Giò Stajano
Italian writer, journalist and actor (1931-2011) · Italy · On the map · Writers · Died at 79
Countess Maria Gioacchina Stajano Starace Briganti di Panico, known simply as Giò Stajano (1931-2011), was an Italian socialite, writer, journalist, actress, and painter. In the 1960s, before her transition and gender reassignment surgery (1983), she was known as one of the first publicly out gay men in Italy.
Giò Stajano is read about 40 times a day, in 6 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 13 July 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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Giuseppe Amato Produced La Dolce Vita (1961)
Mario Cecchi Gori Produced Caccia all'uomo and Nerone
Yvonne Furneaux Also in La Dolce Vita (1961)
Federico Fellini Directed La Dolce Vita (1961)
Alberto Sordi Directed A Common Sense of Modesty (1976)
Dino Risi Directed In the Name of the Italian People (1971)
Ugo Tognazzi Also in In the Name of the Italian People (1971)- Sergio Corbucci Directed Totò, Peppino e... la dolce vita (1961)
Steno Directed La ragazza di mille mesi (1961)
Armando Trovaioli Wrote Totò, Peppino e... la dolce vita (1961)
Riccardo Freda Directed Caccia all'uomo (1961)
Umberto Orsini Also in La Dolce Vita and Caccia all'uomo
Rosalba Neri Also in Totò, Peppino e... la dolce vita (1961)
Raimondo Vianello Also in Ferragosto in bikini (1960)
Riccardo Garrone Also in La Dolce Vita and Caccia all'uomo
Marino Girolami Produced Ferragosto in bikini (1960)
Pier Francesco Pingitore Directed Nerone (1976)
Media & music
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It is said that her night swim in the Barcaccia Fountain inspired Federico Fellini's scene featuring Anita Ekberg in the Trevi Fountain in La Dolce Vita (1960).
