Marcello Mastroianni

Born:

September 28, 1924

Born as:

Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni

Died:

December 19, 1996

I am not a sex addict

Biography:

Marcello was born in Fontana Liri, Italy, but soon his family moved to Turin and then Rome. He enrolled at the University of Rome after World War II.

Mastroianni performed with a local drama troupe, earning raves for an appearance in Angelica which brought him to the attention of director Luchino Visconti , who subsequently cast him in his theater production of As you like it.

In 1960 Marcello became a sensation with La Dolce Vita (The sweet life) by Federico Fellini. It was followed by other classic pictures e.g., La notte (The Night)(1960), Divorzio all'italiana (Divorce�Italian Style)(1961) and 8½ (1963). His reputation worldwide was now as strong as in his native country.

In the late sixties Marcello travelled to Britain to star in Diamonds for Breakfast (1968) , the first of his English-language films in which his performance was not overdubbed.

After several critical and commercial disappointments he returned to form in Una Giornata particolare (1977) as a sensitive homosexual in love with a housewife (Sophia Loren). Mastroianni continued to act until his death and held starring roles in about 120 films over the course of his long career.

Selected Movies:

8½ (1963)
La dolce vita (1960)
Divorzio all'italiana (1961)
Le notti bianche (1957)
Notte, La (1961)
Una giornata particolare (1977)
La grande bouffe (1973)

Academy awards:

1988 Nominated Best Actor for: Oci ciornie (1987)
1978 Nominated Best Actor for: Una giornata particolare (1977)
1963 Nominated Best Actor for: Divorzio all'italiana (1961)

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Trivia

Marcello has his handprints set in cement on Hollywood Boulevard (Hollywood, USA, in the forecourt of Grauman’s Chinese Theater).
Source / More (Web)

When Marcello died in 1996 the famous Trevi Fountain, in which he waded in La dolce vita was symbolically switched off and draped in black as a tribute.
--Source: Federico Fellini, Page 83

Marcello made over 100 films but he said that only ten of them are really good.
--Source: Fade to Black: A Book of Movie Obituaries, Page 463

Film audiences thought of him as “The Latin Lover”, a reputation that was fueled by his real-life affair with Catharine Deneuve. However, Mastroianni remained married to Flora Carabella (1926-1999) for some 45 years.Mastroianni “This idea that you have in America: you put on me a label so horrible. This is absolutely crazy because if you observe my career, I was never macho in a film. I was always the victim of Sophia Loren, I was impotent, I was homosexual, and I was pregnant”

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