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Anna Magnani

Italian actress (1908-1973)

  • Fame63.4
  • Momentum8.1
  • Wikipedia34.6K
Source-basedStable
Lived 1908–1973, aged 65Italy
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  • Wikipedia
    70 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1908–1973
    Aged 65
  • Known for
    Rome, Open City
    1945
Summary
Updated 2026-09-10

She made volcanic look like method: the Roman actress who clawed through night-club gigs to become the first Italian woman with an Oscar, and the actor Tennessee Williams wrote *The Rose Tattoo* for because no one else could carry that much raw earth and fire onscreen.

Biography

About

Born in Rome (or possibly Alexandria) on 7 March 1908, Anna Magnani sang in night clubs to pay her way through the Academy of Dramatic Art, then landed her first film role in *The Blind Woman of Sorrento* (1934) after meeting director Goffredo Alessandrini. Her breakout came with Rossellini's *Rome, Open City* (1945), the film that ignited Italian neorealism and made her an international name. Through the next two decades she carved out a signature as "earthy lower-class women" — forceful, fearless, magnetic — in *L'Amore* (1948), *Bellissima* (1951), and *Mamma Roma* (1962). Tennessee William…

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Filmography

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TV credits

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Awards

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  • David di Donatello for Best Actress
  • Grolla d'oro for Best Leading Actress
  • Silver Bear for Best Actress
  • David di Donatello for Best Actress
  • BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress
Fame through time

Through time

In the 20th century
#2,073
of 286,834 people
Most active
c. 1943
estimated from their dates
Most talked about
the 2000s
their loudest decade in print
Echoed
8 decades
with the name in print
After death
81%
of all mentions
18001850190019502000
How often the name appears in Italian books, decade by decade (Google Books, 1800–2019). The gold band is their lifetime.
The 20th century, ranked →
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Score breakdown

The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Stable
63.4
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum8.1
Historical25.2
Now attention27.0
Source confidence75.0
Completeness85.0
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