Milly(1905-1980)
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Born in 1905, Carla Mignone, better known as Milly, was one of Italy's
greatest singers. As a child, she already performed in a trio formed by
her brother Toto, her sister Mity and herself. Later on, she became a
soubrette for the company Za Bum, whose manager was
Mario Mattoli. She sang to the very end,
generations of fans following her despite her refusal to take refuge
behind comfortable clichés. She was also an actress, in the movies (an
ingénue in Italian ' white telephone' comedies, a nun in
Renato Castellani's "Nella citta
l'inferno'' , the drugged depraved mother in
Bernardo Bertolucci's "The
Conformist". Also active in the theater (Jenny in
Giorgio Strehler's version of 'The
Three Penny Opera', 1956) and in television, she spent twelve years of
her life in New York appearing successfully at the Waldorf Astorie
Rainbow Room and on Broadway (1936-1948), as well as in two forgotten
American movies. When she passed out in 1980, all unanimously regretted
the fascinating black-clad lady, whose unconventional songs had
accompanied them for fifty years.
