Virna Lisi

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Virna Lisi (2011)

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)

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

Commons : Virna Lisi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ Cannes award winner Virna Lisi has died. In: ORF.at . December 18, 2014, accessed December 18, 2019 .
personal data
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