Italian actress Mariangela Melato, known for her critically acclaimed performance as a spoiled socialite stranded with a sailor she had tormented in the 1974 film “Swept Away,” died Friday in ...

ITALIAN actress Mariangela Melato, known for her supporting role in Flash Gordon, has died in a Rome hospital. The 71-year-old was battling pancreatic cancer and passed away today at the Antea ...

Italian actress Mariangela Melato, best known for her role in the 1974 comedy Swept Away, dies aged 71. ... Melato went on to play villain General Kala in the 1980 movie of Flash Gordon.

ROME – Mariangela Melato, ... Melato also played the villain General Kala in Mike Hodges’ sci-fi thriller Flash Gordon (1980) and starred opposite Ryan O’Neal in the comedy So Fine (1981).

ROME — Italian actress Mariangela Melato, known for her critically acclaimed performance as a spoiled socialite stranded with a sailor she had tormented in the 1974 film comedy ‘‘Swept Away ...

Italian film, TV, and stage actress Mariangela Melato, best known internationally for her role as a rich Milanese snob shipwrecked with a leftist sailor on a desert island in Lina Wertmuller's ...

Italian actress Mariangela Melato, known for her critically acclaimed performance as a spoiled socialite stranded with a sailor she had tormented in the 1974 film comedy "Swept Away," has died in ...

ROME — Italian actress Mariangela Melato, known for her critically acclaimed performance as a spoiled socialite stranded with a sailor she had tormented in the 1974 film comedy “Swept Away ...