ACTOR

Giulietta Masina

1921 - 1994

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Giulia Anna "Giulietta" Masina (22 February 1921 – 23 March 1994) was an Italian film actress best known for her performances as Gelsomina in La Strada (1954) and Cabiria in Nights of Cabiria (1957), for which she won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival. Cinema historian Peter Bondanella described Masina's work as "masterful" and "unforgettable", and Charlie Chaplin, with whose work Masina's is often compared, called her "the actress who moved him most". Both La Strada and Nights of Cabiria won Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film and were described as having been "inspired" by Masina's "humanity". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giulietta Masina has received more than 729,537 page views. Her biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Giulietta Masina is the 112th most popular actor (up from 169th in 2019), the 345th most popular biography from Italy (up from 438th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Italian Actor.

Giulietta Masina is most famous for her role in Federico Fellini's 8½.

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  • 47

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  • 11.86

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  • 2.46

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Giulietta Masina ranks 112 out of 13,578. Before her are Richard Gere, Rutger Hauer, Jet Li, Charlotte Rampling, Humphrey Bogart, and Peter O'Toole. After her are Keanu Reeves, Roberto Benigni, Monica Bellucci, Gwyneth Paltrow, Peter Falk, and Jason Statham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Giulietta Masina ranks 10. Before her are Michael I of Romania, Charles Bronson, Stanisław Lem, Suharto, Yves Montand, and Astor Piazzolla. After her are Fawzia Fuad of Egypt, John Rawls, Simone Signoret, Fahd of Saudi Arabia, Jean-Bédel Bokassa, and Sophie Scholl. Among people deceased in 1994, Giulietta Masina ranks 12. Before her are Erich Honecker, Eugène Ionesco, Elias Canetti, Erik Erikson, Ayrton Senna, and Linus Pauling. After her are Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, Burt Lancaster, Andrei Chikatilo, Harry Nilsson, and Melina Mercouri.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giulietta Masina ranks 345 out of 5,161. Before her are Albano Carrisi (1943), Reinhold Messner (1944), Pope Gregory VI (1000), Filippo Lippi (1406), Sallust (-86), and Pope Nicholas I (800). After her are Sofonisba Anguissola (1535), Enrico Dandolo (1107), Hippasus (-600), Bronzino (1503), Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710), and Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655).

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Among ACTORS In Italy

Among actors born in Italy, Giulietta Masina ranks 7. Before her are Sophia Loren (1934), Bud Spencer (1929), Gina Lollobrigida (1927), Terence Hill (1939), Marcello Mastroianni (1924), and Yves Montand (1921). After her are Roberto Benigni (1952), Monica Bellucci (1964), Ornella Muti (1955), Franco Nero (1941), Monica Vitti (1931), and Anna Magnani (1908).

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Television and Movie Roles

Nights of Cabiria
Maria 'Cabiria' Ceccarelli
Rome, 1957. A woman, Cabiria, is robbed and left to drown by her boyfriend, Giorgio. Rescued, she resumes her life and tries her best to find happiness in a cynical world. Even when she thinks her struggles are over and she has found happiness and contentment, things may not be what they seem.
Oct 3o 19577.987 / 10
La Strada
Gelsomina
When Gelsomina, a naïve young woman, is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus strongman Zampanò to be his wife and partner, she loyally endures her husband's coldness and abuse as they travel the Italian countryside performing together. Soon Zampanò must deal with his jealousy and conflicted feelings about Gelsomina when she finds a kindred spirit in Il Matto, the carefree circus fool, and contemplates leaving Zampanò.
Sep 23o 19547.922 / 10
Juliet of the Spirits
Giulietta Boldrini
Middle-aged Giulietta grows suspicious of her husband, Giorgio, when his behavior grows increasingly questionable. One night when Giorgio initiates a seance amongst his friends, Giulietta gets in touch with spirits and learns more about herself and her painful past. Slightly skeptical, but intrigued, she visits a mystic who gives her more information -- and nudges her toward the realization that her husband is indeed a philanderer.
Oct 22o 19657.3 / 10