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Marisa Pavan is a Actor Italienne born on 19 june 1932 at Cagliari (Italie)

Marisa Pavan

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Birth name Maria Luisa Pierangeli
Nationality Italie
Birth 19 june 1932 at Cagliari (Italie)
Death 6 december 2023 (at 91 years)

Marisa Pavan (born Maria Luisa Pierangeli; 19 June 1932) is an Italian-born actress who first became famous as the twin sister to film star Pier Angeli (Anna Maria Pierangeli) before achieving film stardom on her own. Her breakthrough came in the film The Rose Tattoo (1955) as Anna Magnani's daughter; her role was first assigned to her twin, who at the time was unable to play the part. When Magnani won the Academy Award for Best Actress, Pavan accepted on her behalf as Magnani was not present at the awards ceremony. Pavan was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, losing to Jo Van Fleet (for East of Eden). Both Magnani and Pavan won Golden Globe Awards that year.

Afterwards, Pavan co-starred in films such as Diane (1956), The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956), The Midnight Story (1957) and John Paul Jones (1959). She also played Abishag in King Vidor's biblical epic Solomon and Sheba (1959). Her later films included A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973) and the television miniseries The Moneychangers (1976).

In her early 20's, she married French actor Jean-Pierre Aumont. The two were married from 1956 until his death in 2001; they had two sons.

Biography

Jeunesse
Marisa Pierangeli est la fille d'un architecte, Luigi, et d'une femme au foyer passionnée de théâtre et de cinéma. Elle passe sa jeunesse et son adolescence à Rome où sa sœur jumelle Anna Maria rencontre en 1948 l'acteur et réalisateur Vittorio De Sica. Après cette rencontre, Anna Maria rencontre le réalisateur Léonide Moguy qui lui propose le rôle principal du Domani è troppo tardi. Il vaut à Anna Maria le prix de Meilleure actrice de l’année à la Mostra de Venise.

Toute la famille part aux États-Unis où Anna Maria, qui prend le pseudonyme de Pier Angeli, enchaîne les films.

Marisa Pierangeli poursuit des études en langues et en journalisme.


Début au cinéma
Marisa Pierangeli fait ses débuts au cinéma avec le producteur américain Albert R. Broccoli qui lui fait faire un essai devant John Ford. Elle obtient ainsi à 19 ans son premier rôle dans le film What Price Glory pour lequel elle adopte le pseudonyme de Marisa Pavan.

En 1956, elle est choisie en remplacement de sa soeur pour jouer dans La Rose tatouée avec Anna Magnani. Elle obtient un Golden Globe et une nomination pour un Oscar pour ce second rôle.


Une carrière internationale
Elle poursuit ses rôles au cinéma et, de plus en plus, à la télévision, aux États-Unis, en Grande-Bretagne, et en France.

Elle joue dans plusieurs pièces de théâtre et des comédies musicales, souvent aux côtés de son mari.


Vie privée
Elle fut l'épouse du comédien Jean-Pierre Aumont de 1956 à 1963 et de nouveau à partir de 1969. Avec lui, elle a eu deux fils : Jean-Claude (1957) et Patrick (1959) Aumont. Elle a la double nationalité française et italienne.

Elle préside depuis 2004 l'association Unis pour la recherche contre la maladie d'Alzheimer (URMA) et organise des soirées de gala dans la presqu'île de Saint-Tropez chaque été pour collecter des fonds au profit de la recherche.

Alain Delon, sir Roger Moore, Nana Mouskouri, Eddy Mitchell, Marie Laforêt et Jean-Claude Brialy y ont participé tour à tour.

Elle vit à Gassin d'où elle dirige son association depuis de nombreuses années. Elle y passait régulièrement ses vacances avec sa sœur dans les années 1960.

Une biographie de Marisa Pavan est en cours d'écriture en 2018.

