Biography
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 1956 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 often called the "female Chaplin". Description above from the Wikipedia article Giuletta Masina, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Awards & recognition
- Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic · 1990
- Grolla d'oro — Best Leading Actress · 1958
- Cannes Film Festival Award — Best Actress · 1957
- David di Donatello — Best Actress
- David di Donatello Award — Lifetime Achievement
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- Nastro d'Argento — Best Actress
- Nastro d'Argento — Best Supporting Actress
Filmography13 titles
Nights of Cabiria
La Strada
Paisan
Europe '51
The Madwoman of Chaillot
The Swindle
Ciao, Federico!
Juliet of the Spirits
Ginger & Fred
Variety Lights
Anthony Quinn: An Original
The Ed Sullivan Show
Federico Fellini's Autobiography