Anna Magnani
Date of Birth:
Mar 7, 1908
Place of Birth:
Rome, Italy
Biography:
Anna Magnani (March 7, 1908 - September 26, 1973) was an Academy Award-winning Italian actress, with stage experience. Born in Rome, she was brought up in poverty by her maternal grandmother in a slum district of the city. After some education at a convent school, she enrolled at Rome's Academy of Dramatic Art and sang in nightclubs and cabarets to support herself. Due to her work in nightclubs, Magnani was dubbed the Italian Édith Piaf. She died at the age of 65 in Rome, after a long battle wit... ... (read more...)
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Filmography
- Mamma Roma (1995)
- The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969)
- The Passionate Thief (Risate di gioia) (1960)
- Nella Città l'Inferno (Hell in the City) (Caged) (1959)
- The Fugitive Kind (1959)
- Wild Is the Wind (1957)
- The Rose Tattoo (1955)
- Volcano (Vulcano) (1953)
- The Golden Coach (Le Carrosse d'or) (1953)
- Bellissima (1951)
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