Anna Magnani
Acting
Born: March 7, 1908 · Rome, Italy
Died: September 26, 1973 (aged 65)
Highest Rated
Biography
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 clubs. During her career, her only child was stricken by polio when he was 18 months old and remained crippled. She was referred to as "La Lupa," the "perennial toast of Rome" and a "living she-wolf symbol" of the cinema. Time magazine 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 that 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 specifically for her to star in, a role for which she received her first Oscar in 1955. After meeting director Goffredo Alessandrini she received her first screen role in La cieca di Sorrento (The Blind Woman of Sorrento) (1934) and later achieved international fame in Rossellini's Rome, Open City (1945), considered the first significant movie to launch the Italian neorealism movement in cinema. As an actress she became recognized for her dynamic and forceful portrayals of "earthy lower-class women" in such films as The Miracle (1948), Bellissima (1951), The Rose Tattoo (1955), The Fugitive Kind (1960), with Marlon Brando and directed by Sidney Lumet, and Mamma Roma (1962). As early as 1950, Life magazine had already stated that Magnani was "one of the most impressive actresses since Garbo". Description above from the Wikipedia article Anna Magnani, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known for
Rome, Open City
1945
Mamma Roma
1962
Roma
1972
Bellissima
1952
The Fugitive Kind
1960
The Rose Tattoo
1955
The Golden Coach
1952
The Oscars
1953
L'Amore
1948
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
1970
The Passionate Thief
1960
Angelina
1947
Photos (7)
Movies (58)
Rome, Open City
Pina
Mamma Roma
Mamma Roma
Roma
Anna Magnani
Princess Tarakanova
Marietta, la cameriera
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Rosa
The Fugitive Kind
Lady Torrance
The Passionate Thief
Gioia 'Tortorella' Fabbricotti
The Rose Tattoo
Serafina Delle Rose
The Bandit
Lidia
Bellissima
Maddalena Cecconi
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Serafina Delle Rose / Lady Torrance (archive footage)
Wild Is the Wind
Gioa
Quand Jean devint Renoir
Camilla (archive footage)
The Golden Coach
Camilla
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
Angelina
Angelina Bianchi
We, the Women
Anna (segment "Anna Magnani")
Made in Italy
Adelina (segment "5 'La Famiglia', episode 3")
Quei due
Pierotta
Hell in the City
Egle
L'Amore
Woman on the Phone (segment "Una voce umana") / Nannina (segment "Il miracolo")
Teresa Venerdì
Loletta Prima
The Awakening
suor Letizia
30 Seconds of Love
Gertrude Siriani, la sorella zitella di Tullio
The Last Wagon
Mary Dunchetti
Assunta Spina
Assunta Spina
The Blind Woman of Sorrento
Anna, la sua amante
Anna Magnani - Recitare la verità
(archive footage)
Before Him All Rome Trembled
Ada
Revenge
Adele Vicarelli
The Peddler and the Lady
Elide
The Ways of Love
Nannina
Bellissime
(archive footage)
Girlfriend in a Coma
Maddalena Cecconi (archive footage) (uncredited)
Variety carousel
1955
Woman Trouble
Linda Bertoni
Peddlin' in Society
Gioconda Perfetti
1870
Teresa Parenti
Volcano
Maddalena Natoli
Barbra Streisand: The Movie Album
Gioia (archive footage)
The Automobile
Anna
Tre donne - La sciantosa
Flora Torres
My Dad Is 100 Years Old
Pina (archive footage) (uncredited)
Full Speed
Emilia - la cameriera
Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi
Anita Garibaldi
Josefa's Loot
Josefa
Rossellini Under the Volcano
Maddalena Natoli (archive footage)
L'avventura di Annabella
La mondana
Tre donne - 1943: Un incontro
Jolanda
Down with Misery!
Nannina Straselli
Unknown Men of San Marino
Liana, la prostituta
Cavalleria
Fanny
La fuggitiva
Wanda Reni
Il fiore sotto gli occhi
Maria Comasco, l'attrice
Crazy Quartet
Elena
Luck Comes from Heaven
Zizì
Rossellini and the City
(archive footage)
Finalmente soli
Ninetta
Self / Appearances (17)
The Oscars
Self · 2 eps
What's My Line?
Self · 1 eps
Cinépanorama
Self · 1 eps
Un film et son époque
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
We Are Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Vittorio D.
Self (archive footage)
Cinéma et Réalité
Self
The Passion of Anna Magnani
Self (archive footage)
My Name Is Anna Magnani
Self (archive footage)
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
Self (archive footage)
Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
Self (archive footage)
The War of the Volcanoes
Self (archive footage)
Anna Magnani: Femmina Immortale
Self
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
Self
The Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Rossellini Through His Own Eyes
Self (archive footage)
Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City'
Self (archive footage)