Anna Magnani
Acting
Born March 7, 1908 · Rome, Italy
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…
Known For · 40 titles
What's My Line?
The Oscars
Cinépanorama
Un film et son époque
Princess Tarakanova
Rome, Open City
Anna Magnani
The Rose Tattoo
Roma
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
The Fugitive Kind
Mamma Roma
Quand Jean devint Renoir
Bellissima
Quei due
The Bandit
We Are Cinema
The War of the Volcanoes
Made in Italy
Hollywood sul Tevere
Cinéma et Réalité
Das Mädchen der Strasse
The Blind Woman of Sorrento
Anna Magnani - Recitare la verità
The Passion of Anna Magnani
Girlfriend in a Coma
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Anna Magnani: Femmina Immortale
Barbra Streisand: The Movie Album
The Golden Coach
Vittorio D.
Hell in the City
The Passionate Thief
Wild Is the Wind
Revenge
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
The Awakening
Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
Volcano