Marcello Mastroianni
born on 28/9/1924 in Fontana Liri, Lazio, Italy
died on 19/12/1996 in Paris, Île-de-France, France
Marcello Mastroianni
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Mastroianni in 1991
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Born | Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni September 28 1924 Fontana Liri, Lazio, Italy |
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Died | December 19 1996 (aged 72) Paris, France |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1938-1996 |
Spouse(s) | Flora Carabella (m. 1950–1996) |
Children | 2 |
Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni, Knight Grand Cross (Italian pronunciation: [martllo mastrojanni]; September 28, 1924 December 19, 1996) was an Italian film actor. His prominent films include La Dolce Vita; 8½; La Notte; Divorce, Italian Style; Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow; Marriage Italian-Style; A Special Day; City of Women; Henry IV; Dark Eyes; and Stanno tutti bene. His honours included British Film Academy Awards, Best Actor awards at the Cannes Film Festival and two Golden Globe Awards.
Early life
Mastroianni was born in Fontana Liri, a small village in the Apennines in the province of Frosinone, Lazio, and grew up in Turin and Rome. He was the son of Ida (née Irolle) and Ottone Mastroianni, who ran a carpentry shop,[1] and the nephew of the Italian sculptor Umberto Mastroianni (1910-1998). During World War II, after the division into Axis and Allied Italy, he was interned in a loosely guarded German prison camp, from which he escaped to hide in Venice.
His brother Ruggero Mastroianni (1929-1996) was a highly regarded film editor who not only edited a number of his brother's films, but appeared alongside Marcello in Scipione detto anche l'Africano, a spoof of the once popular peplum/sword and sandal film genre released in 1971.
Career
Mastroianni made his onscreen debut as an uncredited extra in Marionette (1939) when he was fourteen, and his first big role was in Atto d'accusa (1951). Within a decade he became a major international celebrity, starring in Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958); and in Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita opposite Anita Ekberg in 1960, where he played a disillusioned and self-loathing tabloid columnist who spends his days and nights exploring Rome's high society. Mastroianni followed La Dolce Vita with another signature role, that of a film director who, amidst self-doubt and troubled love affairs, finds himself in a creative block while making a movie in Fellini's 8½ (1963).
His other prominent films include La Notte (1961) with Jeanne Moreau; Pietro Germi's Divorce, Italian Style (1961); Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963), Marriage Italian-Style (1964), A Special Day (1977) and Robert Altman's Ready to Wear (1994), all co-starring Sophia Loren; Mario Monicelli's Casanova 70 (1965); Stay As You Are (1978) with Nastassja Kinski; Fellini's City of Women (1980) and Ginger and Fred (1986); Marco Bellocchio's Henry IV (1984); Nikita Mikhalkov's Dark Eyes (1987); Giuseppe Tornatore's Everybody's Fine (1990); Used People (1992) with Shirley MacLaine; and Agnès Varda's One Hundred and One Nights (1995).
He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor three times: for Divorce Italian Style, A Special Day and Dark Eyes. Mastroianni, Dean Stockwell and Jack Lemmon are the only actors to have been twice awarded the Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival. Mastroianni won it in 1970 for Dramma della gelosia - tutti i particolari in cronaca and in 1987 for Dark Eyes.
Mastroianni starred alongside his daughter, Chiara Mastroianni, in Raúl Ruiz's Three Lives and Only One Death in 1996. For this performance he won the Silver Wave Award at the Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival. His final film, Voyage to the Beginning of the World (1997), was released posthumously.
Personal life
Mastroianni married actress Flora Carabella (1926-1999) in 1950.[2] They had one child together, Barbara (born 1952), and eventually separated because of his affairs with other women.[2] Mastroianni's first serious relationship after the separation was with Faye Dunaway, his co-star in A Place for Lovers (1968). Dunaway wanted to marry and have children, but Mastroianni, a Catholic, refused to divorce Carabella.[2] In 1971, after three years of waiting for Mastroianni to change his mind, Dunaway left him.[2]
Mastroianni had a daughter, Chiara Mastroianni, with actress Catherine Deneuve, his partner for four years in the 1970s. During that time, the couple made four movies together: It Only Happens to Others (1971), La cagna (1972), A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973) and Don't Touch the White Woman! (1974).
