Dorian Gray

Dorian Gray

1928-02-02 – 2011-02-15 (age 83) Bolzano, Italy
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Biography

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

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 TotΓ², 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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Known For

Nights of Cabiria
Nights of Cabiria

1957

as Jessy

Commando
Commando

1962

as Nora

...And Suddenly It's Murder!
...And Suddenly It's Murder!

1960

as Eleonora Franzetti

Il Grido
Il Grido

1957

as Virginia

Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy
Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy

1956

as Marisa Florian

Guaglione
Guaglione

1956

as Nadia Lanti

Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti

1977

as Self - Antiope (archive footage)

Love and Larceny
Love and Larceny

1960

as Elena

Thrilling
Thrilling

1965

as Veronique (segment "Sadik")

Love on the Riviera
Love on the Riviera

1958

as Dorina

Colossus and the Amazon Queen
The Criminals of the Metropolis
Peccati d'estate
Peccati d'estate

1962

as Irene

Appointment for Murder
Appointment for Murder

1952

as Vandina

Damn the Taxes!!
Damn the Taxes!!

1951

as Margot

Il mago per forza
Dangerous Women
Dangerous Women

1958

as Ornella

Vendetta... sarda
Vendetta... sarda

1952

as Columba Porchiddu

The Queen of Sheba
Winter Holidays
Winter Holidays

1959

as Carol Field