Virna Lisi (b September 8, 1937) is a Cannes and César awards-winning Italian film actress.
Life and career
She was born in Ancona, Marche, as Virna Lisa Pieralisi. Lisi began her film career in her teens, in 1953. Cast more for her beauty than her talent, her early films included La Donna del Giorno (1956), Eva (1962), and the Italian-made spectacle Romolo e Remo (1961).
Lisi made a dent in Hollywood comedy as a tempting blue-eyed blonde starring opposite Jack Lemmon in How to Murder Your Wife (1965), and appearing with Tony Curtis in Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966). Confined to glamour roles, she returned to Europe within a few years, but fared little better in such mediocre movies as Arabella (1967). In Europe she starred in films such as La Ragazza e il Generale, co-starring with Rod Steiger, and two films with Anthony Quinn, The Secret of Santa Vittoria, directed by Stanley Kramer, and the war drama The 25th Hour. She also gained attention for a photo of her shaving her face that appeared on the March 1965 cover of Esquire magazine, a photo meant as a provocation of feminism.
In later decades, however, a career renaissance occurred for Virna, culminating with the film La Reine Margot (1994). Portraying a malevolent Catherine de' Medici, she won both the César and Cannes Film Festival awards, along with the David di Donatello award, the Italian equivalent of the Oscar.
Trivia
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Alternated filming activity with television and stage acting, namely at Piccolo Teatro di Milano, where she performed in I giacobini by Federico Zardi, under the direction of Giorgio Strehler.
She was one of the stars launched as a successor to Marilyn Monroe in the United States, in the late 1960s.
The 1980s Argentinian band Sumo (led by Luca Prodan), made a song for her. The singer's brother is the actor Andrea Prodán, who appeared with her in the movie I ragazzi di via Panisperna (1988).
Lisi was cast in the title role in Barbarella (1968), but turned it down and returned to Italy.
Brazil has a rock band, Virna Lisi, named after her.
External links
Virna Lisi at the Internet Movie Database
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Main Filmography of Virna Lisi
La Donna del Giorno (1956) • Eva (1962) • Signore & Signori (1965) • Oggi, domani, dopodomani (1965) • How to Murder Your Wife (1965) • Casanova 70 (1965) • Una Vergine per il Principe (1965) • Assault on a Queen (1966) • Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966) • The 25th Hour (1967) • La Ragazza e il Generale (1967) • Arabella (1967) • If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969) • The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969)• The Statue (1971) • Roma Bene (1971) • Al di là del bene e del male (1977) • La Cicala (1980) • Queen Margot (1994)
Persondata
NAME
Lisi, Virna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Pieralisi, Virna Lisa
SHORT DESCRIPTION
Actress
DATE OF BIRTH
1937-10-8
PLACE OF BIRTH
Ancona, Marches, Italy
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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Categories: 1937 births | Living people | People from Ancona | Italian film actorsHidden category: Articles with trivia sections from August 2008
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