Stefania Sandrelli
Stefania Sandrelli (born June 5, 1946 in Viareggio , Province of Lucca ) is an Italian actress.
At the age of 15, Sandrelli won a beauty contest, which immediately gave her her first film role in Mario Sequis Gioventù di notte (1961). In the same year she starred alongside Ugo Tognazzi in Luciano Salce's fascism personage Il federale and as a young seductress in the comedy Divorce in Italian from Pietro Germi . She appeared in several of Germi's films, including in a double role alongside Dustin Hoffman in Alfredo, Alfredo , the director's last film. She worked under Bernardo Bertolucci in Partner (1968) and Novecento (1976). Ettore Scola cast it alongside Nino Manfredi and Vittorio Gassman in C'eravamo tanto amati (1974), a story of the Italian left .
Her career hit rock bottom in the early 1980s. In 1983, she starred in Tinto Brass ' erotic comedy La Chiave, the success of which brought her film work back to life. Her outstanding achievements in the 1980s include her portrayals in Ettore Scola's Die Familie (1987) and in Roberto Benigni's comedy Il piccolo diavolo (1989), in which she played the lover of a priest played by Walter Matthau .
Most of her films were international, often Italian-French co-productions.
Her daughter Amanda Sandrelli is also an actress.
Filmography (selection)
- 1961: Naked every evening (Gioventù di notte)
- 1961: Two in one boot (Il federale)
- 1961: Divorce in Italian (Divorzio all'italiana)
- 1962: The Virgins (Les vierges)
- 1965: I knew her well (Io la conoscevo bene)
- 1963: In chains to the scaffold (Il fornaretto di Venezia)
- 1963: seduction in Italian (Sedotta e abbandonata)
- 1967: One lives better immorally (L'immorale)
- 1968: partner
- 1968: The mistress of Gramigna (L'amante di Gramigna)
- 1970: The Great Error / The Conformist (Il conformista)
- 1970: Brancaleone on a crusade to the Holy Land (Brancaleone alle crociate)
- 1972: Alfredo, Alfredo
- 1974: The Crime (Delitto d'amore)
- 1974: We were so in love (C'eravamo tanto amati)
- 1975: The guilty with the clean hands (Les magiciens)
- 1976: Love is tender (Io sono Mia)
- 1976: 1900 (Novecento)
- 1976: Police Python 357
- 1978: The swimming master (Le maître-nageur)
- 1978: traffic jam (L'ingorgo - una storia impossibile)
- 1980: The terrace (La terrazza)
- 1980: Desideria ( Desideria - La vita interiore )
Awards
- 1969: The Actor Award of the San Sebastián International Film Festival for The Beloved of Gramigna
- 1971: 2nd place in the award of the National Society of Film Critics for The Great Mistake
- 1980: Nastro d'Argento for Die Terrasse (Best Supporting Actress)
- 1989: David di Donatello for The French Cousin (Best Actress)
- 1989: Nastro d'Argento for The French Cousin (Best Supporting Actress)
- 1990: Pasinetti Prize at the Venice International Film Festival for The Return (Best Actress)
- 1999: Nastro d'Argento for La cena (Best Supporting Actress)
- 2001: David di Donatello for One Last Kiss (Best Supporting Actress)
- 2001: Nastro d'Argento for One Last Kiss (Best Supporting Actress)
- 2002: David di Donatello for Figli / Hijos (Best Supporting Actress)
- 2002: Taormina Arte Award of the Taormina International Film Festival
- 2005: Golden Lion of the Venice International Film Festival (honorary award for a lifetime achievement)
- 2006: Nastro d'Argento (Honorary Award)
- 2007: Flaiano International Prize (Lifetime Achievement Prize)
- 2010: Actor Award of the Primavera del Cinema Italiano Festival for La prima cosa bella
- 2010: Nastro d'Argento for La prima cosa bella (best leading actress, together with her film partner Micaela Ramazzotti )
- 2010: Grand Prix Special des Amériques des Montreal World Film Festival
- 2016: Leopard Club Award of the International Film Festival of Locarno
Web links
- Stefania Sandrelli in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sandrelli, Stefania |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 5, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Viareggio , Italy |