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Giulietta Masina

Giulietta Masina

Acting

Born: February 22, 1921San Giorgio di Piano, Italy

Giulietta Masina (22 February 1921 – 23 March 1994) was an Italian film and stage actress. She starred in La Strada and Nights of Cabiria, both winners of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, in 1956 and 1957, respectively. Masina won the Best Actress award at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival for the later film. She was the wife and muse of the Italian film director Federico Fellini, in whom she found an artistic equal and collaborator. Owing to her intense performances of naïve characters dealing with cruel circumstances, Masina is often called the "female Chaplin". Description above from the Wikipedia article Giuletta Masina, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For
Filmography
The Feather Fairy - Two Worlds

The Feather Fairy - Two Worlds

Perinbaba (archive footage)

2023
We Are Cinema

We Are Cinema

Self (archive footage)

2021
Fellinopolis

Fellinopolis

Self - Actress (archive footage)

2021
Fellini dice...

Fellini dice...

Self

2006
Giulietta Masina: The Power of a Smile

Giulietta Masina: The Power of a Smile

Self (archive footage)

2004
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2003
Federico Fellini's Autobiography

Federico Fellini's Autobiography

Self (archive footage)

2000
A Day to Remember

A Day to Remember

Bertille

1991
Anthony Quinn: An Original

Anthony Quinn: An Original

Self

1990
Ginger and Fred

Ginger and Fred

Amelia "Ginger" Bonetti

1986
The Feather Fairy

The Feather Fairy

Perinbaba

1985
Notre Dame de la Croisette

Notre Dame de la Croisette

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1983

Fellini nel cestino

Self

1983
My Name Is Anna Magnani

My Name Is Anna Magnani

Self

1980
Ciao, Federico!

Ciao, Federico!

Self (uncredited)

1970
Fellini: The Director as Creator

Fellini: The Director as Creator

1970
The Madwoman of Chaillot

The Madwoman of Chaillot

Gabrielle

1969
Fellini: A Director’s Notebook

Fellini: A Director’s Notebook

Self

1969
Don't Sting the Mosquito

Don't Sting the Mosquito

Maria Cristina, mother of Rita

1967
Pardon, Are You for or Against?

Pardon, Are You for or Against?

Anna

1966
Juliet of the Spirits

Juliet of the Spirits

Giulietta Boldrini

1965
Reporter’s Diary: 'Zoom on Fellini'

Reporter’s Diary: 'Zoom on Fellini'

Self

1965
Lykke og krone

Lykke og krone

1962

The High Life

Doris Putzke

1960
Stars Meet in Moscow

Stars Meet in Moscow

Self

1959
Zwischen Glück und Krone

Zwischen Glück und Krone

1959
Jons und Erdme

Jons und Erdme

Erdme

1959
Hell in the City

Hell in the City

Lina

1959
Fortunella

Fortunella

Nanda Diotallevi, detta 'Fortunella'

1958
Nights of Cabiria

Nights of Cabiria

Maria 'Cabiria' Ceccarelli

1957
The Swindle

The Swindle

Iris

1955
Good night… lawyer!

Good night… lawyer!

Carla

1955
La Strada

La Strada

Gelsomina

1954
100 Years of Love

100 Years of Love

The Neighbour at the Rear Window (segment "Purificazione")

1954
Angels of Darkness

Angels of Darkness

Rosita

1954
Lo scocciatore

Lo scocciatore

Irene

1953
At the Edge of the City

At the Edge of the City

Gina Ilari

1953
Il romanzo della mia vita

Il romanzo della mia vita

Paola

1952
Europa '51

Europa '51

Passerotto

1952
The White Sheik

The White Sheik

Cabiria, the Prostitute

1952
Wanda the Sinner

Wanda the Sinner

Nadina

1952
Position Wanted

Position Wanted

Ermelinda

1951
Seven Hours of Troubles

Seven Hours of Troubles

Figlia di Romolini

1951
Behind Closed Shutters

Behind Closed Shutters

Pippo

1951
Variety Lights

Variety Lights

Melina Amour

1950
Without Pity

Without Pity

Marcella

1948
Paisan

Paisan

Young Woman on Palace Stairs (uncredited)

1946