Birthname: Vittorio De Sica
Sign | Cancer |
Born | Jul 7, 1901 Sora, Lazio, Italy |
Died | Nov 13, 1974 Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France |
Age | Died at 73 |
Final Resting PlaceCimitero Monumentale del Verano |
Vittorio de Sica | |
Job | Director, actor |
Years active | 1917-1974 |
Top Roles | The Count, Joe, Major Alessandro Rinaldi, Defense lawyer, Il dottore Pietro Vignali |
Top Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance, War, Adventure, Crime |
Top Topics | Romance (Comic), Book-Based, Money |
Top Collaborators | Giuseppe Amato (Producer), Gina Lollobrigida, Sophia Loren, Paolo Stoppa |
Shares birthday with | George Cukor, Ringo Starr, Charles de Rochefort see more.. |
Vittorio de Sica Overview:
Actor, Vittorio de Sica, was born Vittorio De Sica on Jul 7, 1901 in Sora, Lazio, Italy. de Sica died at the age of 73 on Nov 13, 1974 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France and was laid to rest in Cimitero Monumentale del Verano Cemetery in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
HONORS and AWARDS:
.Although de Sica was nominated for one Oscar, he never won a competitive Academy Award.
Academy Awards
Year | Award | Film name | Role | Result |
1957 | Best Supporting Actor | A Farewell to Arms (1957) | Major Alessandro Rinaldi | Nominated |
Vittorio de Sica BlogHub Articles:
Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio de Sica, 1948)
By Judy on Oct 5, 2015 From Movie ClassicsI’ve written a review of this great Italian film as part of the Greatest Childhood/Adolescent Films Countdown over at Wonders in the Dark.... Read full article
Quote of the Week: Vittorio de Sica
By KC on Jul 5, 2015 From Classic MoviesImage Source Never shed tears for something that cannot shed tears for you. -Vittorio de Sica, to Sophia Loren... Read full article
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Vittorio de Sica Quotes:
Mario Vitale:
A man can be a pig and a lawyer at the same time.
George Faber: I think, Eminence, you may have caught yourself a Tartar.
Cardinal Rinaldi: I think we may have caught a Christian.
S.S. Colonel Mueller: Italians don't like this war too much.
Victorio Emanuele Bardone: We don't like wars at all.
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George Faber: I think, Eminence, you may have caught yourself a Tartar.
Cardinal Rinaldi: I think we may have caught a Christian.
S.S. Colonel Mueller: Italians don't like this war too much.
Victorio Emanuele Bardone: We don't like wars at all.
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