Monica Vitti
Monica Vitti; actually: Maria Luisa Ceciarelli ( born November 3, 1931 in Rome, Lazio) is an Italian actress.
Life
Even as a young Monica Vitti did forth in amateur productions on stage. After graduating from Rome's Accademia Nazionale d' Arte Drammatica 1953 she worked mainly in the theater, however, had already in 1954 made her film debut with a small role in the comedy ridere! Ridere! Ridere! End of the 1950s, she met Michelangelo Antonioni, with whom she lived for several years. Under his direction, she has enjoyed success on the stage and played in six joint films lying somewhere between 1957 and 1981. Their breakthrough to stardom in 1960 meant the lead in Antonioni's film existentialist drama The Young at Heart (L' Avventura ).
Monica Vitti, who knew both radiate passion and aloofness, and in dramatic roles as well as convinced as comedienne, became one of the icons of Italian cinema. In 1966 her attempt, with the title role in Joseph Losey's parody spy comedy Modesty Blaise - The Deadly Lady ( according to the comics to Modesty Blaise by Peter O'Donnell Author ) and in the English film and thus to gain a foothold internationally, to failure.
Between 1971 and 1979 she was four-time winner with the most important Italian Film Award David di Donatello. 1974 was one of Monica Vitti to the jury at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1984 she earned for her performance in the film Flirt a Silver Bear at the Berlinale 1984. This film, in which Monica Vitti who also worked on the screenplay, also marked the directorial debut of her partner Roberto Russo, with whom she has been married since 1995.
In 1989, she was director, author and actress of the film Scandalo segreto. Then withdrew Monica Vitti from the screen, but continued to perform on in television and theater roles. In 1993 she published with Sette sottane a successful autobiography. In 1995 she was presented at the Venice Biennale the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement.
Filmography
Awards
Nastro d' Argento
- Best Supporting Actress 1962
- Best Actress in 1969, 1976
David di Donatello
Best Actress: 1969, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1979)