Cinzia Monreale (born Cinzia Moscone; 22 June 1957)[1] is an Italian actress best known for her roles in the horror classics Beyond the Darkness and The Beyond.
Cinzia Monreale | |
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 Monreale in 1975 | |
| Born | Cinzia Moscone 22 June 1957 Genoa, Italy |
| Other names | Sarah Keller |
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| Years active | 1975–present |
Early life
editMonreale was born in Genoa. She is the daughter of lyric singer Mirella Zaza.
Career
editMonreale was active as runway model before starting her film career.[2] In 1975, at age 17, she made her film debut in a minor role in the Vittorio Sindoni's comedy Son tornate a fiorire le rose, then she got her first main roles again with Sindoni, in the comedies Perdutamente tuo... mi firmo Macaluso Carmelo fu Giuseppe and Per amore di Cesarina.[2]
Monreale appeared in several films throughout the seventies, including the Spaghetti Western Silver Saddle, which was her first time working with famed horror film director Lucio Fulci.[3] In 1979, at age 22, she starred in a leading role with director Joe D'Amato in Buio Omega (Beyond the Darkness), and in 1981, again working with Fulci, she appeared as 'Emily' in the cult horror classic The Beyond, with Catriona MacColl and David Warbeck.[3] Other roles include Joe D'Amato's Return From Death (a.k.a. Frankenstein 2000), Lucio Fulci's Warriors of the Year 2072 and The Sweet House of Horrors, the award-winning Festival directed by Pupi Avati, Under the Skin, and When a Man Loves a Woman.
Monreale has also worked as a producer. She served as a videographer in the 2005 original documentary Kill Gil: Volume 1 and she produced the 2006 documentary Kill Gil: Volume 2. She is also active on television, in TV-movies and series.[2]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Son tornate a fiorire le rose | Gioia | uncredited |
| 1976 | Perdutamente tuo... mi firmo Macaluso Carmelo fu Giuseppe | Jessica | |
| 1976 | Quel movimento che mi piace tanto | Anna Gilioli | |
| 1976 | Per amore di Cesarina | Cesarina | |
| 1978 | Silver Saddle (Sella d'argento) | Margaret Barrett | |
| 1978 | Bermuda: Cave of the Sharks | Girl on Boat | |
| 1979 | Beyond the Darkness (Buio Omega) | Anna Völkl & Elena Völkl | |
| 1980 | Flatfoot in Egypt | Connie | |
| 1981 | The Beyond | Emily | credited as Sarah Keller |
| 1984 | Illusione | ||
| 1984 | The New Gladiators (I guerrieri dell'anno 2072) | Linda | uncredited |
| 1986 | La vallée des peupliers | Christiane | TV series |
| 1987 | Under the Chinese Restaurant | La rapinatrice | |
| 1989 | The Sweet House of Horrors | Marcia | made for Italian TV film; a.k.a. La dolce casa degli orrori |
| 1992 | Return from Death (Frankenstein 2000) | Georgia | |
| 1993 | Nel continente nero | Francesca | |
| 1993 | Kreola | Jo Ann | |
| 1996 | The Stendhal Syndrome | Alfredo Grossi's wife | |
| 1996 | Festival | ||
| 1997 | Mamma per caso | TV mini-series | |
| 1999 | Il popolo degli uccelli | ||
| 2000 | Under the Skin | ||
| 2000 | Turbo | TV series | |
| 2000 | When a Man Loves a Woman | Gloria | |
| 2001 | L'accertamento | Elsa | |
| 2002 | La casa dell'angelo | Chicca | television film |
| 2003 | The Cruelest Day | ||
| 2004 | Madre come te | television film | |
| 2009 | Kommissar Rex | television series; episode: 'La mamma è sempre la mamma' | |
| 2010 | My House is Full of Mirrors | television film |
References
edit- ^ "Cinzia Monreale". mymovies.it. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
- ^ a b c Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi (2003). Dizionario del cinema italiano - Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 888440214X.
- ^ a b Luca M. Palmerini, Gaetano Mistretta (1996). Spaghetti nightmares. M&P, 1996. ISBN 8886839014.