Giulietta Masina
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Giulietta Masina ; actually Giulia Anna Masina (born February 22, 1921 in San Giorgio di Piano , Bologna , † March 23, 1994 in Rome ), was an Italian actress .
Life
The daughter of a teacher studied art history, archeology and philosophy in Rome and was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD. During her studies, she performed with a student theater group and got to know the author and director Federico Fellini . The two married in 1943. Their only child, who was born in March 1945, died a month later.
After her marriage, Masina shifted her creative field entirely to acting, first on the stage, then increasingly also in film. She knew how to embody tragic characters as well as clownish naive ones.
She celebrated her greatest successes as an actress with roles in her husband's films, such as Gelsomina in La Strada - The Song of the Street , in The Nights of Cabiria , Julia and the Ghosts or alongside Marcello Mastroianni as an aging dancer based on the model of Ginger Rogers in Ginger and Fred . For her performances she has won several awards, such as the David di Donatello or the Best Actor Award from Cannes . She was seen in an unusual role in a Czechoslovakian-German fairy tale film in 1985, in which she played Frau Holle . When roles that met her requirements did not materialize, she mainly worked as a writer for television programs.
After Fellini's death, which she found out about from the car radio on the way back from a visit to him at the hospital, her cancer worsened, and she succumbed to it just under five months later. Her final resting place is on the Cimitero di Rimini next to Federico Fellini and her son Pierfederico.
Films (selection)
- 1948: Without Mercy (Senza pietà)
- 1950: Lights of the Varieté (Luci del varietà)
- 1951: Europe '51
- 1951: Closed curtains (Persiane chiuse)
- 1952: Bitter Love (Lo sceicco bianco)
- 1952: It started on the street (Wanda la peccatrice)
- 1952: Romance of my longing (Il romanzo della mia vita)
- 1953: On the outskirts of the big city (Ai margini della metropoli)
- 1953: One Hundred Years of Love (Cento anni d'amore)
- 1953: The Notorious (Donne proibite)
- 1954: La Strada - The song of the street (La strada)
- 1955: Good night, lawyer! (Buonanotte ... avvocato!)
- 1955: The Swindlers (Il bidone)
- 1957: The nights of Cabiria (Le notti di Cabiria)
- 1958: Fortunella
- 1959: Jons and Erdme
- 1959: Hell in the city (Nella città l'inferno)
- 1960: The artificial silk girl
- 1965: Julia and the Spirits (Giulietta degli spiriti)
- 1969: The Madwoman of Chaillot (The Madwoman of Chaillot)
- 1985: Ginger and Fred (Ginger e Fred)
- 1985: Mrs. Holle (Perinbaba)
Awards (selection)
- 1951: David di Donatello as best actress for lights of the variety theater
- 1957: David di Donatello as best actress for The Nights of Cabiria
- 1957: Golden Shell as best actress for The Nights of Cabiria at the San Sebastián Film Festival
- 1957: Best Actress for The Nights of Cabiria at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival
Web links
- Giulietta Masina in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Giulietta Masina in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography at filmreference.com
- ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Giulietta Masina
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Masina, Giulietta |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Masina, Giulia Anna (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Giorgio di Piano , Province of Bologna , Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 1994 |
| Place of death | Rome , Italy |