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Post by PeplumParadise » 07/06/2023, 16:25

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Marilù Tolo in Confessione di un commissario di polizia al procuratore della repubblica (1971)
Marilù Tolo is an actress who played many lead and featured roles, active in Italian and European films and television from the start of the 1960's to the mid-1980's.

All sources seem agreed that she was born Maria Lucia Tolo on January 16th 1944, in Rome.

It appears that she first came to public attention while still at school, as a presenter on the TV game show Il Musichiere in the late 1950's. She launched her acting career at age 16, with 4 film appearances in 1960. Within a few years she was playing lead roles in peplums and eurospies. She embraced exploitation fare for awhile in the early 70's, but, unlike many other actresses of her generation, she was able to balance this with more serious roles on television and worked steadily until 1985, when she apparently retired.

Surprisingly little is known of her private life - designer Valentino has been quoted as saying Marilù was the love of his life, but the nature and length of their relationship is unknown and she was also romantically involved with director Dario Argento at some point. Many sources report that she also worked as a fashion model. It appears she spent a few years in the late 70's trying to break into the American market, when she appeared in an episode of Charlie's Angels, screen-tested for Superman and appeared as a guest on various U.S. talk shows. In 1983, aged 39, she posed nude for Italian Playboy magazine.

Marilù is presumed to be still living at the time of writing - while there has been no news of her since 1985, I assume that she was famous enough that her death would not have gone unreported.

What little details of her life are known are repeated by many internet sources and have been confirmed as much as is possible.

Filmography

1960
  1. Dolci inganni .... Margherita (credited)
  2. I piaceri del sabato notte .... The Seamstress (credited)
  3. La regina delle Amazzoni .... Amazon (credited)
  4. Urlatori alla sbarra .... Marilù (credited)

    1963
  5. Adultero lui, adultera lei .... Lina (poster credit - role unconfirmed)
  6. Shéhérazade .... Shirin (credited)

    1964
  7. Il magnifico gladiatore .... Velida (credited)
  8. Il trionfo di Ercole .... Princess Ate (credited)
  9. L'ultimo gladiatore .... Ena (credited)
  10. Maciste, gladiatore di Sparta .... Olympia (credited)
  11. Matrimonio all'italiana .... Diana (credited)

    1965
  12. Giulietta degli spiriti .... TV presenter (uncredited)
  13. La Celestina P... R... .... Silvana (credited)
  14. Le chant du monde .... Gina (credited)
  15. Le notti della violenza .... Carla Pratesi's sister (credited)
  16. Misión Lisboa .... Terry Brown (credited)
  17. Una ráfaga de plomo .... Yasmin (poster credit - role unconfirmed)

    1966
  18. Avec la peau des autres .... Anna (credited)
  19. La bourse et la vie .... Violette (credited)
  20. Le judoka, agent secret .... Vanessa (poster credit - role unconfirmed)
  21. Perry Grant, agente di ferro .... Paola Kuriel (credited)
  22. Poppies Are Also Flowers (TV movie) .... Sophia Banzo (credited)
  23. Se tutte le donne del mondo... .... Gioia (credited)
  24. Un colpo da mille miliardi .... Prinzi (credited)
  25. Zarabanda Bing Bing .... Sofia (credited)

    1967
  26. Casse-tête chinois pour le judoka .... Jennifer (credited)
  27. Le plus vieux métier du monde .... Marlene, Miss Physical Love (credited)
  28. Le streghe .... Maid (credited)
  29. Se sei vivo spara .... Flory (credited)
  30. Sept hommes et une garce .... Countess Carlotta (credited)

    1968
  31. Candy .... Conchita (credited)
  32. Commandos .... Adriana (credited)
  33. Un killer per sua maestà .... Sylva (credited)

    1969
  34. I dannati della Terra .... Adriana (poster credit - role unconfirmed)
  35. Las trompetas del apocalipsis .... Helen Becker (credited)

    1970
  36. Gradiva .... Karin (credited)
  37. Roy Colt & Winchester Jack .... Manila (credited)
  38. Uccidete il vitello grasso e arrostitelo .... Verde (credited)
  39. Un été sauvage .... role unknown (poster credit)

