Maria Fiore

{{Short description|Italian actress (1935–2004)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Maria Fiore | image = Maria Fiore 50.jpeg | caption = Fiore in 1950 | birth_name = Jolanda Di Fiore | birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|10|1|df=y}} | birth_place = Rome, Kingdom of Italy | death_date = {{Death date and age|2004|10|28|1935|10|1|df=y}} | death_place = Rome, Italy | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1952–1999 }}

'''Maria Fiore''' (1 October 1935 – 28 October 2004) was an Italian film and television actress. She appeared in 50 films between 1952 and 1999.

==Life and career== Born '''Jolanda Di Fiori''' in Rome, despite a non-professional acting background, she made her film debut in a leading role, in the Renato Castellani's pink-neorealist film ''Two Cents Worth of Hope''.<ref name=ATTRICI>{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=888440214X|pages=138–139}}</ref> Following the success of the film, she was one of the most requested actresses until the first half of the 1960s, even if often cast in stock roles of impulsive and genuine low-class girls.<ref name="ATTRICI"/> Starting from the 1970s, she focused on television, where she got several main roles in some series.<ref name="ATTRICI"/>thumb|right|Maria Fiore on Italian magazine ''Avanguardia'', 1956.

==Selected filmography== {{div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''Two Cents Worth of Hope'' (1952) * ''Beauties on Motor Scooters'' (1952) * ''Melody of Love'' (1952) * ''Half a Century of Song'' (1952) * ''Good Folk's Sunday'' (1953) * ''Graziella'' (1954) * ''Neapolitan Carousel'' (1954) * ''Love Song'' (1954) * ''A Slice of Life'' (1954) * ''I pappagalli'' (1955) * ''Sunset in Naples'' (1955) * ''The Prince with the Red Mask'' (1955) * ''Serenata a Maria'' (1957) * ''Quanto sei bella Roma'' (1959) * ''La garçonnière'' (1960) * ''Thor and the Amazon Women'' (1963) * ''Let's Talk About Women'' (1964) * ''Il Gaucho'' (1964) * ''The Big Family'' (1973) * ''Prostituzione'' (1974) * ''Syndicate Sadists'' (1975) * ''Mamma Ebe'' (1985) {{div col end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|0278474|Maria Fiore}}

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