According to People magazine, Mastroianni's other lovers included actresses Lauren Hutton, Ursula Andress, Anouk Aimee and Claudia Cardinale.[2] Around 1976, he became involved with Anna Maria Tatò, an author and filmmaker, although they did not form an exclusive relationship until the early 1980s. They remained together until his death.[2]
Death
Mastroianni died of pancreatic cancer on December 19, 1996 at the age of 72.[3][4] Both of his daughters, as well as Deneuve and Tatò, were at his bedside.[2] The Trevi Fountain in Rome, associated with his role in Fellini's La Dolce Vita, was symbolically turned off and draped in black as a tribute.[4][5]
At the 1997 Venice Film Festival, Chiara, Carabella and Deneuve tried to block the screening of Tatò's four-hour documentary, Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember.[6] The festival refused and the movie was shown.[6] The three women reportedly tried to do the same thing at Cannes.[6] Tatò said Mastroianni had willed her all rights to his image.[6]
Awards and recognition
- 1962 winner, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor[7]
- 1962 nomination, Academy Award for Best Actor (Divorzio all'italiana)[8]
- 1963 winner, British Film Academy Award for Best Foreign Actor (Divorzio all'italiana)[7]
- 1964 winner, British Film Academy Award for Favourite Male in World Film and for Best Foreign Actor (Ieri, oggi, domani)[7]
- 1970 winner, Cannes Film Festival award for Best Actor (Dramma della gelosia tutti i particolari in cronaca)[7]
- 1977 nomination, Academy Award for Best Actor (A Special Day)[8]
- 1987 winner, Cannes Film Festival award for Best Actor (Dark Eyes)[7]
- 1987 nomination, Academy Award for Best Actor (Dark Eyes)[8]
- 1989 winner, Venice Film Festival Best Actor (Che ora è?)[7]
- 1993 recipient, Honorary César[7]
- 1997 recipient, David di Donatello Prize, Career Achievement[7]
Filmography and awards
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1939 | Marionette | Extra | Uncredited |
1944 | I bambini ci guardano | Extra | Uncredited |
1948 | I Miserabili | Un Rivoluzionario | |
1949 | Vent'anni | ||
1950 | Domenica d'agosto | Ercole Nardi | |
Contro la legge | Marcello Curti | ||
Vita da cani | Carlo Danesi | ||
Cuori sul mare | Massimo Falchetti | ||
1951 | Atto d'accusa | Renato La Torre | |
Passaporto per l'oriente | Aldo Mazzetti | ||
Parigi è sempre Parigi | Marcello Venturi | ||
1952 | La muta di Portici | Extra | Uncredited |
Sensualità | Carlo Santori | ||
Tragico ritorno | Marco | ||
L'eterna catena | Donna Sofia | ||
Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna | Marcello | ||
Penne nere | Pietro Cossuti | ||
1953 | Lulù | Soletti | |
Febbre di vivere | Daniele | ||
Non è mai troppo tardi | Riccardo | ||
Gli eroi della domenica | Carlo Vagnetti | ||
Il viale della speranza | Mario | ||
1954 | Schiava del peccato | Giulio | |
La principessa delle Canarie | Don Diego | ||
Cronache di poveri amanti | Ugo | ||
Tempi nostri | Segment "Il Pupo" | ||
Giorni d'amore | Pasquale Droppio | Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor | |
Casa Ricordi | Gaetano Donizetti | ||
Peccato che sia una canaglia | Paolo | Grolla d'Oro for Best Actor | |
1955 | Tam tam mayumbe | Alessandrini | |
La bella mugnaia | Luca | ||
1956 | La fortuna di essere donna | Corrado Betti | Nominated Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor |
1957 | Il medico e lo stregone | Dr. Francesco Marchetti | |
Padri e figli | Cesare | ||
La ragazza della salina | Piero | ||
Il momento più bello | Pietro Valeri | ||
Le notti bianche | Mario | Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor | |
1958 | Racconti d'estate | Marcello Mazzoni | Nominated Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor |
Amore e guai | Franco | ||
I soliti ignoti | Tiberio | ||
1959 | La Loi | Enrico Tosso | |
1960 | La Dolce Vita | Marcello Rubini | Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor |
Il bell'Antonio | Antonio Magnano | Nominated Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor | |
1961 | Il nemico di mia moglie | Marco Tornabuoni | |
Un ettaro di cielo | Severino Balestra | ||
Ferdinando I, re di Napoli | Gennarino | ||
L'assassino | Alfredo Martelli | ||
1962 | Fantasmi a Roma | Reginaldo | |
La notte | Giovanni | ||
Divorzio all'italiana | Ferdinando (Fefè) Cefalù | Golden Globe Award for Best Actor Motion Picture Musical or Comedy BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor Nominated Academy Award for Best Actor |
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Vita privata | Fabio Rinaldi | ||
Cronaca familiare | Enrico | Nominated Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor | |
1963 | 8½ | Guido Anselmi | Nominated Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor |
I compagni | Prof. Sinigaglia | ||
Ieri, oggi, domani | Carmine | BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role David di Donatello for Best Actor |
