Ines Pellegrini

Acting

Born November 7, 1954, Milan, Italy

Though born in Milan, Pelligrini grew to adolescence in Eritrea, attending Italian schools, before returning to Italy with her adoptive father in the 1970s.[1] She made her film debut in 1973 in Il brigadiere Pasquale Zagaria ama la mamma e la polizia but her career was launched by Pier Paolo Pasolini, who chose her for the role of Zumurrud in Arabian Nights (1974); she also appeared in Pasolini's last film, Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975).[1] About her Pasolini wrote: "When I noticed a half-caste Eritrean-Italian, I almost cried looking at her small, somewhat irregular features, perfect as those of a metal statue, hearing her chirpy, interrogatory Italian, and seeing those eyes, lost in a pleading uncertainty."[2] Later Pellegrini became a minor starlet in Italian genre films including Eyeball (1975), La madama (1976), Blue Belle (1976), Una bella governante di colore (1978) and War of the Robots (1978), appearing in 16 films between 1974 and 1981. In the mid-1980s she left showbusiness and moved to Los Angeles, where she opened a downtown antiques shop and promoted volunteering.

Filmography

• 1985I Am an ESP — concubina del Maraja
• 1981Family Scandal — Luisa
• 1978Escape from Women's Prison — Terry
• 1978The War of the Robots — Sonia
• 1977Could It Happen Here?
• 1977Orazi e Curiazi 3 - 2 — Tronia
• 1976Annie — Sarah
• 1976La madama — Irma
• 1976Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom — The Maid
• 1976Scandal In the Family
• 1976Una bella governante di colore — Myriam
• 1975Eyeball — Naiba Campbell
• 1974Arabian Nights — Zumurrud
• 1974Noa Noa
• 1974The Kiss — Myosotis (as Macia Pellegrini)
• 1973Il brigadiere Pasquale Zagaria ama la mamma e la polizia — Bianca, prostituta e amante di Zoppas
• 1973Li chiamavano i tre moschettieri... invece erano quattro — Queen's Black Maid
• 1973Provaci anche tu Lionel — Sister of Lola Lola bis