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Italian Celebrities

Biographies of Italian actors and directors
benigniRoberto Benigni
Benigni is an Academy Award-winning Italian film and television actor, writer and director probably best known for his 1997 tragicomedy Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella), filmed in Cortona and Arezzo.
de sicaVittorio De Sica
As one of the world's most influential filmmakers, and as an actor who starred in some 150 movies, Vittorio De Sica built a remarkable film career that spanned half a century.
felliniFederico Fellini
Federico Fellini was one of the most influential and widely revered Italian film-makers of the 20th century and is considered to be one of the finest film directors of all time.
sophia lorenSophia Loren
Sophia Loren (Sofia in Italian) is an Academy Award-winning actress, widely considered to be the most popular Italian performer.
anna magnaniAnna Magnani
Born in Rome, Anna Magnani was brought up in poverty by her maternal grandmother in a slum district of the city. She was an Academy Award-winning Italian actress, with stage experience.
mastroianniMarcello Mastroianni
Marcello Mastroianni once told interviewers that Federico Fellini hired him for La Dolce vita (1960) because he had a "terribly ordinary face".
alberto sordiAlberto Sordi
Albertone was a beloved Italian actor and a film director. He was also the voice of Oliver Hardy in the Italian version of the Laurel & Hardy films.
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