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Giulietta Masina is a Actor Italienne born on 22 february 1921 at San Giorgio di Piano (Italie)

Giulietta Masina

Giulietta Masina
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Birth name Giulia Anna Masina
Nationality Italie
Birth 22 february 1921 at San Giorgio di Piano (Italie)
Death 23 march 1994 (at 73 years) at Rome (Italie)

Giulietta Masina (22 February 1921 – 23 March 1994) was an Italian film and stage actress. She starred in La Strada and Nights of Cabiria, both winners of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, in 1954 and 1957, respectively. Masina won the Best Actress award at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival for the later film.

She was the wife and muse of the Italian film director Federico Fellini, in whom she found an artistic equal and collaborator. Owing to her intense performances of naïve characters dealing with cruel circumstances, Masina is sometimes called the "female Chaplin".

Biography

Several months after her marriage to Fellini, in 1943, Masina suffered a miscarriage after falling down a flight of stairs. She became pregnant again; Pierfederico (nicknamed Federichino) was born on 22 March 1945, but died from encephalitis a month later on 24 April. Masina and Fellini did not have another child.

Masina died from lung cancer on 23 March 1994 at age 73, five months after her husband's death on 31 October 1993. For her funeral, she requested that trumpeter Mauro Maur play "La Strada" by Nino Rota. She and her husband are buried together at Rimini cemetery in a tomb marked by a prow-shaped monument, the work of sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro.

Best films

Nights of Cabiria (1957)
(Actress)
La Strada (1954)
(Actress)

Usually with

Nino Rota
Nino Rota
(12 films)
Tullio Pinelli
Tullio Pinelli
(11 films)
Alberto Sordi
Alberto Sordi
(7 films)
Ennio Flaiano
Ennio Flaiano
(8 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Giulietta Masina (35 films)

Display filmography as detailed form
YearNameJobRoles
2003Fellini: I'm a Born LiarActressSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991A Day to RememberActressBertille
1986Ginger and FredActressAmelia "Ginger" Bonetti
1985The Feather FairyActressPerinbaba
1980My Name Is Anna MagnaniActressSelf
1971Ciao, Federico!ActressSelf (uncredited)
1969The Madwoman of ChaillotActressGabrielle
1969Fellini: A Director’s NotebookActressSelf
1967Don't Sting the MosquitoActressMaria Cristina, mother of Rita
1966Pardon, Are You for or Against?ActressAnna
1965Juliet of the SpiritsActressGiulietta Boldrini
1960The High LifeActressDoris Putzke
1959Hell in the CityActressLina
1958FortunellaActressNanda Diotallevi, detta 'Fortunella'
1957Nights of CabiriaActressMaria 'Cabiria' Ceccarelli
1957It Happened on the 36 CandlesActress
1955The SwindleActressIris
1955Good night… lawyer!ActressCarla
1954La StradaActressGelsomina
1954100 Years of LoveActressThe Neighbour at the Rear Window (segment "Purificazione")
1954Angels of DarknessActressRosita
1953At the Edge of the CityActressGina Ilari
1953L'Assassin de la rue ParadisActressIrene
1953At the Edge of the CityActressGina Ilari
1952The White SheikActressCabiria - La prostituta
1952Europe '51ActressPasserotto
1952Il romanzo della mia vitaActressPaola
1952Wanda the SinnerActressNadina
1951Variety LightsActressMelina Amour
1951Behind Closed ShuttersActressPippo
1951Position WantedActressErmelinda
1951Sette ore di guaiActressFiglia di Romolini
1951Sette ore di guaiActressFiglia di Romolini
1948Without PityActressMarcella
1946PaisanActressYoung Woman on Palace Stairs (uncredited)