Milva

Biography

Maria Ilva Biolcati, (17 July 1939 – 23 April 2021), known as Milva, was an Italian singer, stage and film actress, and television personality. She was also known as La Rossa (Italian for "The Redhead"), due to the characteristic colour of her hair, and additionally as La Pantera di Goro ("The Panther of Goro"), which stemmed from the Italian press having nicknamed the three most popular Italian female singers of the 1960s, combining the names of animals and the singers' birth places. The colour also characterised her leftist political beliefs, claimed in numerous statements. Popular in Italy and abroad, she performed on musical and theatrical stages the world over, and received popular acclaim in her native Italy, and particularly in Germany and Japan, where she often participated in musical events and televised musical programmes. She released numerous albums in France, Japan, Korea, Greece, Spain, and South America. She collaborated with European composers and musicians including Ennio Morricone in 1965, Francis Lai in 1973, Mikis Theodorakis in 1978 (Was ich denke became a best selling album in Germany), Enzo Jannacci in 1980, Vangelis in 1981 and 1986, and Franco Battiato in …

Movies & TV Shows

1. Wetten, dass..? (1981) — Self
2. Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices (1995) — Herself
3. My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister (1986) — Renata Palozzi
4. Champs-Elysées (1982) — Self
5. Celluloide (1996) — Countess
6. Women in Prison (1988) — Lucie Germon
7. Verstehen Sie Spaß? (1980) — Self
8. La bellezza di Ippolita (1962) — Adriana
9. Wherever You Are... (1988)
10. Leute heute (1997) — Self
11. NDR Talk Show (1979) — Self
12. Bananas (1981) — Self
13. Appointment in Riviera (1962) — Sé stessa
14. Ein Kessel Buntes (1972) — Self
15. Dalli Dalli (1971) — Self
16. Le Grand Échiquier (1972) — Self
17. Beckmann (1999) — Self
18. Der große Preis (1974) — Self
19. Was bin ich? (1955) — Self
20. Street of Mirrors (1983) — Veronica
21. Einer wird gewinnen (1964) — Self
22. Na sowas! (1982) — Self
23. Drei mal neun (1970) — Self
24. Numéro un (1975) — Self
25. Aktuelle Schaubude (1957) — Self
26. For Love One Dies (1972) — Leyla
27. Milva, diva per sempre (2024) — Herself
28. 30 anni di SuperQuark - un viaggio sorprendente (2011)
29. Kurt Weill (2002)
30. Canzoni a tempo di Twist (1962)
31. Bio’s Bahnhof (1978) — Self
32. Flitterabend (1988) — Self - Singer
33. Na siehste! (1987) — Self
34. Musik aus Studio B (1961) — Self
35. Starparade (1968) — Self
36. Mai di sabato, signora Lisistrata (1971) — Lisistrata
37. Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel (2004) — Self
38. Auf los geht's los (1977) — Self
39. Please Turn the Page (1977) — Self
40. Musikantenstadl (1981) — Self