Best films

The Rose Tattoo (1955)
(Actress)

Usually with

Renato Rascel
Renato Rascel
(2 films)
Mario Chiari
Mario Chiari
(2 films)
Mario Zampi
Mario Zampi
(2 films)
Delmer Daves
Delmer Daves
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Marisa Pavan (16 films)

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Actress

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald, 3h30
Directed by David Greene
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about families, Political films, Alternate history films
Actors John Pleshette, Ben Gazzara, Lorne Greene, Frances Lee McCain, Lawrence Pressman, Charles Robinson
Roles Evita Alesio
Rating66% 3.327753.327753.327753.327753.32775
The film opens sometime in 1964 and we see Oswald in a maximum security cage as a radio announcer tells how he has been on trial for the last 43 days as the eyes of the entire world watch. A bailiff announces the jury has reached a verdict and the world press rushes to their phones. We see Oswald being handcuffed and led back into the courtroom to learn his fate.
Antoine and Sebastian, 1h35
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors François Périer, Jacques Dutronc, Ottavia Piccolo, Keith Carradine, Marisa Pavan, Marie Dubois
Roles Mathilde
Rating60% 3.047273.047273.047273.047273.04727
Antoine, un sexagénaire plein d'activités, se prend d'affection pour le jeune Sébastien. Il aimerait que celui-ci devienne l'époux de sa fille Nathalie, qui est amoureuse d'un Américain.
A Slightly Pregnant Man, 1h34
Directed by Jacques Demy
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality
Actors Marcello Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Micheline Presle, Marisa Pavan, Claude Melki, Tonie Marshall
Roles Maria Mazetti
Rating57% 2.897652.897652.897652.897652.89765
Marco (Marcello Mastroianni) is a driving instructor married to Irène (Catherine Deneuve), a hairdresser. After eating a chicken dinner, we hear him complaining to his housekeeper that she cooks chicken too frequently. He begins to feel bloated and tired and sees a doctor. The doctor determines that he is pregnant, and an expert concludes that the hormones in chicken have made him sufficiently feminine to carry a child. With his permission, the doctors publicize this event, and he becomes a model for a maternity clothing company creating a new line of paternity clothes. Many other men around the world become pregnant as well. Ultimately, it is revealed that he had a hysterical pregnancy.
Cutter's Trail
Directed by Vincent McEveety
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors John Gavin, Marisa Pavan, Joseph Cotten, Manuel Padilla, Jr., Beverly Garland, J. Carrol Naish
Roles Angelita Avila
Rating69% 3.4759753.4759753.4759753.4759753.475975
A marshall returns to his home town to find it has been taken over by outlaws.
Three Faces of Sin, 1h37
Directed by François Villiers
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Michèle Morgan, Jean-Claude Brialy, Catherine Spaak, Scilla Gabel, Michel Etcheverry, Franco Fabrizi
Roles Une invitée au vernissage
Rating60% 3.0056153.0056153.0056153.0056153.005615
Laurent Lénaud, jeune peintre oisif, a une violente altercation avec sa femme Danièle qui est retrouvée morte chez elle. La police cherche à démêler la vérité, à la fois dans le journal intime de la victime et dans les déclarations de sa mère. De son côté, le mari conte à sa maîtresse sa propre version des événements. Personne ne raconte les choses de la même manière, la même aventure prend un sens différent selon qu'elle est racontée par Danièle, sa mère ou son mari. La vérité sera découverte par la police qui ne la partagera pas.
Solomon and Sheba, 2h21
Directed by King Vidor, Bernard Vorhaus, Noël Howard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Historical, Peplum, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Yul Brynner, Gina Lollobrigida, George Sanders, David Farrar, Marisa Pavan, Finlay Currie
Roles Abishag
Rating61% 3.051963.051963.051963.051963.05196
The film's theme differs substantially from Biblical sources and is highly fictionalized, most notably in representing the Queen of Sheba as an ally of ancient Egypt in opposition to King Solomon of Israel, and in her having a love affair with Solomon.
John Paul Jones, 2h6
