- Born
- Died
- Nicknames
- The "Italian Marilyn Monroe"
- Marilina
- Rosalina Neri was born on November 12, 1927 in Arcisate, Lombardy, Italy. She was an actress, known for The Betrothed (1989), Due sosia in allegria (1956) and Three Men and a Leg (1997). She died on June 5, 2024 in Milan, Italy.
- During a trip in England to shoot a television commercial, Neri met the conductor Jack Hylton, with whom she started a long romantic relationship and had a daughter, Angela.
- During her career she was mainly active on stage, where among others she worked with Giorgio Strehler and Umberto Simonetta.
- She had her breakout with the Marcello Marchesi's RAI variety show Invito al sorriso, and got a lot of press coverage because of her resemblance to Marilyn Monroe, which led to her being labeled as the "Italian Marilyn Monroe" and nicknamed Marilina.
- Neri started her career appearing in the 1954 Garinei & Giovannini's musical comedy Tobia la candina spia.
- Rosalina Neri was an Italian stage, television, film and radio actress.
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