Virna Lisi
Virna Lisi ; actually Virna Lisa Pieralisi (born September 8, 1936 in Ancona , † December 18, 2014 in Rome ), was an Italian actress .
Life
Lisi began her film career in 1953 with the film E Napoli Canta . She studied law and worked as a pianist, but continued to devote herself fully to her work for film. Until 1963 she shot exclusively in her home country. The first Hollywood films followed in 1964 , starring Frank Sinatra (Assault on the Queen Mary) , Jack Lemmon (How do you kill your wife?) And Tony Curtis (Stay away from my wife) . At the end of the 1960s Lisi returned to Italy and was mainly filming there again. Later, with film dramas such as Liliana Cavani's Beyond Good and Evil (1978), Alberto Lattuada's La Cicala (1980) and Luigi Comencini's Gino & Elvira - Alte Liebe nicht rostet (1989), she got more and more character roles for which she received praise from the received Italian criticism and won several awards in her homeland. One of her greatest successes is the role of Catherine de Medici in Patrice Chéreau's historical drama The Bartholomew Night (1994), for which she was awarded both the French César film prize and the actor's prize at the 1994 Cannes film festival .
In 2009 Lisi received a David di Donatello for her life's work. After a month of serious illness, she died in Rome on December 18, 2014 at the age of 78.
Filmography (selection)
- 1953: E Napoli Canta - Director: Armando Grottini
- 1953: The rope of death (La corda d'acciaio) - directed by Carlo Borghesio
- 1955: Under the lighthouse of love (La rossa) - Director: Luigi Capuano
- 1956: The Woman of the Day (La donna del giorno) - Director: Francesco Maselli
- 1958: Totò and Peppino (Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche) - Director: Mario Mattoli
- 1959: And the executioner in the neck (Vite perdute) - Director: Adelchi Bianchi, Roberto Mauri
- 1959: Theater dreams (Il mondo dei miracoli) - Director: Luigi Capuano
- 1960: Barracks whispers (Un militare e mezzo) - Director: Steno
- 1961: His Excellency stays for dinner (Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare) - Director: Mario Mattoli
- 1961: Romulus and Remus (Romolo e Remo)
- 1962: Eva (Eva) - Director: Joseph Losey
- 1963: The Devil's Weak Side (Les bonnes causes) - Director: Christian-Jaque
- 1964: The black tulip (La tulipe noire)
- 1964: FBI Agent Cooper - The Tex case (Coplan prend des risques) - Directed by Maurice Labro
- 1965: How do you kill your wife? (How to murder your wife) - Director: Richard Quine
- 1965: Casanova '70 - Director: Mario Monicelli
- 1966: attack on the Queen Mary ( Assault on a Queen ) - Director: Jack Donohue
- 1966: But, but, gentlemen ... (Signore & signori)
- 1966: Hands off my wife (Not my wife, don't you) - Director: Norman Panama
- 1967: The Girl and the General (La ragazza e il generale) - Director: Pasquale Festa Campanile
- 1967: The 25th Hour (La 25e Heure) - Directed by Henri Verneuil
- 1968: Ladies, Ladies (Le dolci signore) - Director: Luigi Zampa
- 1968: Dear a young widow (Meglio vedova) - Director: Duccio Tessari
- 1969: This is how we travel and how we love (If it's Tuesday it must be Belgium) - Director: Mel Stuart
- 1969: The girl who couldn't say no (Il suo modo di fare) - Director: Franco Brusati
- 1969: Pascal (L'abre de Noël) - Director: Terence Young
- 1969: The Secret of Santa Vittoria (The Secret of Santa Vittoria)
- 1970: Shots from the coat pocket (Le temps des loups) - Director: Sergio Gobbi
- 1970: Break-Up (L 'uomo dei Palloni)
- 1971: The last dance of the blond devil (Un beau monstre) - Director: Sergio Gobbi
- 1972: Bluebeard
- 1973: The snake (Le serpent)
- 1973: Wolfsblut (Zanna bianca) - Director: Lucio Fulci
- 1974: The devil's canyon of the wild wolves (Il ritorno di Zanna Bianca)
- 1977: Beyond good and evil (Al di là del bene e del male) - directed by Liliana Cavani
- 1979: Ernesto
- 1979: Stolen Hearts (Bugie Bianche)
- 1983: Gelati and Amore (Sapore di mare) - Director: Carlo Vanzina
- 1984: A little in love (Amarsi un po)
- 1985: Christopher Columbus
- 1987: I love NY - Director: Alan Smithee
- 1989: Gino & Elvira - Old love doesn't rust (Buon Natale ... Buon anno) - Director: Luigi Comencini
- 1989: Enrico Fermi - His way to fame (I ragazzi di via Panisperna) - Director: Gianni Amelio
- 1991: The Secret of the Black Jungle (3-part adventure series)
- 1994: The Bartholomew Night (La Reine Margot)
- 1996: Go where your heart takes you (Va 'dove ti porta il cuore) - Director: Cristina Comencini
- 1999: Balzac - A life full of passion (Balzac)
- 1999: Bergkristall - Lost in the Snow (Cristallo di rocca)
- 2002: The most beautiful day of my life (Il più bel giorno della mia vita) - Director: Cristina Comencini
- 2004: The boys from Paulstrasse (I ragazzi della via Pál)
Awards (selection)
- 1978: Nastro d'Argento for Beyond Good and Evil (Best Supporting Actress)
- 1980: David di Donatello for La cicala (best actress)
- 1983: David di Donatello for Gelati and Amore (Best Actress)
- 1983: Nastro d'Argento for Gelati and Amore (Best Supporting Actress)
- 1990: Nastro d'Argento for Gino & Elvira - Old Love Doesn't Rust (Best Actress)
- 1994: Actor Award at the Cannes International Film Festival for Bartholomew's Night
- 1995: César for The Bartholomew Night (Best Supporting Actress)
- 1995: Nastro d'Argento for Die Bartholomäusnacht (Best Supporting Actress)
- 1997: Nastro d'Argento for Go where your heart takes you (best leading actress)
- 1996: David di Donatello (special award for her career)
- 2002: Nastro d'Argento for The Most Beautiful Day in My Life (Best Supporting Actress)
- 2009: David di Donatello (honorary award for her life's work)
- 2011: Pietro Bianchi Prize at the Venice International Film Festival
Web links
- Star album (237): Virna Lisi… was lucky with Alain Delon and Marcello Mastroianni. In: sueddeutsche.de . May 17, 2010.
- Virna Lisi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ David di Donatello “Speciali” a Virna Lisi, Paolo Villaggio, Fulvio Lucisano e Christian De Sica. In: cinemaitaliano.info. May 7, 2009, accessed December 18, 2019 (Italian).
- ^ Cannes award winner Virna Lisi has died. In: ORF.at . December 18, 2014, accessed December 18, 2019 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lisi, Virna |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pieralisi, Virna Lisa (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian film actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 8, 1936 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ancona , Italy |
DATE OF DEATH | December 18, 2014 |
Place of death | Rome , Italy |