Milly (actress)
Milly was an Italian singer, actress, and cabaret performer.
Biography
Her father abandoned her family in 1910 and she was brought up by her mother. She was the sister of Italian comedian Totò Mignone, with whom, along with her sister Mity, she performed as a child. As a teenager she worked at the Teatro Fiandra where she debuted as a singer in 1925. During this time, Prince Umberto di Savoia fell in love with her. Her sister, Mity Mignone, married Mario Mattoli.She moved to the U.S. before World War II but returned to Italy after the war's end. She performed in The Threepenny Opera at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan directed by Giorgio Strehler. She recorded many albums in a variety of languages, and appeared in numerous films, mostly Italian, but also including The Girl from Scotland Yard and Gidget Goes to Rome, as well as the Mario Bava cult horror classic I tre volti della paura, with Boris Karloff.
Selected filmography
Five to Nil Three Lucky Fools Full Speed I Love You Only- Music in the Square The Girl from Scotland Yard On Such a Night The Ship of Condemned Women A Man of Straw ...And the Wild Wild Women Laura nuda Day by Day, Desperately Gidget Goes to Rome Black Sabbath Metti, una sera a cena The Conformist
Discography
33 RPM- 1964: Stramilano
- 1965: Il palcoscenico di Milly
- 1966: Cabaret italiano fra due guerre 1917-1943
- 1969: Canzoni e personaggi del cabaret di oggi
- 1972: D'amore e di libertà Album doppio
- 1974: Tante storie d'amore e di follia
- 1975: Gogliardia anni trenta
- 1980: Addio Tabarin...
- 1965: Passa la ronda/Scettico blues
- 1965: Donna e giornale/La signora di trent'anni fa
- 1975: Scarpe nuove/Giovedì speciale
- 1964: Cabaret all'italiana
- 1965: Milly 1
- 1997: La leggenda di Milly