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Anna Magnani

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Also known as Anna Maria Magnani

Italian actress (1908-1973)

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Anna Magnani was an Italian actor and screenwriter born in Rome on March 7, 1908. She studied at the Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico and spoke Italian. Her professional career began in 1928 and concluded in 1972. She was married to Goffredo Alessandrini and had one child. Magnani also played the piano and sang.

She received the Academy Award for Best Actress, the Silver Bear for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama, and the David di Donatello for Best Actress. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Her work is recognized in the Academy Award Best Actress collection and the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection.

Magnani died of pancreatic cancer in Rome on September 26, 1973. Her death was caused by natural causes.

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Film & TV

Rome, Italy

Anna Magnani (pronounced: mahn-YANEE; 7 March 1908 – 26 September 1973) was an Italian stage and film actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress, along with four other international awards, for her portrayal of a Sicilian widow in The Rose Tattoo. Born in Rome to an Egyptian father and an Italian mother, she worked her way through Rome's Academy of Dramatic Art by singing at night…

Known for

  • The Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo — Self - Actress (archive footage)2021
  • Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita — Self (archive footage)2021
  • We Are Cinema — Self (archive footage)2021
  • The Passion of Anna Magnani — Self (archive footage)2019
  • Quand Jean devint Renoir — Camilla (archive footage)2017
  • Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion — Self (archive footage)2016
  • Girlfriend in a Coma — Maddalena Cecconi (archive footage) (uncredited)2012
  • The War of the Volcanoes — Self (archive footage)2012
  • Vittorio D. — Self (archive footage)2009
  • Rossellini and the City — (archive footage)2009

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Anna
Gender
female
Citizenship
Italy
Place of birth
Rome
Place of death
Rome
Spouse
Goffredo Alessandrini
Occupation
film actor
Educated at
Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico
Languages spoken
Italian
Instrument
voice
Official website
www.archivioannamagnani.it
Image
Anna magnani.jpg
Number of children
1
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Commons category
Anna Magnani
cause of death
pancreatic cancer
date of birth
1908-03-07
date of death
1973-09-26
nominated for
Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress
manner of death
natural causes
name in native language
Anna Magnani
start of work period
1928-00-00
end of work period
1972-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

Anna Maria Magnani ( Italian: [ˈanna maɲˈɲaːni]; 7 March 1908 – 26 September 1973) was an Italian actress. She was the first Italian woman to win an Academy Award.

Born and raised in Rome, Italy or Alexandria, she worked her way through Rome's Academy of Dramatic Art by singing at night clubs. During her career, her only child was stricken by polio when he was 18 months old and remained disabled. She was referred to as "La Lupa", the "perennial toast of Rome" and a "living she-wolf symbol" of the cinema. Time described her personality as "fiery", and drama critic Harold Clurman said her acting was "volcanic". In the realm of Italian cinema, she was "passionate, fearless, and exciting", an actress whom film historian Barry Monush calls "the volcanic earth mother of all Italian cinema." Director Roberto Rossellini called her "the greatest acting genius since Eleonora Duse". Playwright Tennessee Williams became an admirer of her acting and wrote The Rose Tattoo (1955) specifically for her to star in, a role for which she received an Academy Award for Best Actress.

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