    1971
  40. Confessione di un commissario di polizia al procuratore della repubblica .... Serena Li Puma (credited)
  41. Eneide (TV mini-series) Eps. 1, 3, 5, 7 .... Venus (credited in all episodes)
  42. Il romanzo di un ladro di cavalli .... Manka (credited)
  43. La controfigura .... Marie (credited)
  44. Siamo tutti in libertà provvisoria .... Emilia (credited)
  45. Viva la muerte... tua .... Lupita (credited)

    1972
  46. Abuso di potere .... Simona (credited)
  47. Bluebeard .... Brigitt (credited)
  48. Jus primae noctis .... Venerata (credited)
  49. Meo Patacca .... Sora Nuccia (credited)
  50. Mio caro assassino .... Dr. Anna Borgese (credited)

    1973
  51. La porta sul buio (TV series) Ep. 4: "Testimone oculare" .... Roberta Leoni (credited)
  52. Le cinque giornate .... The Countess (credited)
  53. Themroc .... The Secretary (credited)

    1974
  54. Il trafficone .... Rosalia (credited)
  55. Orlando Furioso (TV mini-series) Ep. 1 .... Alcina (credited)
  56. Prigione di donne .... Susan (credited)

    1975
  57. Au-delà de la peur .... Nicole (credited)
  58. La bufera (TV mini-series) All episodes .... Liana Ughes (credited)
  59. Les brigades du Tigre (TV series) S. 2, Ep. 6: "De la poudre et des balles" .... Léa (credited)
  60. Les malfaisants (TV movie) .... Lia (credited)

    1976
  61. Cours après moi... que je t'attrape .... Anita (credited)
  62. Dimenticare Lisa (TV mini-series) All episodes .... Lisa Carter (credited)

    1978
  63. The Greek Tycoon .... Sophia Matalas (credited)

    1979
  64. Charlie's Angels (TV series) S. 4, Ep. 5: "Fallen Angel" .... Carla Leone (credited)

    1980
  65. The Sleep of Death .... Countess Elga (credited)

    1982
  66. Assassinio al cimitero etrusco .... Contessa Maria Volumna (credited)
  67. Marco Polo (TV mini-series) Ep. 1 .... Donna Fiammetta (credited)

    1983
  68. Il tassinaro .... Fernanda Rossetti (credited)
  69. Vacanze di Natale .... Grazia Tassoni (credited)

    1984
  70. The Last Days of Pompeii (TV mini-series) All episodes .... Xenia (credited)

    1985
  71. Sogni e bisogni (TV mini-series) Ep. 11 .... Wanda De Amicis (credited)

Additional credits
  • Numero un (1975 TV sketch show) Ep.: "Sacha Diestel", as Herself (credit unknown)
  • Profondo rosso (1975) as Ex-girlfriend, seen in photograph (uncredited)
  • Superman (1978) Screen test, released as a DVD extra in 2002 (credited as "Marilu Tulo")

Titles to check
  • Il Musichiere (Late 1950's TV game show) Unknown episodes. Wikipedia, as herself, as assistant to Mario Riva
  • Retour à Bacoli (1966 TV movie) IMDb as Clélia
  • Le féminin pluriel (1982 TV movie) IMDb as Franca

No Tolo!
Titles where Marilù is listed as appearing, but cannot be found. There always has to be one!
  • Le ambiziose (1961) IMDb with no role. Marilù is not credited and, as far as I could find, does not appear,
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Post by PeplumParadise » 07/06/2023, 16:26

Dolci inganni (1960) credited, as Margherita
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Post by PeplumParadise » 08/06/2023, 11:25

I piaceri del sabato notte (1960) credited, as The Seamstress
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Post by PeplumParadise » 08/06/2023, 11:28

La regina delle Amazzoni (1960) credited, as Amazon
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Post by PeplumParadise » 08/06/2023, 11:30

Urlatori alla sbarra (1960) credited, as Marilù
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Post by PeplumParadise » 08/06/2023, 11:32

Adultero lui, adultera lei (1963) credited and pictured on the poster, as Lina (role to be confirmed)
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Post by PeplumParadise » 08/06/2023, 11:38

Shéhérazade, aka La schiava di Bagdad (1963) credited, as Shirin
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Post by PeplumParadise » 08/06/2023, 11:41

Il magnifico gladiatore (1964) credited, as Velida
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Post by PeplumParadise » 08/06/2023, 11:43

Il trionfo di Ercole (1964) credited, as Princess Ate
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Post by PeplumParadise » 08/06/2023, 11:46

L'ultimo gladiatore (1964) credited, as Ena
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