Directed by John Farrow
Origin USA
Genres War, Biography, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Robert Stack, Bette Davis, Marisa Pavan, Peter Cushing, Erin O'Brien, Charles Coburn
Roles Aimee de Tellison
Rating62% 3.14833.14833.14833.14833.1483
The film begins with a United States Navy officer, telling sailors the story of John Paul Jones.
The Midnight Story, 1h30
Directed by Joseph Pevney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Tony Curtis, Marisa Pavan, Gilbert Roland, Jay C. Flippen, Argentina Brunetti, Ted de Corsia
Roles Anna Malatesta
Rating66% 3.3370553.3370553.3370553.3370553.337055
Father Tomasino is stabbed to death. San Francisco traffic cop Joe Martini felt the priest was like an actual father to him. He asks to assist homicide Lieutenant Kilrain in his investigation, but after being rejected, Joe quits the force.
Diane
Diane (1956)
, 1h50
Directed by David Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films, Histoire de France, Films about royalty
Actors Lana Turner, Pedro Armendáriz, Roger Moore, Marisa Pavan, Cedric Hardwicke, Torin Thatcher
Roles Catherine de Medici
Rating60% 3.0482753.0482753.0482753.0482753.048275
The action is set in 16th-century France. Diane de Poitiers (Lana Turner) becomes the mistress of Prince Henri (Roger Moore), second in line to the throne. Their liaison continues through Henri's arranged marriage to the Italian Catherine de' Medici (Marisa Pavan). Unknown to Catherine, her Medici relations arrange the death of the Dauphin and Henri's ascent to the throne as King Henry II. The antagonism of the two women, abetted by Medici scheming, eventually results in the death of Henri. Catherine, now ruling as regent for her three young sons, banishes Diane but spares her rival's life in a gesture of mutual respect.
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, 2h33
Directed by Nunnally Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, Fredric March, Ann Harding, Keenan Wynn, Marisa Pavan
Roles Maria Montagne
Rating70% 3.546313.546313.546313.546313.54631
Tom and Betsy Rath live in a rundown house in Westport, Connecticut around 1953 (1955 in the movie). They have three television-addicted children (two girls and a boy) and have money problems. Tom is 33 years old, a Harvard graduate. He barely survived as an Army paratroop officer during World War II, having fought in both the European and Pacific combat theaters, during which he had an extramarital affair.
The Rose Tattoo, 1h57
Directed by Daniel Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre de Tennessee Williams
Actors Anna Magnani, Burt Lancaster, Marisa Pavan, Ben Cooper, Virginia Grey, Jo Van Fleet
Roles Rosa Delle Rose
Rating68% 3.4483253.4483253.4483253.4483253.448325
Serafina Delle Rose (Anna Magnani) proudly praises her husband Rosario to her female neighbors in a shopping market, before revealing that she is pregnant with their second child. Returning home she finds Rosario asleep in bed and whispers to him that she is with child. Emerging from his room she finds a young woman named Estelle (Virginia Grey) at the door who wants her to make a shirt for her lover from some expensive silk material. It transpires that Rosario is her lover as, when Serafina is out of the room, she steals a photograph of him from Serafina's sideboard before departing.
Down Three Dark Streets, 1h25
Directed by Arnold Laven
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Broderick Crawford, Ruth Roman, Martha Hyer, Marisa Pavan, Max Showalter, Gene Reynolds
Roles Julie Angelino
Rating66% 3.34133.34133.34133.34133.3413
FBI agent John Ripley investigates the three cases his murdered partner Zack Stewart was working on, thinking there could be a connection.
Drum Beat
Drum Beat (1954)
, 1h51
Directed by Delmer Daves
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Western
Actors Alan Ladd, Audrey Dalton, Marisa Pavan, Robert Keith, Hayden Rorke, Charles Bronson
Roles Toby
Rating62% 3.146293.146293.146293.146293.14629
In 1872, veteran Indian fighter Johnny MacKay (Alan Ladd) is sent for by then President Grant (Hayden Rorke). He tells government officials in Washington about hostilities between settlers, soldiers and Modoc renegades near the California and Oregon border. He is appointed peace commissioner for the territory.