Giulietta Masina

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".

Personal facts

Giulietta Masina
Alias (AKA)Masina Giulia Anna
Birth dateFebruary 22, 1921
Birth nameGiulia Anna Masina
Birth place
Italy , Kingdom of Italy , Bologna , San Giorgio di Piano
Date of deathMarch 23, 1994
Place of death
Italy , Rome
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  1. http://www.italica.rai.it/eng/cinema/biographies/masina.htm