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Maria Ilva Biolcati, OMRI, known as Milva [ˈmilva], is an Italian singer, stage and film actress, and television personality. She is also known as La Rossa, due to the characteristic colour of her hair, and additionally as La Pantera di Goro, which stems from the Italian press having nicknamed the three most popular Italian female singers of the 1960s, combining the names of animals and the singers' birth places. The color also characterizes her leftist political beliefs, claimed in numerous statements. Popular in Italy and abroad, she has performed on musical and theatrical stages the world over, and has received popular acclaim in her native Italy, and particularly in Germany where she has often participated in musical events and televised musical programmes. She has also released numerous albums in France, Japan, Korea, Greece, Spain and South America.
Birth Name
Ilva Maria Biolcati
Born
Tuesday, 18 July 1939
Died
Saturday, 24 April 2021
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Enzo Jannacci: Vengo anch'io | Self | 2023 |
Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala | Self | 2005 |
Celluloide | Countess / Contessa | 1996 |
Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices | Self / Herself | 1995 |
Women in Prison | Lucie Germon | 1988 |
Wherever You Are... | Italian diplomat's wife | 1988 |
My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister | Renata Palozzi | 1986 |
Via degli specchi | Veronica | 1983 |
Wetten, dass..? | Self - Musician | 1981 |
Verstehen Sie Spaß? | Self | 1980 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Enzo Jannacci: Vengo anch'io | Self | 2023 |
Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala | Self | 2005 |
Celluloide | Countess / Contessa | 1996 |
Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices | Self / Herself | 1995 |
Women in Prison | Lucie Germon | 1988 |
Wherever You Are... | Italian diplomat's wife | 1988 |
My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister | Renata Palozzi | 1986 |
Via degli specchi | Veronica | 1983 |
Wetten, dass..? | Self - Musician | 1981 |
Verstehen Sie Spaß? | Self | 1980 |
Auf los geht's los | Self - Singer | 1977 |
For Love One Dies | Leyla | 1972 |
Paris ist eine Reise wert | 1966 | |
Einer wird gewinnen | Singer | 1964 |
Biblioteca di Studio Uno | Calipso | 1964 |
Lieder klingen am Lago Maggiore | Singerin | 1963 |
La bellezza d'Ippolita | Adriana | 1962 |
Appuntamento in Riviera | Self | 1962 |
Canzoni a tempo di twist | Self | 1962 |
Musik aus Studio B | Self - Musician | 1961 |
Festival di Sanremo | Self / Milva / Singer | 1951 |