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Virna Lisi
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Italian actress (1936–2014)
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Virna Lisi, born Virna Pieralisi on November 8, 1936, in Ancona, was an Italian actor. She began her work period in 1953 and continued until 2014. Lisi spoke Italian and is noted for her role as Catherine de' Medici. She held citizenship in Italy and the Kingdom of Italy.
Lisi received several awards, including the Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress, as well as the David di Donatello for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. She was nominated for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress. She resided in Jesi and died of lung cancer due to natural causes on December 18, 2014, in Rome. She is buried at Cimitero Flaminio.
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Ancona, Marche, Italy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Virna Lisi (born 8 November 1936 in Ancona - December 18, 2014) is a Cannes and César award-winning Italian film actress. She was born in Ancona, Marche, as Virna Lisa Pieralisi.
Known for
- Ciao Marcello - Mastroianni l'antidivo — Self (archive footage)2024
- Virna Lisi - La donna che rinunciò a Hollywood2022
- Beautiful Like a Poem — Self (archive footage)2020
- Aznavour by Charles — Self - Actress (archive footage)2019
- Latin Lover — Rita2015
- Walt Disney e l'Italia - Una storia d'amore2014
- Madre, aiutami — Madre Germana2014
- Baciamo le mani: Palermo-New York 1958 — Donna Agnese Vitaliano2013
- La donna che ritorna — Paola Silenti2011
- L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo — Self2010
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Ancona
- Place of death
- Rome
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Image
- Virna Lisi giovane.jpg
- Residence
- Jesi
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- birth name
- Virna Pieralisi
- date of death
- 2014-12-18
- Commons category
- Virna Lisi
- date of birth
- 1936-11-08
- nominated for
- César Award for Best Supporting Actress
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- start of work period
- 1953-00-00
- place of burial
- Cimitero Flaminio
- end of work period
- 2014-00-00
- pseudonym
- Virna Lisi
- name in native language
- Virna Lisi
- notable role
- Catherine de' Medici
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Encyclopedic overview
Virna Lisa Pieralisi ( Italian: [ˈvirna pjeraˈliːzi]; 8 November 1936 – 18 December 2014), known as just Virna Lisi, was an Italian actress. Her international film appearances included How to Murder Your Wife (1965), Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966), The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969), Beyond Good and Evil (1977), and Follow Your Heart (1996). For the 1994 film La Reine Margot, she won Best Actress at Cannes and the César Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Career
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