≡ Virna Lisi: an "anti-diva" diva》 Her Beauty
Great and intense interpreter of numerous films and fiction, he has been able to lower himself in every role always played in a masterful way, and the numerous prizes and awards that have been assigned to them demonstrate it.
On 18 December 2014, at the age of 78, Virna Lisi disappears, at the Registry Virna Pieralisi. Great and intense interpreter of numerous films and fiction, he has been able to lower himself in every role always played in a masterful way, and the numerous prizes and awards that have been assigned to them demonstrate it.
We therefore retrace some salient phases of the actress's public and private life, an "anti-diva" diva.
The beginning
Born in Jesi (Ancona) in 1936, he took his first steps in the cinematographic world randomly. With his family he moved to Rome where a friend of his father Ubaldo, hit by the great beauty of Virna, presents it to a producer. He will play some films set in Naples, including "And Naples sings", "Desiderio 'e Sole", "Little Santa" and "New Moon".
The movies
But it is in the mid -1950s that Virna begins to work with important directors. Trai more known titles we remember the eighteen -year -olds, directed by Mario Mattoli, the master of the Ferriere, directed by Anton Giulio Majano, the shortest day, directed by Sergio Corbucci, the woman of the lake, directed by Luigi Bazzoni and Franco Rossellini, Casanova '70 , directed by Mario Monicelli, Lord & Lords, directed by Pietro Germi, Arabella, directed by Mauro Bolognini, Rome well, directed by Carlo Lizzani, Zanna Bianca, directed by Lucio Fulci (1973), beyond good and evil, Directed by Liliana Cavani (1977), the boys in via Panisperna, directed by Gianni Amelio, goes where your heart takes you, directed by Cristina Comencini.
Just Cristina Comencini will direct Virna Lisi in her latest film, Latin Lover, released in 2014 after her death.
Fiction
Also nourished the list of scripts and fictions that saw her protagonist: pride and prejudice, eight hundred, the masnadieri, Christopher Columbus, and they do not want to go!, Desert of fire, balzac - a life of passions, the wings of the Life, small ancient world, memory and forgiveness, the beauty of women, at Anna's house, Caterina and her daughters, honor and respect, trust me, the blood and the rose, mother, help me.,
The prizes
Her long career has been dotted with numerous awards: she was rewarded with 6 silver tapes and 4 David di Donatello, one of which awarded her in 2009 to career. Another prestigious prize was certainly the Prix of Interprétation Féminine at the Cannes Film Festival for Queen Margot, and the César Prize as a supporting actress.
The American adventure
The echo of his skill and beauty even arrived in Hollywood, we are in the 1960s.
His face covered by shaving foam while he holds a razor on the cover of the American magazine Esquire will give his American adventure. The Paramount offers her a millionaire contract, seven films and the possibility of breaking through in the American market.
He will then shoot 4 films, how to kill your wife with Jack Lemmon, two axes in the sleeve with Tony Curtis, U-112 assault on Queen Mary, with Frank Sinatra and the secret of Santa Vittoria, an international co-production, alongside Anna Magnani and Anthony Quinn.
After these parts, however, films are offered in which he should have played the stereotype of the goose, blonde and sexy woman.
Refuses 007 from Russia with love, where the Bond-Girl and Barbarella should have been, a role then played by Jane Fonda, because in most of the scenes it had to wear only a tiny bikini.
Even the difficulty of the language did not facilitate his stay in America: he therefore decided to terminate the fabulous contract, pay a heavy criminal and return to Italy. In an interview with that time, Lisi also had the opportunity to add: “I only have a regret: having refused to work with Sean Connery. But, in spite of what you think, Hollywood was a sad environment. "
Private life
In 1960 he married Franco Pesci, architect and manager of Roma Calcio. After two years Corrado will be born, the only son of the couple. Corrado recalls: “Dad saw her for the first time at the theater and immediately fell in love with it. They had a friend in common and introduced it to him in the dressing room. He began to send flowers on flowers and also gave her a mini poodle. They began to go out, but my grandfather was super protective with mom and did not want. But my father was good because in the end he married her. Their relationship was really symbiotic, in fact they died after one year from each other ”.
The actress later had two abortions, who marked her a lot and the regret was partly mitigated by the birth of three grandchildren.
Beautiful woman, of great charm she never felt the weight of the age that advanced. To a somewhat impertinent question, did he reply: "Has the age of wrinkles arrived? Patience. Wrinkles represent everyone's past, and are part of life. "
