Anna Magnani Overview:

Legendary actress, Anna Magnani, was born on Mar 7, 1908 in Rome, Italy. Magnani died at the age of 65 on Sep 26, 1973 in Rome, Italy and was laid to rest in Cimitero Comunale Cemetery in San Felice Circeo, Lazio, Italy.

MINI BIO:

Dark-haired, tempestuous, wild-eyed, angry-looking, Egyptian-born (some sources say Italian-born in 1903 or 1908) actress who, raised in Rome, became Italy's top star in post-war years. Despite a matronly figure, she took Hollywood by storm with the gale-force strength of her impassioned performances. She won an Oscar for The Rose Tattoo, and Paramount invited her back twice more. She was Oscar-nominated again for Wild is the Wind. Died, amid national mourning in Italy, from complications following a gall-bladder operation.

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HONORS and AWARDS:

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Anna Magnani was nominated for two Academy Awards, winning one for Best Actress for The Rose Tattoo (as Serafina Della Rose) in 1955.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1955Best ActressThe Rose Tattoo (1955)Serafina Della RoseWon
1957Best ActressWild Is the Wind (1957)GioiaNominated
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She was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures.

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Italo Bombolini: It's nice to have a hot meal before you die.
Rosa Bombolini: You aren't going to die.
Italo Bombolini: I'm the mayor, no? The Germans come. I greet them. They threaten me! I spit in their face! They put a pistol to my head and blow out my brains!
Rosa Bombolini: Why would they put a pistol to your head? The whole world knows Bombolini's brains are in his ass.


Camilla: At the end of the second act, when Colombine goes, driven away by her masters, there is a tradition you seem not to know. The comedians bow to her.


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Her beloved son Luca was the result of a brief affair with Italian matinée idol Massimo Serato.

She was inconsolable after discovering she had pancreatic cancer. Her son Luca and director Roberto Rossellini, her one-time director and paramour, were at her beside at the time of her death in 1973. She was laid to rest in the Rossellini family vault.

Tennessee Williams wrote his play "The Rose Tattoo" with Anna in mind. She was offered the lead but turned it down because she felt her command of the English language was not strong enough for the demanding role of Serafina Delle Rose. Maureen Stapleton was critically acclaimed for her stage role. Anna, however, did accept the screen version when it was offered and won the Oscar, Golden Globe and New York Film Critics awards, among others.

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