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1964 | Matrimonio all'italiana | Domenico Soriano | David di Donatello for Best Actor Golden Globe Henrietta Award World Film Favorite Actor Nominated Golden Globe Award for Best Actor Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor |
1965 | Oggi, domani e dopodomani | Mario / Michele | episodes L'uomo dei cinque palloni, L'ora di punta, La moglie bionda |
Casanova 70 | Maggiore Colombetti | San Sebastian International Film Festival Best Actor | |
La decima vittima | Marcello Poletti | Nominated Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor | |
1966 | Io, io, io... e gli altri | Peppino Marassi | Nominated Golden Globe Henrietta Award World Film Favorite Actor |
1967 | Lo straniero | Arthur Meursault | |
1968 | Questi fantasmi | ||
Amanti | Valerio | ||
1970 | The Pizza Triangle | Oreste Nardi | Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor Nominated Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor |
I girasoli | Antonio | ||
Leo the Last | Leo | ||
Giochi particolari | Sandro | ||
1971 | Correva l'anno di grazia 1870 | Augusto Parenti | |
The Priest's Wife | Don Mario | ||
Permette? Rocco Papaleo | Rocco Papaleo | ||
1972 | Ça n'arrive qu'aux autres | Marcello | |
What? | Alex | ||
1973 | Mordi e fuggi | Giulio Borsi | |
La Grande Bouffe | Marcello | ||
Niente di grave: suo marito è incinto | Marco Mazetti | ||
Rappresaglia | padre Antonelli | ||
L'idolo della città | Nicolas Montei | ||
1974 | Touche pas à la femme blanche | ||
Allonsanfàn | |||
1975 | La pupa del gangster | ||
Divina creatura | |||
Per le antiche scale | |||
La donna della domenica | Globo d'Oro Award for Best Actor | ||
1977 | Mogliamante | ||
Una giornata particolare | Globo d'Oro Award for Best Actor Grolla d'Oro for Best Actor Nominated Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama |
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Doppio delitto | |||
1978 | Giallo napoletano | ||
Ciao maschio | |||
Così come sei | |||
Blood Feud | |||
1979 | L'ingorgo Una storia impossibile | ||
1980 | La terrazza | ||
La città delle donne | |||
1981 | Fantasma d'amore | ||
La pelle | |||
1982 | La Nuit de Varennes | Phaedra | Nominated Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor |
Oltre la porta | |||
1983 | Storia di Piera | Sant Jordi Awards Best Performance in a Foreign Film | |
Il generale dell'armata morta | |||
Gabriela, Cravo e Canela | Nacib | ||
1984 | Enrico IV | Globo d'Oro Award for Best Actor | |
1985 | Le due vite di Mattia Pascal | ||
Maccheroni | Nominated Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor | ||
1986 | Il volo | ||
Ginger e Fred | David di Donatello for Best Actor Globo d'Oro Award for Best Actor Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor Sant Jordi Awards Best Performance in a Foreign Film |
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1987 | Intervista | ||
Miss Arizona | |||
Oci ciornie | Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor David di Donatello for Best Actor Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor Nominated Academy Award for Best Actor |
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1989 | Splendor | Jordan | |
Che ora è? | Marcello | Venice Film Festival Volpi Cup Nominated Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor |
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1990 | Stanno tutti bene | ||
Cin cin | |||
Verso sera | Globo d'Oro Award for Best Actor Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor |
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Honorary Golden Lion | |||
1991 | To meteoro vima tou pelargou | ||
Le voleur d'enfants | |||
1992 | Used People | Nominated Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | |
1993 | Un, deux, trois, soleil | Venice Film Festival Volpi Cup for Best Actor in a Supporting Role | |
Di questo non si parla | Ludovico D'Andrea | ||
1994 | Prêt-à-Porter | National Board of Review Award for Best Acting by an Ensemble | |
The True Life of Antonio H. | |||
1995 | Les cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma | ||
Al di là delle nuvole | |||
Sostiene Pereira | David di Donatello for Best Actor Nominated Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor |
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1996 | Trois vies et une seule mort | Silver Wave | |
1997 | Viagem ao Princípio do Mundo | Manoel | Final film, released posthumously |
References
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- Marcello Mastroianni, known as 'Latin Lover,' dies, CNN, 19 December 1996. URL accessed on 1 January 2010.
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- Wiegand, Christopher. Federico Fellini: ringmaster of dreams, 1920-1993.
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External links
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- Encyclopædia Britannica, Marcello Mastroianni
- Chris Fujiwara, "Dream lover: Marcello Mastroianni at the MFA"
- Geographical coordinates and pictures of his grave
- Marcello Mastroianni at Filmreference.com
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