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Giulietta Masina

Italian actress (1921-1994) · Italy · Actors · Died at 73

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She made heartbreak look like grace. Giulietta Masina turned two performances - a traveling fool in La Strada and a stubborn prostitute in Nights of Cabiria - into something Chaplin called the most moving work he'd ever seen.

A life in dates

1994Died23 March 19941990Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian RepublicAwardAnthony Quinn: An OriginalFilm, 19901985Sogni e bisogniSeries, DestinoThe Feather FairyFilm, 1985Perinbaba1976CamillaSeries, Camilla1973EleonoraSeries, Eleonora1972Le Grand ÉchiquierSeries1970Ciao, Federico!Film1967Don't Sting the MosquitoFilm, Maria Cristina, mother of Rita1965Juliet of the SpiritsFilm, Giulietta Boldrini1962Lykke og kroneFilm1959Hell in the CityFilm, Lina1958Grolla d'oro for Best Leading ActressAward1957Cannes Film Festival Award for Best ActressAwardNights of CabiriaFilm, 1957Maria 'Cabiria' Ceccarelli1954100 Years of LoveFilm, The Neighbour at the Rear Window (segment "Purificazione")1953The OscarsSeries1952Europa '51Film, Passerotto1950Variety LightsFilm, Melina Amour1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries1946PaisanFilm, Young Woman on Palace Stairs (uncredited)1921Born22 February 1921

Also in Deutsch

Photos 8

Filmography 40

TWThe Feather Fairy - Two WorldsPerinbaba (archive footage)2023
FEFellinopolis2021
WCWe Are Cinema2021
FLFellini: I'm a Born Liar2003
FAFederico Fellini's Autobiography2000
AOAnthony Quinn: An Original1990
GFGinger and FredAmelia "Ginger" Bonetti1986 · ★ 6.9
TFThe Feather FairyPerinbaba1985
MMMy Name Is Anna Magnani1980
CFCiao, Federico!1970
FNFellini: A Director’s Notebook1969
TCThe Madwoman of ChaillotGabrielle1969
DMDon't Sting the MosquitoMaria Cristina, mother of Rita1967
PAPardon, Are You for or Against?Anna1966
JSJuliet of the SpiritsGiulietta Boldrini1965 · ★ 7.2
RFReporter’s Diary: 'Zoom on Fellini'1965
LKLykke og krone1962
TLThe High LifeDoris Putzke1960
HCHell in the CityLina1959
JEJons und ErdmeErdme1959
ZKZwischen Glück und Krone1959
FOFortunellaNanda Diotallevi, detta 'Fortunella'1958
NCNights of CabiriaMaria 'Cabiria' Ceccarelli1957 · ★ 8.0
TSThe SwindleIris1955 · ★ 7.3
GLGood night… lawyer!Carla1955
LSLa StradaGelsomina1954 · ★ 7.9
ADAngels of DarknessRosita1954
YL100 Years of LoveThe Neighbour at the Rear Window (segment "Purificazione")1954
LSLo scocciatoreIrene1953
ACAt the Edge of the CityGina Ilari1953
TSThe White SheikCabiria, the Prostitute1952 · ★ 7.2
EUEuropa '51Passerotto1952 · ★ 7.3
WSWanda the SinnerNadina1952
IVIl romanzo della mia vitaPaola1952
STSeven Hours of TroublesFiglia di Romolini1951
PWPosition WantedErmelinda1951
BSBehind Closed ShuttersPippo1951
VLVariety LightsMelina Amour1950 · ★ 6.9
WPWithout PityMarcella1948
PAPaisanYoung Woman on Palace Stairs (uncredited)1946 · ★ 7.5

53 credits on file

Television 6

SBSogni e bisogniDestino1985
CACamillaCamilla1976
ELEleonoraEleonora1973
LÉLe Grand Échiquier1972
TOThe Oscars1953
TSThe Ed Sullivan Show1948

Awards

Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic1990
Grolla d'oro for Best Leading Actress1958
Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress1957
David di Donatello for Best Actress
David di Donatello Award for Lifetime Achievement
Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress
Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress

In their orbit

Spouse: Federico Fellini

About this person

Giulia Anna Masina was born in Italy on 22 February 1921 and built a career that cinema historians would later call masterful. In 1954 she played Gelsomina in La Strada, a role that became her signature; three years later she was Cabiria in Nights of Cabiria, winning Best Actress at Cannes in 1957. Both films took the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, and both were described as inspired by her humanity. Critics compared her work to Chaplin's, and Chaplin himself said she was the actress who moved him most. She died on 23 March 1994.

Country
Italy
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1921 to 1994 · aged 73

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