendetta... sardaColumba Porchiddu
  28. 1952Appointment for MurderVandina
  29. 1951My Heart Singsamichetta di Cocciaglia
  30. 1951Il mago per forza
  31. 1951Damn the Taxes!!Margot