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Giulietta Masina
Born Giulia Anna Masina
February 22, 1921(1921-02-22)
San Giorgio di Piano, Italy
Died March 23, 1994 (aged 73)
Rome, Italy
Occupation actress
Years active 19481991
Spouse(s) Federico Fellini (19201993)

Giulia Anna (Giulietta) Masina (February 22, 1921March 23, 1994) was a famous Italian film actress who won the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival. Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar San Giorgio di Piano is an Italian Comune located in the Province of Bologna. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Federico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI ( January 20 1920 &ndash October 31 1993) was an Italian Film Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice,

She starred in La Strada and Nights of Cabiria, the 1956 and 1957 winners, respectively, of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Nights of Cabiria ( Le notti di Cabiria) ( 1957) is an Italian Film directed by Federico Fellini. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars handed out annually by the U She was the wife of the Italian film director Federico Fellini. Federico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI ( January 20 1920 &ndash October 31 1993) was an Italian Film

Biography

She was born in San Giorgio di Piano. San Giorgio di Piano is an Italian Comune located in the Province of Bologna. Her parents were Gaetano Masina, a violinist, and Anna Flavia Pasqualin, a schoolteacher. The violin is a bowed String instrument with four strings usually tuned in Perfect fifths It is the smallest and highest-pitched member She had three elder siblings: Eugenia, and the twins Mario and Maria. Masina initially studied literature, but later turned to acting; while attending university in Rome, she joined a drama ensemble and later signed on with the Ateneo Theatre Group. Literature is the Art of written works Literally translated the word means "acquaintance with letters" (from Latin littera letter Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2

By 1943 Masina was gaining notice as a radio actress, and had been cast as Pallina in Cico e Pallina, a radio serial about a young married couple, written by Fellini. Soon afterwards, on October 30, 1943, she and Fellini were married. Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Several months after their marriage, Masina fell down a flight of stairs and suffered a miscarriage. Then, on March 22, 1945, her son Pierfederico (nicknamed Federichino) was born. Events 238 - Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar He died just a month later on April 24. Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to

Masina's first screen credit was the 1948 film Without Pity, opposite John Kitzmiller. John Kitzmiller ( December 4, 1913 - February 23, 1965) was an African-American Actor. She accumulated roles in a number of films, and in 1957 she won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival for her portrayal of the title role in Nights of Cabiria, as a prostitute who endures life's tragedies with innocence and resilience. The Best Actress Award ( French: Prix d'interprétation féminine) is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice, Nights of Cabiria ( Le notti di Cabiria) ( 1957) is an Italian Film directed by Federico Fellini.

She died from cancer in March 1994, at the age of seventy-three. Cancer (medical term Malignant Neoplasm) is a class of Diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled Fellini had died just five months earlier, in October 1993. They are buried together at Rimini cemetery; their tomb is marked by a prow-shaped monument, the work of sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro. Rimini is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy and capital city of the Province of Rimini. Arnaldo Pomodoro is an Italian Sculptor. He was born on 23 June 1926, in Morciano, Romagna, Italy

She is a four time winner of the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Silver Ribbon (twice for Best Actress and twice for Best Supporting Actress). Nastro d'Argento (Silver Ribbon is a Movie Award assigned each year since 1947 for cinematic performances and production by Sindacato Nazionale dei She was twice nominated for a BAFTA Film Award for Best Foreign Actress. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for film television television craft video games and forms of animation

Filmography

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Variety Lights ( Luci del varietà) is a 1950 Italian film directed and produced by Federico Fellini. The White Sheik ( Lo sceicco bianco) is a 1952 film by Federico Fellini starring Leopoldo Trieste, Alberto Sordi, and Europa '51 (also known as The Greatest Love) is a 1952 Italian neorealist film directed by Roberto Rossellini, starring Ingrid Il bidone ( English: The Swindle and The Swindlers) ( 1955) is an Italian film directed by Federico Nights of Cabiria ( Le notti di Cabiria) ( 1957) is an Italian Film directed by Federico Fellini. Juliet of the Spirits (Italian Giulietta degli spiriti) is a 1965 Surrealist drama film about an Italian housewife directed by Federico Ginger and Fred is a 1986 film directed by Federico Fellini and starring Marcello Mastroianni and Giulietta Masina.
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