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Virna Lisi

Italian actress (1936-2014) · Italy · Actors · Died at 78

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Virna Lisi crossed from Italian cinema into American comedies of the mid-sixties, then circled back decades later to win Cannes and a César for La Reine Margot - proof that the long game sometimes pays.

ActorsActorMoviesItalyEurope20th Century

A life in dates

2014Died18 December 2014Madre, aiutamiSeries, 2014Madre Germana2011La donna che ritornaSeries, Paola Silenti2005Caterina e le sue figlieSeries, Caterina Foresi Pensiero2003Die Jungen von der PaulstraßeFilm, Edit Horváth2002Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting ActressAward2000C'è posta per teSeriesLe ali della vitaFilm, 20001997Nastro d'Argento for Best ActressAward1996Uno di noiSeriesFollow Your HeartFilm, 1996Olga1995César Award for Best Supporting ActressAwardNastro d'Argento for Best Supporting ActressAward1994Cannes Film Festival Award for Best ActressAwardQueen MargotFilm, 1994Catherine de Médicis1990Nastro d'Argento for Best ActressAward1988E non se ne vogliono andare!Series, Anita Giuliani1984...e la vita continuaSeries, Giulia BetocchiAmarsi un po'...Film, 1984Principessa Cellini1983David di Donatello for Best Supporting ActressAwardNastro d'Argento for Best Supporting ActressAward1980David di Donatello for Best ActressAwardThe CricketFilm, 1980Wilma Malinverni1978Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting ActressAward1974Challenge to White FangFilm, Sister Evangelina1972BluebeardFilm, Elga1971Samedi soirSeries1969If It's Tuesday, This Must Be BelgiumFilm, John's Beautiful Cousin in Rome1966Assault on a QueenFilm, Rosa Lucchesi1964The Black TulipFilm, Caroline 'Caro' Plantin1962EvaFilm, Francesca Ferrara1957Orgoglio e PregiudizioSeries, Elizabeth Bennet1955The BachelorFilm, (uncredited)1950What's My Line?Series1936Born8 November 1936

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Filmography 40

ACAznavour by Charles2019
LLLatin LoverRita2015 · ★ 5.7
DPDie Jungen von der PaulstraßeEdit Horváth2003
TLThe Best Day of My LifeIrene Mazzoni2002
LVLe ali della vita2000
BPBalzac: A Life of PassionMadame de Berny1999
FHFollow Your HeartOlga1996
ONOne Hundred and One Nights1995 · ★ 6.1
QMQueen MargotCatherine de Médicis1994 · ★ 7.2
VBVia Panisperna BoysSignora Maiorana1989
APAmarsi un po'...Principessa Cellini1984 · ★ 6.3
TSTaste of the SeaAdriana Balestra1983 · ★ 6.5
TCThe CricketWilma Malinverni1980
ERErnestoErnesto's Mother1979
BEBeyond Good and EvilElizabeth Nietzsche1977
CFChallenge to White FangSister Evangelina1974
WFWhite FangSister Evangelina1973 · ★ 6.4
TSThe SerpentMrs. Annabel Lee1973 · ★ 6.1
BLBluebeardElga1972 · ★ 5.4
TVThe Secret of Santa VittoriaCaterina Malatesta1970 · ★ 6.9
IBIf It's Tuesday, This Must Be BelgiumJohn's Beautiful Cousin in Rome1969
TTThe Christmas TreeCatherine Graziani1969
THThe 25th HourSuzanna Moritz1967 · ★ 7.6
TIThe Birds, the Bees and the ItaliansMilena Zulian1966 · ★ 7.2
AQAssault on a QueenRosa Lucchesi1966
NTNot With My Wife, You Don't!Julie Ferris1966
HWHow to Murder Your WifeMrs. Ford1965 · ★ 6.4
CACasanova '70Gigliola1965 · ★ 6.4
TPThe PossessedTilde1965 · ★ 6.8
KSKiss the Other SheikDorotea1965
TDThe DollsLuisa (segment "La Telefonata")1965
MIMade in ItalyVirginia (segment "3 'La Donna', episode 1")1965
TTThe Black TulipCaroline 'Caro' Plantin1964 · ★ 6.3
TDThe Shortest DayNaja, una spia austriaca1963
DDDon't Tempt the DevilGina Bianchi, nurse1963
EVEvaFrancesca Ferrara1962 · ★ 6.0
RRRomulus and RemusJulia1961
SMSua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiareSilvia1961
MG5 Marines for 100 GirlsGrazia1961
TBThe Bachelor(uncredited)1955

117 credits on file

Television 22

MAMadre, aiutamiMadre Germana2014
BYBaciamo le mani: Palermo-New York 1958Donna Agnese Vitaliano2013
LRLa donna che ritornaPaola Silenti2011
IRIl sangue e la rosaMarchesa Lucrezia Sciarra2008
LRL'onore e il rispettoErsilia Romeo2006
CFCaterina e le sue figlieCaterina Foresi Pensiero2005
TCTides of ChangeMarchesa Orsola2001
CTC'è posta per te2000
BABalzacLaure de Berny1999
UNUno di noi1996
INI Misteri Della Giungla NeraSara Corishant1991
EVE se poi se ne vanno?Anita1989
EAE non se ne vogliono andare!Anita Giuliani1988
CCChristopher ColumbusDona Moniz Perestrello1985
EC...e la vita continuaGiulia Betocchi1984
MTMidi trente1972
SSSamedi soir1971
TSThe Barbara McNair Show1969
TSThe Merv Griffin Show1962
OPOrgoglio e PregiudizioElizabeth Bennet1957
TOThe Oscars1953
WLWhat's My Line?1950

Awards

Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress2002
Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress1997
Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress1995
César Award for Best Supporting Actress1995
Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress1994
Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress1990
Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress1983
David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress1983
David di Donatello for Best Actress1980
Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress1978
Ciak d'oro for career
Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Globo d'oro for Livetime Achievement

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About this person

Born Virna Lisa Pieralisi on 8 November 1936, she shortened her name and built a career that moved easily between Rome and Hollywood. The sixties brought her to English-language comedies - How to Murder Your Wife in 1965, Not with My Wife, You Don't! the year after - and then The Secret of Santa Vittoria in 1969. She worked steadily through the seventies and eighties, including Beyond Good and Evil in 1977 and Follow Your Heart in 1996. Then in 1994, La Reine Margot delivered the validation: Best Actress at Cannes and the César for Best Supporting Actress. She died on 18 December 2014.

Country
Italy
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1936 to 2014 · aged 78

In common with Virna

Alain DelonAlso in The Black Tulip (1964)BourvilAlso in Don't Tempt the Devil (1963)Raffaella CarràAlso in 5 Marines for 100 Girls (1961)Catherine SpaakAlso in Kiss the Other Sheik (1965)Sergio LeoneAlso in Romulus and Remus (1961)Jerry CalàAlso in Taste of the Sea (1983)

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